EIP-7935 Gas Limit Increase By Fusaka
The proposal seeks to test raising the Ethereum mainnet gas limit to 150 million by the Fusaka hard fork.
Quick Take
EIP-7935 to increase the gas limit.
Arbitrum supports custom gas tokens.
Flashbots releases MEV-Boost v1.9.
ZKsync exploiter returns funds.
EIP-7935 Gas Limit Increase By Fusaka
Ethereum developers—Sophia Gold, Toni Wahrstätter, Carl Beek, Alex Stokes, and Dankrad Feist, among others—introduced EIP-7935, a proposal to test a raise in Ethereum's gas limit to 150 million by the Fusaka hard fork. The move aims to enhance Layer 1 execution scalability without introducing new protocol features. Currently, the Ethereum gas limit is 36 million, up from 30 million earlier this year. Increasing the limit allows each block to include more data, thereby improving network throughput. However, the significant increase will require rigorous testing by execution layer (EL) client teams, as higher gas limits may expose performance issues.
Arbitrum Supports Custom Gas Tokens
Arbitrum now supports custom gas tokens on rollup chains that use Ethereum for data availability. The update allows developers to designate any ERC-20 token to serve as the native gas token for transaction fees on their Arbitrum rollup. The custom tokens can now serve for gas mechanics and governance models. While the functionality has been available on Arbitrum AnyTrust chains, today's release expands that flexibility to Arbitrum rollups, enabling more secure and customizable deployments. Validators may still need ETH to cover operational costs on Ethereum mainnet, such as data posting or contract interactions.
Flashbots Releases MEV-Boost v1.9
Flashbots released MEV-Boost v1.9, a Pectra-compatible upgrade of its open-source software for Ethereum beacon chain validators. This update is required for all validators using MEV-Boost ahead of the upcoming Pectra hard fork, scheduled for May 7th. MEV-Boost enables validators to earn higher staking rewards by selling blockspace to an open marketplace, offering greater returns than base ETH rewards alone. Flashbots is a research and development organization focused on enabling fair and transparent MEV extraction. It also provides an MEV-protected RPC endpoint that Ethereum users can use for secure transactions.
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