ETH network raises the gas limit to more than 30 million
2025-02-04
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An active tracker of the progress of the support of validators for a higher gas limit, gaslimit(dot)pics has revealed data, according to which the average gas limit in the Ethereum network has attained about 32 million gas units in the past day, crossing the former 30 million gas limit. 
Traders on the social media platform X anticipate it to go up even further to the maximum capacity of 36 million gas units. 
This identifies the first time the ETH network has approved such a change since the execution of its proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. At the press time, about 51.1% of validators accepted the gas limit adjustment excluding the hard fork. First amendment since 2021
Before this, Ethereum made adjustments to its gas limit price back in 2021 when the network multiplied its gas limit by two from 15 million to 30 million gas units. Surrounded by the Ethereum ecosystem, gas is the term used to evaluate the amount of computation effort needed to operate transactions or smart contracts. 
Every block has its gas limit, which orders the maximum amount of gas that can be ingested by all transactions within a single block. This clearly indicates that by increasing the gas limit, the network will be capable of running more transactions per block. 
It will likely boost the productivity of the network by reducing congestion and aiding blocks to process transactions quicker. Not just that, the boost in ability can also result in reduced transaction fees, profiting crypto traders who often use the ETH network to move assets. 
At the same time, an increased gas limit could also result in bigger block sizes, which could probably boost the computational load on nodes. However, this does not directly affect traders, it could lead to more developed hardware needs for validators, likely affecting the decentralization and security of the network. The panic state in the market 
At the time of writing, the price of Ethereum is hovering around $2,760 with a market capitalization of $332.64 billion. Yesterday, the price of ETH dropped to the $2,160 level followed by the announcement of Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico. 
But, the price rebounded after a revised publicization including a halt of 30 days on tariffs by the 47th President of the United States. Many market analysts concluded that the panic in the market followed by the announcement led to this event.  © Todayq News