Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist has proposed a gradual increase of the gas limit from 36 million to 3.6 billion over four years through EIP-9698. If adopted, this could enable the Ethereum mainnet to process up to 2,000 transactions per second and improve scalability while addressing potential challenges for node operators.

The article advocates for an unconventional approach to increasing Ethereum's gas limit through a strategic scaling plan aimed at maintaining its relevance in the blockchain ecosystem. It emphasizes the importance of Ethereum L1 as the economic center and outlines necessary technical upgrades and execution timelines to achieve a significant scaling of 100x-1000x while preserving key properties like verifiability and censorship resistance.