<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Ethereum developers, including Vitalik Buterin, propose capping gas spent by transactions at 16.77 million to enhance network security.</li><li>The cap aims to prevent network overload and denial-of-service attacks by distributing gas consumption more evenly across transactions.</li><li>The limit will enhance compatibility with technologies like zkVMs, promote network efficiency, and simplify processing of blocks.</li><li>The proposal is part of Ethereum's ongoing optimizations for network predictability and stability, with developers balancing complexity with security benefits.</li></ul>

Ethereum Developers Propose 16.77M Gas Cap to Curb DoS Attacks

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