The Ethereum community is engaged in a heated debate around a proposal to increase gas limits on the mainnet by 100%. The gas limit determines the maximum amount of gas that can be spent on transactions that will be included in an Ethereum block. While some developers and influencers argue that increasing the gas limit will improve network capacity, others, such as Toni Wahrstätter from the Ethereum Foundation, say it poses stability and security risks.

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake has announced that he will configure his validator for a gas limit of 36M. However, some developers are calling for a larger increase. This debate raises the issue of whether L1 will scale for high-value DeFi activities or whether these activities will be shifted to L2.

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