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How Does the Gas Limit Affect Smart Contract Complexity?

The gas limit restricts the complexity of a single smart contract execution because more complex operations consume more gas. A contract with excessive loops or storage writes might hit the gas limit and fail.

This forces developers to write efficient code and prevents single, overly complex transactions from monopolizing block space.

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