The “Purge” will purge the spare, or historical data, from the Ethereum network. By getting rid of this historical data, congestion on the network will decrease, allowing for more transactions to be processed. Buterin has said that after this phase, Ethereum can hopefully process around 100,000 transactions per second (TPS), up from about 29 TPS now.
What’s Next After the Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade Known as Shapella
