Increase Gcallstipend gas in the CALL opcode

Status history

1. Draft1 Aug 2018
2. ⋯Stagnantdate not observed

Abstract

Currently, the CALL opcode forwards a stipend of 2,300 gas units for a non zero value CALL operations where a contract is called. This stipend is given to the contract to allow execution of its fallback function. The stipend given is intentionally small in order to prevent the called contract from spending the call gas or performing an attack (like re-entrancy). While the stipend is small it…