Gas Limit
A cap on the gas a transaction or block may consume on EVM chains, limiting execution cost and network load.
A transaction gas limit is the maximum amount of computational work the sender authorizes for execution. If the transaction runs out of gas, state changes revert but the consumed gas is still paid because validators already did the work.
Blocks also have gas limits or targets that bound how much total execution can fit in one block. This protects nodes from unbounded computation and creates competition for block space during congestion.
Related terms
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Gas
→The metered unit of computational work on EVM chains, paid in the native token to run transfers and smart contracts.
Gas Price
→The fee rate paid per unit of gas on EVM chains, usually quoted in gwei and used to price transaction execution.
Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
→The EVM is the deterministic runtime that executes smart contract bytecode on Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks.
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