Block gas limit

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Discussed in https://github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-edge/discussions/1031

^{Originally posted by Nexsuperne101 December 9, 2022}
Good evening. Is 1,000,000,000 too high for a block gas limit? The default is 524k. Others have set it at 30 million. The example on the wiki for Edge is 1 billion.

What is the issue if it is too high? Why use 1 billion as an example if it is very bad?

Thanks

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@laviniat1996 Could I have your expert opinion please?

Thanks, Nex

[ivanbozic21]

Hi @Nexsuperne101

Good evening. Is 1,000,000,000 too high for a block gas limit? The default is 524k. Others have set it at 30 million. The example on the wiki for Edge is 1 billion.

This really depends on what kind of transaction you plan to perform on your chain.

Let us know if you will have any more queries.