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What Are the Trade-Offs of Increasing the Block Gas Limit?

Higher throughput is gained, but it increases the burden on nodes (processing, storage) and risks network centralization and 'state bloat'.
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What Are the Trade-Offs of Increasing the Block Gas Limit?

Increasing the block gas limit allows for higher transaction throughput but comes with trade-offs. Larger blocks increase the burden on network nodes in terms of processing power, storage, and bandwidth.

This can lead to greater centralization, as only nodes with powerful hardware can participate, and it increases the risk of 'state bloat'.

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