EIP-6789: Rename `gas` to `mana`

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Make ethereum fun again!

Alternative names for gas:

  • steam (“out of steam!”)
  • ammo (“out of ammo!”)
  • time (“out of time!”)
  • breath (“out of breath!”)
  • jurisdiction (“out of my jurisdiction!”)
  • focus (“out of focus!”)
  • control (“out of control!”)
  • hand (“out of hand!”)
  • depth (“out of my depth!”)
  • order (“out of order!”)
  • reach (“out of reach!”)
  • way (“out of my way!”)
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So “The Biggest Gas Guzzlers” would become “The Greatest Mana Magicians”, I guess :melting_face:.

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ChatGPT3000, why is the basic unit of computation called gas?

A gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter, along with solids, liquids, and plasma. In the gas state, matter is characterized by molecular movement, having no fixed shape or volume, low density, and compressibility. Though nobody knows for sure why standard units of byzantine computation are called gas, the most popular theory is that early cryptographers knew computation was highly compressible.

Grandpa, why is the basic unit of computation called gas?

Well you see, when I was your age, most people used personal automobiles for transportation, and these were fueled by a flammable liquid called gasoline, or gas for short.