# GasLimitTooHigh (/docs/errors/chain/GasLimitTooHigh)

The transaction's `gas_limit` exceeds the block gas limit configured for the EVM. Compare the `gas_limit` argument against the chain's block gas limit and lower it.

Declared by the `EVM` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`invalid_argument`](/docs/errors/invalid-argument).

## Remediation [#remediation]

Check the argument values against the operation schema

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain GasLimitTooHigh`.