Strong session at ETH Client Summit on how we approach client performance and gas limits. Ben Adams walked through how the gas benchmark started inside Nethermind and how it changed the conversations around raising limits: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘮. The panel dug into the real constraints, from state growth under higher limits to the execution, sync, and RPC bottlenecks that show up when you push workloads harder. The takeaway was clear: raising gas limits safely depends on better data, shared tooling, and clients that can absorb more load without putting operators at risk.(Nethermind)