The Ethereum developers have approved plans to raise the network’s gas limit to 60 million during the impending Fusaka upgrade.
On September 25th, Ethereum Foundation contributor Tim Baiko confirmed that decisions were reached during the All Core Devs Run (ACDE) #221 call.
He also revealed that Fusaka’s testnet activation will begin in October, with the release of the mainnet expected after that. In particular, developers had previously tentatively scheduled updates for December.
On the other hand, these decisions show a coordinated attempt to increase the amount of transactions processed in each block as demand for block space increases.
Former Galaxy digital researcher Christine Kim described the timing as an “impressive lift,” noting that the developers hope that Fusaka will increase Layer 1 performance by 33% with a 133% increase in Layer 2 capacity by the end of the year.
Increased gas limit
The imminent increase in gas restrictions is not Ethereum’s first revision of the year.
The threshold rose to about 36 million units in February and to 45 million units in July.
Therefore, the 60 million limit proposed by Fusaka marks the third increase in 2025, highlighting how scaling at the heart of the project’s roadmap depends.
Ethereum gas measures the computational power required to perform on-chain actions, such as sending tokens, exchanging assets, and deploying contracts.
Higher gas limits “have higher per block transactions, throughput, higher efficiency and greater efficiency” for both Layer 1 and Layer 2 systems, according to Everstake, a major staking provider.
He added that new caps will automatically be activated under Ethereum’s consensus rules once at least 50% of enablers get signal approval. Already, data from Gaslimits shows that 17% of validators in blockchain networks support increasing the limit to 60 million.
However, potential adjustments are not without controversy.
Some community members, including Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, have been helping for a long time, gradually increasing and increasingly to facilitate crowding.
On the other hand, note that the limit may be too high or that it may put heavy loads on the node quickly. According to them, this could widen the gap between professional balliters and small participants.