Base Chain Boosts Block Gas Limit to 375 Million

According to Base Chain, the upgrade increases burst capacity by 25% and average throughput by up to 5%, alongside a higher base fee still keeping costs below a cent.

Summary

Base Chain announced an official upgrade to its network, raising the block gas limit to 375 million. This change increases burst capacity by 25% and improves average throughput by roughly 4–5%. The minimum base fee was raised from 0.0002 to 0.0005 gwei, but transaction costs remain below one‑tenth of a cent.

Terms & Concepts
  • Block gas limit: The maximum amount of computational work, measured in gas, that can be included in a single blockchain block.
  • Gwei: A unit of Ether used to measure gas prices in Ethereum-based networks, equal to one billion wei.
  • Throughput: The measure of transactions or data processed by a blockchain network within a given time frame.