Why Is a Fixed Gas Limit per Block Necessary for Network Stability?
A fixed Gas Limit per block is necessary to prevent any single block from requiring an excessive amount of computational time or memory to process. If blocks were too large, nodes with lower hardware specifications would struggle to keep up, leading to centralization and network instability.
It acts as a throttle to ensure block propagation remains fast and the network remains decentralized.
Glossar
Gas Limit per Block
Constraint ⎊ The Gas Limit per Block represents the maximum permissible computational work that can be included in any single block validated by the network's consensus mechanism.
Fixed Gas Limit
Restriction ⎊ The predetermined maximum amount of computational work, measured in gas units, that a single block on a proof-of-work or proof-of-stake chain can accommodate, imposing a hard cap on transaction volume per block.