10% of ETH 2.0 validators support increasing the gas limit

PANews reported on December 19th that, according to Cointelegraph, as the ETH community continues to call for an increase in the maximum gas limit allowed per individual ETH block, the proportion of ETH validators supporting the increase in the network's gas limit has risen to 10%, compared to just over 1% before December. The adjustment was proposed by ETH community members to raise the gas limit to 36 million. On March 20, Ethereum core developer Eric Connor and former smart contract lead at MakerDAO Mariano Conti launched a website called 'Pump The Gas' to persuade the community to raise the gas limit of Ethereum to 40 million. They believe that this adjustment can reduce Layer1 transaction fees by 15% to 33%. Connor called on individual stakers, client teams, mining pools, and community members to help implement this initiative. In December, this effort was strengthened, and Ethereum researchers also joined. On December 9th, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake stated that he had configured his validator with a gas limit of 36 million. At the same time, Emmanuel Awosika, the creative director of 2077 Collective, emphasized the benefits this brings to developers, pointing out that the current gas limit may hinder the deployment of high-demand applications. However, some have warned community members to be cautious 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.