Change default gasLimit to 36 million #8247
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Update default gasLimit to 36M as currently voted on by validators with first 36M block https://etherscan.io/block/21773000
36M is the current safe limit for all participants pre-Pectra (EIP-7623) and taking into account an active propagation size limit bug in CL clients. This change has already been done by Erigon and Nethermind
See also: ethresear.ch
fixes #8245 for mainnet