CHANGELOG.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (feemarket) [\#1165](https://github.com/evmos/ethermint/pull/1165) Add hint in specs about different gas terminology for gas in Cosmos and Ethereum.
 * (rpc) [\#1169](https://github.com/evmos/ethermint/pull/1169) Remove unnecessary queries from `getBlockNumber` function
+* (ante) [1208](https://github.com/evmos/ethermint/pull/1208) Change default `maxGasWanted` value 
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 

app/ante/eth.go

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (egcd EthGasConsumeDecorator) AnteHandle(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simula
 			return ctx, sdkerrors.Wrap(err, "failed to unpack tx data")
 		}
 
-		if ctx.IsCheckTx() {
+		if ctx.IsCheckTx() && egcd.maxGasWanted != 0 {
 			// We can't trust the tx gas limit, because we'll refund the unused gas.
 			if txData.GetGas() > egcd.maxGasWanted {
 				gasWanted += egcd.maxGasWanted

app/ante/eth_test.go

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (suite AnteTestSuite) TestEthGasConsumeDecorator() {
 		{
 			"success",
 			tx2,
-			config.DefaultMaxTxGasWanted, // it's capped
+			tx2GasLimit, // it's capped
 			func() {
 				vmdb.AddBalance(addr, big.NewInt(1000000))
 

server/config/config.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
 	// DefaultEVMTracer is the default vm.Tracer type
 	DefaultEVMTracer = ""
 
-	DefaultMaxTxGasWanted = 500000
+	DefaultMaxTxGasWanted = 0
 
 	DefaultGasCap uint64 = 25000000