PANews reported on December 19, according to Cointelegraph, that as the Ethereum community called for an increase in the maximum gas limit allowed to be spent in a single Ethereum block, the proportion of Ethereum validators supporting an increase in the network's gas limit has risen to 10%, compared to just over 1% before December. This adjustment comes against the backdrop of Ethereum community members proposing to raise the gas limit to 36 million.
On March 20, Ethereum core developer Eric Connor and former smart contract lead at MakerDAO Mariano Conti launched a website called 'Pump The Gas' to persuade the community to raise Ethereum's gas limit to 40 million. They believe that such an adjustment could reduce Layer 1 transaction fees by 15% to 33%. Connor called on individual stakers, client teams, mining pools, and community members to help implement this initiative.
In December, this effort was intensified, with Ethereum researchers also joining in. On December 9, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake stated that he had configured his validator with a gas limit of 36 million. Meanwhile, Emmanuel Awosika, the creative director of 2077 Collective, emphasized the benefits this brings to developers, pointing out that the current gas limit could hinder the deployment of high-demand applications. However, some have warned community members to proceed cautiously when increasing the gas limit. Toni Wahrstätter from the Ethereum Foundation warned that this could pose serious threats to the stability and security of the network.
