PANews reported on January 16 that according to The Block, data compiled by Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter showed that more than 30% of Ethereum validators expressed support for increasing the block Gas limit - a key parameter that determines the network's ability to process transactions. Currently, Ethereum's Gas limit is 30 million, and one-third of validators said that the Ethereum block Gas limit should be increased from 30 million to 40 million Gas. Validators who propose and verify blocks can modify their node configurations to express support for increasing the Gas limit without a hard fork. Once more than 50% of validators agree, the block Gas limit will automatically adjust to the next agreed-upon level, with a target of 40 million Gas. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin also suggested a 33% increase last year.

Recognizing the need for increased capacity, an initiative called "Pump the Gas" emerged last year, advocating for an increase in the Gas limit. Led by Ethereum developer Eric Connor and former MakerDAO smart contract lead Mariano Conti, the initiative aims to educate the Ethereum community about the Gas limit and its role in improving Ethereum's scalability. The timeline for raising the Gas limit is unclear. The urgency of raising the Gas limit has decreased after the implementation of proto-danksharding (blobs) in last year's Dencun upgrade. The addition of Blobs alleviates some scalability issues by providing a new method of data storage and management, which is particularly useful for Layer 2 rollups. However, if Ethereum's demand for decentralized applications grows over time, raising the Gas limit will become necessary.