Ethereum Gas Limit On the Rise — What It Means for Devs, Users & Fees

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Over the weekend, Ethereum’s transaction throughput jumped as more validators signaled support for a new gas limit target of 45 million units—a move aimed at reducing fees and improving L1 scalability.

On Sunday, Ethereum’s gas limit rose to over 37.3 million units, according to Etherscan—up nearly 3% from the previous week. A number of blocks were even proposed with gas limits beyond that.

This is the first major increase since February, when the limit was raised from 30M to 36M.
🧱 What’s the Gas Limit, and Why Does It Matter?

The gas limit sets the cap for how much computation (i.e., smart contracts or transactions) can fit into a single block. Raising it allows more transactions per second (TPS) on the base layer.

Thanks to validator flexibility, the limit can be nudged about 0.1% per block, and that’s exactly what’s happening now—validators are literally voting with their stake.
"Pump the Gas" Campaign Gaining Steam

Backed by Ethereum developers and initiated in early 2024, the "Pump the Gas" grassroots movement aims to raise the L1 gas limit to 45 million or higher.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin noted that nearly 50% of all staked ETH is now signaling support for the increase.

“Almost exactly 50% of stake are voting to increase the L1 gas limit to 45 million,” — Vitalik, July 13

Currently, 47.2% of validators are in favor, according to GasLimits.pics.
Lower Fees, Higher Activity, Rising Price

Throughput has risen to ~18 TPS, up from ~15 in the last cycle.

Daily transactions are up too—from ~1.1M in April to ~1.4M now.

Ether’s price surged 54% in the past month, briefly hitting $3,800—its highest level in 7 months.

The rally is supported by growing adoption, renewed interest from corporate treasuries and ETFs, and optimism around layer-1 efficiency improvements (especially thanks to Geth client optimizations for archive nodes).
🧠 TL;DR

Gas limits are increasing = better scaling and lower fees

Almost 50% of validators are on board

Ethereum is handling more transactions and gaining value

“Pump the Gas” is becoming reality

How do you think this will impact L1 dApps, developer strategies, or on-chain UX in general? Are we ready for a faster, leaner Ethereum?

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