Ethereum Increases Gas Limit to 60M, Scaling Base Layer Ahead of Fusaka Upgrade

• The Boost: Ethereum raised its block gas limit to 60 million, a 33% capacity increase for the base layer.
• The Record: Layer-2 networks processed 31,000 TPS, with ZK-rollup ‘Lighter’ leading at 5,455 TPS.
• The Upgrade: The ‘Fusaka’ hard fork launches Dec 3 to optimize data availability for this new load.

Ethereum has executed its most significant base-layer scaling maneuver in four years, raising the network’s block gas limit to 60 million. The 33% capacity increase, ratified by validator consensus this week, marks a strategic shift from “L2-only” scaling to a hybrid model where the mainnet itself expands to support a surging ecosystem.

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Expanded Capacity Backed by Technical Progress

This capacity hike is not a hard fork but a parameter adjustment coordinated by validato…

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