Vitalik Buterin Proposes Major Ethereum Gas Limit Increase for Scalability

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a significant boost to the network’s gas limit, potentially increasing it by up to 100 times. This ambitious plan seeks to address scalability challenges and enhance transaction processing capacity. Buterin made this announcement on X (formerly Twitter) on May 21, 2025, following breakthroughs in technology developed by Succinct Labs. Their zero-knowledge technologies promise a faster proof of Ethereum blocks, leading to the potential for significant throughput improvements.