Odaily Planet Daily News: Data collated by Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter shows that more than 30% of Ethereum validators support raising the block Gas limit - a key parameter that determines the network's ability to process transactions. Currently, Ethereum's Gas limit is 30 million, and one-third of validators say that the Ethereum block Gas limit should be raised from 30 million to 40 million Gas. Validators who propose and verify blocks can modify their node configurations to express support for raising the Gas limit without a hard fork. Once more than 50% of validators agree, the block Gas limit will automatically adjust to the next agreed-upon level, with a target of 40 million Gas. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin also suggested a 33% increase last year. Recognizing the need to increase capacity, an initiative called "Pump the Gas" emerged last year, advocating an increase in the Gas limit. The initiative, led by Ethereum developer Eric Connor and former MakerDAO smart contract lead Mariano Conti, aims to popularize the Gas limit to the Ethereum community and its role in improving Ethereum's scalability. The timeline for raising the gas limit is unclear. The urgency of raising the gas limit has decreased after the implementation of proto-danksharding (blobs) in last year's Dencun upgrade. The addition of blobs alleviated some scalability issues by providing a new method of data storage and management, which is particularly useful for Layer 2 rollups. However, if Ethereum's demand for decentralized applications grows over time, raising the gas limit will become necessary. (The Block)
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