EIP-7778: Prevent Block Gas Smuggling

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Exclude Discounts & Refunds for Block GasLimit Enforcement

Complementary to to

EIP-7623: Increase Calldata Cost

By increasing the calldata cost for users that do not spend more than a certain threshold on EVM computation we can achieve the following: Reduce maximum possible blocksize from ~1.7 MB to 0.55 MB without effects on current throughput. Reduce block size variance Reduce inefficienty from big gap between avg. block size and max. possible block size. Make room for raising gas limit and/or blob count Differentiate between users that need calldata inside the EMV vs pure DA. This is achieved by inc…

Prevent the circumvention of the block gas limit by excluding certain gas discounts and refunds from block gas accounting, except for those reflecting actual reductions in computational work.

This proposal aims to align the block gas usage with the Ethereum Virtual Machine’s (EVM) real workload, preventing “block gas smuggling.” It complements EIP-7623 by further reducing the maximum block size and its variance, enhancing network stability and efficiency.

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