It added that the proposed change is not backward compatible but is expected to impact only a small number of users and dApps, as current transactions mostly fall significantly under the proposed limit.
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Ethereum co-founder proposes gas limit cap of 16.77 million per transaction to reduce risk of DoS attacks
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Ethereum Improvement Proposal 7983 (EIP-7983) lacks backward compatibility, requiring transactions that exceed the new gas limit to be redesigned to comply with the updated protocol rules
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