Question: can the `BlockGasMeter` be used for absolute tx position?
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- Go
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Description
The amount of consumed block gas is used [here](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/1ff818801d4aa5dd6f483571ac7a38660c59c671/x/wasm/types/types.go#L212) to uniquely identify the position of a transaction in a block.
Is it possible that a transaction could consume zero gas, leading to a collision (that tx and the tx that follows will have the same "absolute index")?
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Research direction
Start by reading x/wasm/types/types.go at line 212 and inspect how BlockGasMeter-derived values identify transactions. Check whether zero-gas transactions can produce the same absolute index as the following transaction. Done when the issue has a documented answer about collision safety or a confirmed alternative.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- blockchain
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100