Stakely, a popular staking services provider, has improvised a new change in the Ethereum ($ETH) validators’ gas limit to 36 million. This decision was made after testing the Holesky network, which seeks to improve the network’s use and transaction costs. The update also focused on the fact that the platform remains dedicated to Ethereum’s scalability and optimization.
We’ve increased the gas limit for our @ethereum validators to 36MAfter testing it for a month on the Holesky network with no issues, we've decided to increase it to improve the user experience and reduce transaction costs
— Stakely (@Stakely_io) January 8, 2025
Ethereum Tests Higher Gas Limit on Holesky Network
The idea of raising the gas limit has been made due to the test trial conducted on Ethereum’s Holesky test network for a month. The higher gas limit was set and observed throughout the period as to the object of the experiment and its efficiency of operation. During the testing phase, no major problems were observed, which further strengthens belief in the network’s ability to handle the increased limit.
A higher gas limit was chosen and maintained for the experiment’s object and its operational efficiency during the time. As for the testing phase, no critical issues prevented from believing in the network’s capability to deal with the increase in the limit.
Benefits of the Increased Gas Limit
Stakely also mentioned that increasing the gas limit to 36 million cuts down the costs of transfer fees. This increases the number of transactions accommodated in each block, thus distributing the computational load and, hence, the user charges.
Moreover, the enhanced limit coincides with Ethereum’s intrinsic scaling vision. Therefore, as the number of Ethereum transactions increases, raising the gas limit assists in regulating this demand and subsequently eases the rate of transactions per minute. The update also benefits decentralized applications (dApps), smart contracts, and day-to-day users of the Ethereum public ledger.
