Proposed Geth Update Aims to Fix Flawed Ethereum Gas Estimates

Ethereum developers are reviewing a proposed Go-Ethereum (Geth) update designed to fix faulty gas estimates for transactions with failed internal smart contract calls. Submitted by developer Spencer Taylor-Brown via draft pull request #36084, the revision tracks internal execution failures rather than only outer transaction success. In developer testing replaying 432 mainnet transactions under proposed Amsterdam rules, the patch corrected 64 of 67 identified failure cases. The change led to a 4% increase in the recommended gas limit for corrected transactions without necessarily increasing actual user fees.