Gas Limit
The maximum amount of gas a transaction or block is allowed to consume on EVM chains.
A transaction’s gas limit caps the work it can perform; if it runs out, execution reverts but gas is still spent. Block gas limits bound total computation per block.
Setting too low a gas limit for a complex contract call can cause an out-of-gas revert; wallets often estimate safe limits automatically.
Related Terms
Gas
→The unit of computational work on EVM chains; users pay gas in the native token to execute operations in smart contracts.
Gas Price
→The amount paid per unit of gas (e.g., gwei) to incentivize transaction inclusion on EVM chains.
Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
→The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is the runtime environment for executing smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain and EVM-compatible networks.
All terms and definitions may update as the Cryptionary improves.
