Vitalik Buterin Gas Limit Call: The Limit Should Be Increased by 33% to Improve Network Throughput

Crypto News – In an effort to boost network throughput, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has argued in favor of a small gas limit increase.

Vitalik Buterin Gas Limit Call: The Limit Should Be Increased by 33% to Improve Network Throughput

The gas cap hasn’t been raised in almost three years, which is the longest period in the protocol’s history, Buterin said at a Reddit ask-me-anything (AMA) hosted by the Ethereum Foundation’s research team on January 10.

Honestly, I think doing a modest gas limit increase even today is reasonable,

Buterin

However, Buterin provided some quick computations, stating that this would suggest a rise to over 40 million. Buterin proposes a 33% increase over the existing gas limit of 30 million, as reported by Etherscan.

Why Does Vitalik Want to Increase the Gas Limit?

The maximum amount of gas used to carry out transactions or smart contracts in each block is known as the Ethereum gas limit. On the blockchain, gas is the cost needed to carry out a transaction or carry out a contract. In order to prevent excessively big blocks from impairing network synchronization and performance, a gas limit is set. As they generate blocks, validators can also dynamically modify the gas limit within predetermined bounds.

By allowing more transactions into each block, the gas limit can be raised, thereby increasing the network’s capacity and throughput overall. But it also raises the possibility of network spam and attacks, as well as hardware loads.