Writeup to explain the gas limit raise

3 upvotes, submitted by @timdaub.eth

to understand the dangerous path ethereum is taking right now, we have to understand *why* the gas limit isn’t being raised.

it’s not just a question of the gas limit not being raised, which would lower tx fees significantly.

it’s not just a question of why, when this is…

Quick writeup to explain what's happening about the gas limit raise:
Different from almost all other protocol matters, the gas limit is directly controlled by the validators. With every block, a validator votes whether to raise or lower the gas limit. So, very unlike the EIP…

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