Prysm, another key validator client, released a patch on Monday to automatically apply the higher gas limit for its users. The transition to 200M represents one of the largest increases to processing capacity ever implemented on a live Ethereum test network, though the disparity between clients means some validators may operate with less capacity.
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Teku's 60M Gas Limit Lags in Ethereum's 200M Sepolia Upgrade
Crypto15 days ago
The Ethereum Foundation reports that operators using the Teku 26.9.1 validator client will not automatically receive the throughput increase scheduled for today's network update. The Glamsterdam upgrade activates on the Sepolia testnet at 13:53 UTC on Oct. 6, which raises the block gas limit from 60M to 200M, though Teku nodes remain capped at the previous lower limit.
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