Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new feature that could be considered important for the ETH network. Here are the details.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and researcher Toni Wahrstätter have submitted a new Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP-7983) that aims to cap gas usage per transaction.
The proposal includes a protocol-level limit where each transaction can use a maximum of 16.77 million gas (2^24). The aim is to increase the network’s resilience against denial of service (DoS) attacks, provide a more stable network structure, and increase predictability in transaction pricing.
According to the new proposal, transactions will no longer be able to exceed 16.77 million gas on their own, regardless of the block gas limit set by the network. This limit will be applied by Ethereum clients during the transaction verification phase, and transactions exceeding this limit will be considered invalid and will not be included in the transaction pool. Similarly, blocks containing transactions exceeding this limit will also be considered invalid.
The following items stand out in the details of the proposal, which has a “Draft” status on Github:
The justification for the proposal includes three main points:
