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I am getting an error for exceeding gas limit.

I checked current block gas limit by running - eth.getBlock("latest"). It is set to 5000.

I want to increase this, but I have no idea how to. I have checked this old thread: Can't send transaction -- "Exceeds block gas limit" or "Intrinsic gas too low"

It says I should edit the genesis file, but how?

user2228643
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  • Hi there. Just to check, are you talking about your own private network, or do you want to do this to solve a problem you're hitting on one of the public networks? – Richard Horrocks Oct 26 '17 at 16:11
  • Public Network I think. Basically I am trying to to run a automated script that will send a tx every 10 minutes. All my previous interaction with Ethereum is with a GUI. So I have no idea what I am doing with geth or command line. I downloaded geth for windows 64 and ran it. Then I used command line to send a tx. But it gave me a error for exceeding gas limit. I found a thread that said I had to check my gaslimit by running - eth.getBlock("latest"). I did that and it said 5000. I think I need to change that. But no idea if editing the genesis file is correct or how to. – user2228643 Oct 26 '17 at 17:15
  • Okay, if it's a public network, then there's no way you can change any of the Genesis values (and this isn't necessarily the best thing to do in a testnet anyway). Do you, or someone you're working with, own the network you're testing on? How have you accessed the network so far? Through which GUI? – Richard Horrocks Oct 26 '17 at 17:48
  • I think my knowledge deficit is too great for what I am trying to do. I am just using geth.exe and I typed "attached geth" in command line. I put a wallet file in the keystore folder and I want to send a real transaction through but I get that limit error. Is there another piece of software that I need in order for me to send a tx? I was under the impression that I could do everything from just geth and command line. Sorry I have no dev experience. I do not know anything about networks, all i am trying to do is send a tx using geth. – user2228643 Oct 26 '17 at 17:56
  • I found out that I have to sync with the network and that was my problem. – user2228643 Oct 26 '17 at 18:32
  • how did you sync to the network, whats the command you use ? – Axil Feb 10 '18 at 13:51

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On geth the default gas is actually 90000 https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/master/internal/ethapi/api.go#L47

For geth genesis.json this is set via the gasLimit option, so you can set it to the maximum: "gasLimit": "0x47e7c4"

Additionally you'll need to make sure you're sending enough gas with your transaction itself.

Elena Dimitrova
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  • Thank you for the response. I actually do not know how to set the gaslimit option. What do I type into command line to set the "gaslimit':0x47e7c4" Apologies I am a complete newb – user2228643 Oct 26 '17 at 15:32
  • It's a genesis.json option, so you need to add it there. If you don't know how to, share your genesis.json here. – Elena Dimitrova Oct 26 '17 at 16:17