PANews reported on December 19th that Base Build announced on the X platform that Base Chain has undergone a capacity upgrade, with the block gas limit now increased to 375 million gas/block. With increased activity, this translates to a burst capacity increase of approximately 25% and an average throughput increase of approximately 4% to 5%. Furthermore, Base has increased the minimum base fee from 0.0002 gwei to 0.0005 gwei to enhance chain functionality. At the minimum base fee, the cost of a typical transaction is less than one-tenth of a cent ($0.01).