Tomorrow (June 18th), the Base team is boosting the per block gas target from 7.5Mgas/sec to 8.125Mgas/sec as part of our continued scaling efforts to make @base as fast, cheap, and easy to use as possible for people around the world.

For most users, no changes are needed, but if you run a Base node and notice it falling behind with increased network activity:

1. Monitor CPU and Disk I/O usage
2. Enhance disk throughput and use disks with lower read/write latency (NVMe SSDs recommended)
3. Improve CPU, focusing on single-core speed

Feel free to reply, DM, or reach out in the Node Operators channel on base.org/discord with any issues, feedback, or questions. 👍

The gas limit has been successfully raised; here are the current average fees for different types of transactions on @base

Uniswap Swap: $0.0026
USDC Transfer: $0.0014
ETH Transfer: $0.00059

For comparison, if one were to cut a penny into 1000 tiny pieces, 0.00059, the average cost to transfer ETH on Base, is about half of one of those tiny pieces

Base is scaling the EVM

Base is Ethereum

Working on Base.org (@base) • Former maintainer: Bitcoin.org • Editor: Mastering Bitcoin & Mastering Ethereum • Maker & developer: github.com/wbnns

Cents on the dollar. I love to see it. Let’s flip sol.