Mpost: Scaling To Meet The Demands Of Mass Adoption

Fifteen. It’s the high side of average for the number of transactions Ethereum currently handles per second (TPS). This number can move slightly depending on the type and size of a transaction – the theoretical max is 173 since the Dencun upgrade – but in general Ethereum processes around 15 transactions per second.

This constraint is due to several factors, notably related to maintaining security and decentralization of the L1 network. However, this number is not set in stone.

L2 rollup frameworks like Optimism, Arbitrum, and zkSync, along with chains using these frameworks, are quickly providing increased scalability to Ethereum. By processing transactions off-chain and submitting them in optimized batches, more transactions can fit into each block, increasing overall TPS.

Eventually, through additional [...]