Storm Slivkoff

Recent advances in EVM data processing enable a more rigorous approach for understanding and enacting Ethereum’s scaling roadmap. In the past, discussions around whether to raise Ethereum’s gas limit have been held back by imprecise terminology and a lack of detailed quantitative evidence. The debate is often “vibes-based”. Leveraging ultra high resolution datasets enables a more scientific understanding of the gas limit, including issues like state growth, hardware bottlenecks, and gas pricing.

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How to Raise the Gas Limit: Use Ultra High Resolution Data

Collecting and analyzing large historical EVM datasets can pose a significant challenge. This has led many teams and individuals to outsource their data infrastructure to commercial 3rd-party platforms. However, over the past year a new style of data workflow has emerged, using entirely open source software and local-first processing. This new ecosystem of tools allow anyone to cheaply, easily, and robustly collect and analyze any EVM dataset from the comfort of their own laptop.