Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read
“According to Ethereum’s yellow paper it is approximately 20,0000 gas for 256bit/8 bytes (1word).”
The word size of the EVM is 32 bytes. 256 bits isn’t 8 bytes, it’s 32. This has thrown the calculation at the start of the article off track. Basic argument you’re making still stands though :-)
