Besu performance was a top goal for 2025. In this post: progress toward a 60M gas limit, stronger worst‑case handling, faster sync, and RPC/block processing gains - plus what’s next in 2026. lfdecentralizedtrust.org/blog/boosting-…

I always enjoy watching Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project engineers talk about all the cool things the Bonsai model can do that I never thought of.

Our focus evolved from making Nethermind fast to making Ethereum fast. At ETH Client Summit, Marek Moraczyński and Kamil Chodoła just shared our roadmap and a benchmark using identical mainnet workloads. Strong clients and shared tooling make Ethereum’s scalability measurable.