, It is included in the category of cryptocurrencies. Gas Limit refers to the determined amount of price that the user is ready to pay when performing a smart contract or sending a transaction in Ethereum blockchain. A more generous gas limit means additional computational work must be done to achieve a smart contract. The amount of price is calculated in gas units called “Gwei”. Gas limit defines the maximum value that a function or transaction can charge.
The miners primarily perform each function or transaction once your gas limit runs out, miners will discontinue executing work on your transaction. Since there was insufficient gas to fully complete transaction, blockchain record such transaction as “Failed”. The amount of gas failed to execute transaction is kept by the miners, and the user can’t get it back. Here’s what all occur if you quantified too gas limit.
If you are worried how to quantify gas limit for a specific transaction, don’t worry, Metamask and MyEtherWallet would mechanically set a default gas limit for the type of contract you will involve in. Gas Limit act as a security mechanism for users because it protects your funds from depleting due to an error or buggy codes in a smart contract. Gas limit is just like your car’s fuel tank capacity.