Ethereum (ETH) - BPO Hard Fork - 07 January 2026
The BPO hard fork on Ethereum is planned to raise the block gas limit from 60 million to 80 million, increasing the amount of computation and transactions that can fit into each block, according to Ethereum developer discussions summarized by Binance in this post. Mechanically, higher throughput can ease congestion and compress average transaction fees in the short term, which may reduce fee-related ETH burn under EIP-1559 and slightly lessen the deflationary pressure seen in peak usage phases. At the same time, larger blocks raise hardware and bandwidth requirements, which could increase centralization risk and execution-layer complexity, factors traders should watch around the fork.