Ethereum Foundation researcher proposed EIP-9698, planning to increase the Ethereum gas limit by 100 times over the next 4 years
ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist proposed the EIP-9698 proposal on April 27, planning to introduce a "Deterministic Gas Limit Growth Plan" starting from Epoch 369017 (around June 1). This is a four-year plan, and the proposal suggests that in the first two years (i.e., 164,250 Epochs), the limit will gradually increase by a factor of ten, followed by one final tenfold adjustment. Theoretically, if the Gas limit increases by 100 times, Ethereum's TPS is expected to rise to 2000 transactions. The proposal must be approved by client votes to be implemented.This scaling attempt is another significant advancement following the increase of the Gas limit from 30 million to 36 million in February. Feist pointed out that the gradual increase plan allows node operators ample time for optimization. Meanwhile, developers are testing the EIP-9678 proposal, which plans to achieve a fourfold increase in the Gas limit in the Fusaka upgrade at the end of 2025.