Ethereum Foundation Research Co-Lead Alex Stokes tweeted that the Ethereum Blob Pressure Optimization Scheme BPO2 upgrade has officially taken effect on the mainnet. According to real-time on-chain data, the target value for Blob has been increased to 14 per block, and the maximum capacity has been increased to 21.
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