PANews reported on December 19 that according to Cointelegraph, as the Ethereum community has called for an increase in the maximum Gas limit allowed in a single Ethereum block, the proportion of Ethereum validators who support raising the network's Gas limit has risen to 10%, while before December, the proportion of validators who supported raising the Gas limit was just over 1%. The increase was made against the backdrop of a proposal by Ethereum community members to raise the Gas limit to 36 million.
On March 20, Ethereum core developer Eric Connor and former MakerDAO smart contract director Mariano Conti launched a website called "Pump The Gas" to persuade the community to increase Ethereum's gas limit to 40 million. They believe that such an adjustment can reduce Layer1 transaction fees by 15% to 33%. Connor called on individual pledgers, client teams, mining pools, and community members to help implement this initiative.
In December, the effort was intensified, with Ethereum researchers joining in. On December 9, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake said he had configured his validator to a 36 million gas limit. Meanwhile, Emmanuel Awosika, creative director of 2077 Collective, highlighted the benefits for developers, noting that the current gas limit could hinder the deployment of high-demand applications. However, others warned community members to proceed with caution when increasing the gas limit. Toni Wahrstätter of the Ethereum Foundation warned that this could pose a serious threat to the stability and security of the network.
