Gas Limit Boost Enhances Transaction Capacity
Ethereum's gas limit has been increased from 45 million to 60 million per block, a significant boost to the network's transaction capacity. This decision, effective November 25, 2025, was driven by validator consensus and supported by key figures in the Ethereum community, including co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The enhancement is strategically timed to coincide with preparations for the upcoming Fusaka upgrade, which aims to further improve network performance and scalability. This increase represents a base-layer throughput enhancement of approximately 33%.
This gas limit boost is expected to foster ecosystem growth and positively impact ETH's market performance. The initiative follows a year-long campaign, supported by the community and core developers, focusing on scaling efforts.
Increased Throughput and Potential Price Impact
The immediate consequence of this gas limit adjustment is a notable increase in network throughput for Ethereum and its Layer 2 rollups. This adjustment enables more transactions to be processed per block, which is anticipated to facilitate further network scaling in anticipation of the Fusaka upgrade's rollout on December 3. Market analysts suggest that Ethereum's price may respond favorably if these throughput enhancements are well-received by the market. Historically, such upgrades have been linked to rallies and long-term price growth, although potential technical resistance remains a factor to consider.
Fusaka Upgrade to Boost Layer 2 Integration and Data Availability
The Fusaka upgrade is poised to further advance Layer 2 rollup integration and base-layer optimization on Ethereum. Similar past upgrades, such as Pectra, have historically led to increased throughput and subsequent price gains. Experts highlight Fusaka's critical importance in securing efficient data availability through PeerDAS. Vitalik Buterin has emphasized that "PeerDAS is key to Ethereum scaling," underscoring its role in ensuring secure and efficient rollup data availability, which is a core component of the Fusaka upgrade.
Insights from Toni Wahrstätter and Zhixiong Pan credit protocol changes and robust community collaboration for achieving sustained network improvement and enhanced throughput capacity.
Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder, Ethereum - "PeerDAS is key to Ethereum scaling," emphasizing its role in secure, efficient rollup data availability, part of Fusaka’s core.