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How Does the ‘Gas Limit per Block’ Affect Network Capacity?

The gas limit per block sets the maximum total computational work that can be included in a single block. A higher limit allows more transactions or more complex smart contract interactions to be processed per block, increasing the network's overall throughput or capacity.

This limit is dynamically adjusted by validators.

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