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`eth_estimateGas` result may not be enough
Gas estimation is tricky.
- A transactions
gasUsedamount is not the same as the amount of gas required for a transaction. - Gas refunds are deducted from the gasUsed amount, but the refunded amount must be available when running the transactions
- For some OPCODES (like
CALL) 1/64th of the current gasLeft is withheld from the CALL. This has a strange side effect that can cause theCALL(et al) opcode's internal context to run out of gas, even if the transaction itself DOES have enough gas (i.e.,gasLeft - gasUsed >= 0). - Since istanbul, some opcodes, under certain circumstances, actually require more gas to run than they actually spend.
- The
gasLimitof a transaction can cause the transaction'sgasUsedas well as the required gas to vary.
@nicholasjpaterno, did I miss any other tricky cases?
Take a look at ganache-core's gas estimation algorithm for implementation details.