Ethereum developers plan to raise gas limit to 150 million by 2025

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH)  core developers are preparing to increase the network’s gas limit to 150 million as part of the upcoming Fusaka hard fork.

The proposal, outlined in Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 9678 by developer Sophia Gold, aims to raise the gas limit approximately fourfold from current levels.

During an April 24 meeting, Ethereum developer Tim Beiko described the gas limit increase as a “key feature” of Fusaka.

“To align on client defaults and keep this as a priority, we’ve drafted an EIP,” he explained.

Beiko added that while the fork scope is final, additional EIPs may be needed to support the higher gas limit.

The Fusaka upgrade is expected to launch in late 2025, following the Pectra upgrade scheduled for May.

Developers cited strong interest in scaling layer 1 execution as motivation for the increase.

However, they noted that higher gas limits could expose bugs in client software.

“We expect to find bugs in clients at higher gas limits than currently used on mainnet, which will require time from client developers both to test and to fix any bugs that arise,” Beiko said.

Validators currently set the gas limit, which was raised to just under 36 million in February 2025.

The average gas limit has hovered around 30 million since an increase in August 2021.

The EIP aims to coordinate client defaults to ensure all software updates are ready by the Fusaka launch.

At the time of reporting, the Ethereum (ETH) price was $1,774.90.