Base

On Wednesday this week, Base is pumping up the per-block gas target from 20 to 21 Mgas/sec

Gas target increases are part of our continued scaling work to bring 1 billion+ people onchain while keeping Base super fast and cheap

For builders and almost all Base users, no changes are necessary, but if you're running a Base Node and notice any lag after the increase:

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

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If you need help, have questions, or just want to hang out, come visit us in the node-operators channel in the Base Discord 👍

Core team @base • Former maintainer: bitcoin.org • Editor: Mastering Bitcoin & Mastering Ethereum • Developer: github.com/wbnns

For builders and almost all Base users, no changes are necessary, but if you're running a Base Node and notice any lag after the increase:

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

* * *

If you need help, have questions, or just want to hang out, come visit us in the node-operators channel in the Base Discord 👍

https://base.org/discord