Ethereum May Increase Gas Limit to 45 Million, Validators Support

• Ethereum Proposes Increasing Gas Limit to 45M
• Increased capacity can reduce fees and congestion
• Vitalik supports per-transaction gas limit

Support is growing among Ethereum validators for the proposal to raise the gas limit for layer 1 blocks from 36 million to 45 million units. According to Gaslimits data , more than 49% of validators — the equivalent of around 500 addresses — have already signaled their agreement with the change.

Vitalik Buterin, the network's co-founder, commented on the topic in a recent post, highlighting that sentiment in the technical community is favorable to the update. Although the current proposal is more conservative than the 60 million previously discussed, the new limit represents a 25% increase over the current value and could significantly expand the blockchain's processing capacity.

Almost exactly 50% of stake is voting to increase the L1 gas limit to 45m. The gas limit is already starting to increase, now at 37.3m. pic.twitter.com/omUKQHuBvz

- vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) July 20, 2025

Sumcap, a DeFi infrastructure specialist, confirmed that network gas consumption has been gradually increasing, consistent with Ethereum's long-term plan to reach 150 million gas per block. This progress could be made possible in the future through the Fusaka hard fork, based on EIP-9678.

The gas limit increase comes at a time of significant appreciation for ETH, which jumped more than 25% this week, temporarily surpassing $3.800. With greater capacity per block, the network is expected to accommodate more transactions, reducing fees and improving the experience for users of decentralized applications and smart contracts.

Despite the expected performance gains, the issue is divisive among developers. The main concern is the risk of overload and impact on network stability. To mitigate this risk, Buterin and researcher Toni Wahrstätter suggested limiting gas consumption per transaction to 16,77 million units.

This approach would allow demanding transactions to continue, especially in DeFi services, without compromising the security of block execution. The measure seeks to balance increased scalability with preserving network performance, which is crucial in a scenario of growing adoption and increased use of Ethereum.