Vitalik: The number of Ethereum blobs is "uncomfortably close to the upper limit" and needs to be increased urgently

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin urged an increase in the "blob count" introduced by Ethereum during the Dencun upgrade to further expand the network and enable the Layer2 protocol to increase capacity. In a discussion after the latest developer call, Vitalik revealed that the current utilization rate of blob space is close to 75%, and the number of blobs needs to be increased through the EIP-7623 proposal. He said: "I think the entire ecosystem is ignoring the fact that it is disturbingly close to the upper limit." It is understood that the blob space is a dedicated data storage area introduced by EIP-4844 (also known as proto-danksharding) to improve the scalability of the network. The number of blobs refers to the number of blobs that can be included in each Ethereum block. The current goal is to contain 3 blobs per block, up to 6, but Vitalik now advocates increasing it to 4 blobs per block, up to 8, so that each block can store more data, which may increase the ability of the Layer2 network to publish data on Ethereum. The EIP-7623 proposal proposes to increase the calldata cost of Ethereum transactions that are mainly used for data availability (DA), which will reduce the maximum block size from 2.7MB to about 1MB, making room for a possible increase in the block gas limit or the number of blobs. Vitalik expressed concern that some L2 protocols are hesitant to use blobs due to concerns about market congestion. He warned: "We can't let the momentum of pushing more Layer2 protocols to use blobs weaken." Vitalik believes that Layer2 networks are an important part of Ethereum expansion, but he also emphasizes that these networks must be decentralized. In addition, he has said that only L2 expansion solutions in the first phase will be recognized in the future. Earlier today, the latest Ethereum ACDE meeting discussed the possibility of incorporating multiple EIPs related to the Ethereum blob fee market into Pectra. (Cointelegraph)