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Category: Ethereum

What is Gas?

Summary Definition: The unit of measurement used to quantify the computational effort required to execute operations on Ethereum.

Detailed Technical Explanation

Gas measures the computational resources needed to execute transactions or smart contract opcodes on the EVM, solving the halting problem and preventing denial-of-service loops.

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Related Ethereum Terms

Gwei

A denomination of Ether equal to one billion Wei (10^9 Wei or 0.000000001 ETH).

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