Hassan Maishera
On Thursday, the Hedera team announced via a blog post that HIP-1249 introduces a fundamental shift in how Hedera throttles smart contract execution. This new approach measures and prices each EVM opcode, precompile, and system contract based on actual computational demands — enabling decentralized applications to operate at scale on Hedera without sacrificing Ethereum compatibility or network security.
HIP-1249 separates billing from throttling entirely. Gas continues to serve its original role — determining user fees and preventing runaway execution — while a new operations cost (“ops cost”) system governs actual network throttling.
Each EVM opcode, precompile, and system contract is assigned a precisely measured ops cost based on hardware benchmarking plus safety margins. This decoupling preserves full Ethereum compatibility for gas calculations while allowing Hedera to throttle based on real computational performance rather than estimates designed for a different network.
Hedera Hashgraph is a distributed public ledger infrastructure. According to the team, it offers significant improvements over existing blockchains in five areas: performance, security, governance, stability, and regulatory compliance. HBAR is trading at $0.1177 at press time, down 2.29% over the last 24 hours.
