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56 lines
1.5 KiB
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eip: 3756
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title: Gas Limit Cap
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description: Set an in-protocol cap for the gas limit
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author: lightclient (@lightclient)
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discussions-to: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-3756-gas-limit-cap/6921
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status: Stagnant
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type: Standards Track
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category: Core
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created: 2021-08-21
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## Abstract
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Set an in-protocol cap for the gas limit of 30,000,000.
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## Motivation
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A high gas limit increases pressure on the network. In the benign case, it
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increases the size of the state and history faster than we can sustain. In the
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malicious case, it amplifies the devastation of certain denial-of-service
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attacks.
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## Specification
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As of the fork block `N`, consider blocks with a `gas_limit` greater than
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`30,000,000` invalid.
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## Rationale
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### Why Cap the Gas Limit
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The gas limit is currently under the control of block proposers. They have the
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ability to increase the gas limit to whatever value they desire. This allows
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them to bypass the EIP and All Core Devs processes in protocol decisions that
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may negatively affect the security and/or decentralization of the network.
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### No Fixed Gas Limit
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A valuable property of proposers choosing the gas limit is they can scale it
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down quickly if the network becomes unstable or is undergoing certain types of
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attacks. For this reason, we maintain their ability to lower the gas limit
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_below_ 30,000,000.
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## Backwards Compatibility
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No backwards compatibility issues.
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## Test Cases
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TBD
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## Security Considerations
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No security considerations.
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## Copyright
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Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](../LICENSE.md).
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