Vitalik Buterin Advocates For Increasing Ethereum L1 Gas Limit

According to PANews, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has released a new article titled "Why We Need to Increase the L1 Gas Limit Even in an L2-Dominated Ethereum." The article discusses a significant topic in Ethereum's roadmap: the potential increase of the Layer 1 (L1) gas limit. Recently, the L1 gas limit was raised from 30 million to 36 million, marking a 20% increase in capacity. Many support further substantial increases in the near future. These increases are considered safe due to recent and upcoming technological improvements, such as enhanced efficiency of Ethereum clients, reduced need for storing old history due to EIP-4444, and the future development of stateless clients. However, before proceeding, it is crucial to consider whether increasing the L1 gas limit is the right approach in the long term, especially in a rollup-centric roadmap. The concern is to avoid centralization risks associated with high L1 usage without clear benefits. Buterin argues that even in a world where most usage and applications are on Layer 2 (L2), significantly expanding L1 remains valuable. It allows for simpler and more secure application development models. The article concludes that a tenfold expansion of L1 gas in an L2-dominated world holds significant value. This implies that short-term L1 expansions achievable in the next 1-2 years are worthwhile, regardless of the long-term scenario.