The Ethereum Fusaka upgrade has officially been activated. This upgrade has not been widely discussed, perhaps due to the sluggish market conditions, or because people's attention is still elsewhere—but Fusaka is actually very important.
In simple terms, Ethereum's future core competitiveness lies in its ability to connect more ecosystems more quickly, cheaply, and conveniently, encouraging more people to use it. The more prosperous the ecosystem, the more valuable Ethereum becomes.
Therefore, Ethereum must achieve three points: to become faster, cheaper, and able to accommodate more users.
Fusaka is advancing around these three points, specifically including:
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1️⃣ PeerDAS launched — Rollups data throughput increased by 8 times
This means L2 can accommodate more users and support more complex on-chain social and gaming applications. The expanding user base will spawn more applications and gameplay. High-activity projects like Base, Blast, and zkSync will directly benefit.
2️⃣ User experience significantly optimized (R1 curve & pre-confirmation mechanism)
Transaction confirmations are faster, and interaction waiting times are shorter — the experience approaches the smoothness of Web2.
The long-criticized issues of "slow, lagging, and expensive" will be significantly improved.
As more data and transactions occur, ETH consumption will also grow.
3️⃣ Gas Limit is set to increase: from about 30 million to 60 million
A higher Gas Limit means greater network bandwidth and economic capacity, with mainnet throughput nearly doubling, able to accommodate more security settlement demands from L2.
This paves the way for the expansion of ETH's economic scale.
Overall, the Fusaka upgrade is the cornerstone and necessary path for Ethereum to enter a true long cycle.
The logic of ETH's value capture is therefore clearer:
L2 activity increases → L1 data availability consumption increases → ETH demand grows → Long-term deflation accelerates
PeerDAS brings an 8-fold throughput increase, which means in the coming year:
· On-chain activity may experience exponential growth
· The inflation pressure on ETH will continue to ease
· Institutional funds are more willing to hold ETH for the long term
It can be said that the upgraded Ethereum is already technically prepared and just waiting for a market explosion.
L2 adoption → L1 value capture → ETH scarcity
This is the beginning of a new cycle.
The price will eventually follow value.
But technology always leads the way.
If Ethereum L2 explodes and truly becomes the global settlement layer, then new price highs are just a matter of time.
The coming year is worth looking forward to.
