PANews reported on May 27 that according to The Block, a dashboard created by Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter shows that more than 150,000 Ethereum validators (about 15% of the total network) have expressed support for raising the block Gas limit. The proposed new limit is 60 million Gas units, up from the current 36 million. Increasing the Gas limit will allow each block to process more data and transactions. This change does not require a hard fork; it will automatically take effect when more than 50% of validators express support.