Ethereum Prepares a 233% Gas Limit Increase

Ethereum prepares to increase its gas limit from 60 to 200 million per block as part of the Glamsterdam upgrade. This increase represents a factor of 3.3, not 33, but it currently only applies to test networks, with no date set yet for the mainnet. Glamsterdam was activated on the Sepolia test network on October 6. The Ethereum Foundation now plans its deployment on Hoodi on October 26 at 17:42 UTC, the last public step announced before a possible activation on the main network. The schedule and levels chosen clarify the scope of the change : He also considers that a target of 300 million could become realistic. Gas measures the amount of computing work required to execute transactions and smart contracts.

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