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Block Gas Accounting without Refunds

EIP 7778, Block Gas Accounting without Refunds. This EIP modifies the block gas accounting mechanism to prevent the circumvention of block gas limits.

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Authors: Ben Adams , Toni Wahrstätter
Date: 2024
Publisher: Ben Adams , Toni Wahrstätter
Version: Source cited by the 2024 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0563
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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EIP 7778, Block Gas Accounting without Refunds. This EIP modifies the block gas accounting mechanism to prevent the circumvention of block gas limits.

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Adams, B., & Wahrstätter, T. (2024). Block Gas Accounting without Refunds. Ben Adams , Toni Wahrstätter. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7778

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@techreport{eip77782024,
  title = {Block Gas Accounting without Refunds},
  author = {Ben Adams , Toni Wahrstätter},
  year = {2024},
  institution = {Ben Adams , Toni Wahrstätter},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7778},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-7778}
}

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UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7778
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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