#SpotVSFuturesStrategy Vitalik proposed a gas layer to improve the security and stability of Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin proposes EIP-7983 to limit transaction gas to 16.77 million, with the aim of increasing security, stability, and compatibility with Ethereum's zkVM.

Vitalik proposed a gas layer to improve the security and stability of Ethereum

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and researcher Toni Wahrstätter have presented EIP-7983, which aims to introduce a protocol-level cap on gas usage in transactions to enhance the network's security and performance.

The proposal sets a maximum gas limit of 16.77 million (2²⁴) for individual transactions. "By implementing this limit, Ethereum can enhance its resilience against certain DoS attack vectors, improve network stability, and provide more predictability in transaction processing costs," the proposal states.

Under Ethereum's current architecture (ETH), a single transaction can theoretically consume the gas limit of the entire block, posing a risk of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and leading to unpredictable network behavior.

By limiting individual transactions, EIP-7983 seeks to distribute gas consumption more evenly, reducing the likelihood that unique transactions will saturate block capacity.

Source: Cointelegraph

Gas limit to enhance compatibility with zkVM

The proposed limit is also designed to improve compatibility with zero-knowledge virtual machines (zkVMs) by encouraging large transactions to be split into smaller fragments.

According to the draft, transactions that specify gas limits exceeding 16.77 million would be rejected during block validation, ensuring that they cannot enter the network or be included in new blocks.