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.
All terms and definitions may update as the Cryptionary improves.