Since we rolled out 4844, we’ve seen a 5x increase in demand on Base, driving fees back up

To reduce fees and scale, we’re increasing the gas target 50% (to 3.75 mgas/s) tomorrow and then to 5 mgas/s following an observation period, targeting early next week

1/ Last week I wrote I was pretty confident we could double Base's execution throughput without any issue, but also noted we wanted to more than "pretty confident" before making any moves. Well now are!

Want to learn a little bit more about our process to get here? 

Read this thread by @bayardo who’s been leading our scaling efforts in collaboration with OP Labs and Paradigm

Eng @ Coinbase, working on Base
https://bayardo.org

Want to learn a little bit more about our process to get here? 

Read this thread by @bayardo.eth who’s been leading our scaling efforts in collaboration with OP Labs and Paradigm

https://warpcast.com/bayardo/0xe6e60b13

This is just the beginning — as @jessepollak shared, we’re targeting a 400x scalability improvement from where we are today, targeting 1 Ggas/s

Our job is not finished

@base builder #001; onchain cities w/ OAK & city3

This is just the beginning — as @jessepollak shared, we’re targeting a 400x scalability improvement from where we are today, targeting 1 Ggas/s

Our job is not finished

https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1772279337288429860

If you’re a node operator and have questions or feedback, please jump in Discord to ask

We’ll be closely monitoring the change to ensure we scale safely and thoughtfully