Ethereum Doubles Down: Block Gas Limit Jumps to 60M Ahead of Fusaka Upgrade

Ethereum’s mainnet block gas limit has been raised to 60 million, up from the previous default of 45 million, as part of a broader scaling push ahead of the Fusaka upgrade. The increase is designed to let more transactions, swaps, token transfers, and smart contract calls fit into each block, which can help reduce congestion during periods of heavy demand. The change is tied to EIP-7935, one of the Fusaka upgrade’s proposals, which raises the default gas limit while also pairing it with a per-transaction gas cap under EIP-7825 to reduce denial-of-service risk as block capacity expands. Fusaka is framed as a backend-focused upgrade, following Pectra, with its main emphasis on scaling, client performance, and preparing Ethereum for higher throughput rather than introducing major user-facing features. That matters because block gas limit increases directly affect Ethereum’s base-layer execution capacity, and they are part of the network’s longer-term roadmap toward more scalable on-chain activity and support for rollups.

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