diff --git a/api/accounts/accounts.go b/api/accounts/accounts.go
index 22698bdbd..485d8039b 100644
--- a/api/accounts/accounts.go
+++ b/api/accounts/accounts.go
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ func (a *Accounts) batchCall(
 			Time:        header.Timestamp(),
 			GasLimit:    header.GasLimit(),
 			TotalScore:  header.TotalScore(),
+			BaseFee:     header.BaseFee(),
 		},
 		a.forkConfig)
 	results = make(BatchCallResults, 0)
diff --git a/api/debug/debug.go b/api/debug/debug.go
index 5ff54f1dc..f2534e7d6 100644
--- a/api/debug/debug.go
+++ b/api/debug/debug.go
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ func (d *Debug) traceCall(ctx context.Context, tracer tracers.Tracer, header *bl
 			Time:        header.Timestamp(),
 			GasLimit:    header.GasLimit(),
 			TotalScore:  header.TotalScore(),
+			BaseFee:     header.BaseFee(),
 		},
 		d.forkConfig)
 
diff --git a/consensus/consensus.go b/consensus/consensus.go
index 8d6f7a9c3..e6b7801bc 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/consensus.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ func (c *Consensus) NewRuntimeForReplay(header *block.Header, skipPoA bool) (*ru
 			Time:        header.Timestamp(),
 			GasLimit:    header.GasLimit(),
 			TotalScore:  header.TotalScore(),
+			BaseFee:     header.BaseFee(),
 		},
 		c.forkConfig), nil
 }
diff --git a/consensus/consensus_test.go b/consensus/consensus_test.go
index 5f2d777ec..97302405c 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus_test.go
+++ b/consensus/consensus_test.go
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ func TestValidateBlockHeader(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			"Invalid BaseFee", func(t *testing.T) {
-
 				builder := tc.builder(tc.original.Header())
 				blk, err := tc.sign(builder.BaseFee(big.NewInt(10000)))
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/consensus/fork/galactica.go b/consensus/fork/galactica.go
index eaba8dee7..718242d71 100644
--- a/consensus/fork/galactica.go
+++ b/consensus/fork/galactica.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package fork
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 
@@ -25,8 +24,8 @@ func VerifyGalacticaHeader(config *thor.ForkConfig, parent, header *block.Header
 	if parent.Number() < config.GALACTICA {
 		parentGasLimit = parent.GasLimit() * thor.ElasticityMultiplier
 	}
-	if err := VerifyGaslimit(parentGasLimit, header.GasLimit()); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if err := block.GasLimit(header.GasLimit()).IsValid(parentGasLimit); !err {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid gas limit: have %d, want %d", header.GasLimit(), parentGasLimit)
 	}
 	// Verify the header is not malformed
 	if header.BaseFee() == nil {
@@ -41,24 +40,6 @@ func VerifyGalacticaHeader(config *thor.ForkConfig, parent, header *block.Header
 	return nil
 }
 
-// VerifyGaslimit verifies the header gas limit according increase/decrease
-// in relation to the parent gas limit.
-func VerifyGaslimit(parentGasLimit, headerGasLimit uint64) error {
-	// Verify that the gas limit remains within allowed bounds
-	diff := int64(parentGasLimit) - int64(headerGasLimit)
-	if diff < 0 {
-		diff *= -1
-	}
-	limit := parentGasLimit / thor.GasLimitBoundDivisor
-	if uint64(diff) >= limit {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid gas limit: have %d, want %d +-= %d", headerGasLimit, parentGasLimit, limit-1)
-	}
-	if headerGasLimit < thor.MinGasLimit {
-		return errors.New("invalid gas limit below 5000")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // CalcBaseFee calculates the basefee of the header.
 func CalcBaseFee(config *thor.ForkConfig, parent *block.Header) *big.Int {
 	// If the current block is the first Galactica block, return the InitialBaseFee.
diff --git a/consensus/fork/galactica_test.go b/consensus/fork/galactica_test.go
index c1cee20c7..cdfa2b73f 100644
--- a/consensus/fork/galactica_test.go
+++ b/consensus/fork/galactica_test.go
@@ -33,20 +33,20 @@ func TestBlockGasLimits(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		// Transitions from non-Galactica to Galactica
 		{10000000, 4, 20000000, true},  // No change
-		{10000000, 4, 20019530, true},  // Upper limit
-		{10000000, 4, 20019531, false}, // Upper +1
-		{10000000, 4, 19980470, true},  // Lower limit
-		{10000000, 4, 19980469, false}, // Lower limit -1
+		{10000000, 4, 20019531, true},  // Upper limit
+		{10000000, 4, 20019532, false}, // Upper +1
+		{10000000, 4, 19980469, true},  // Lower limit
+		{10000000, 4, 19980468, false}, // Lower limit -1
 		// Galactica to Galactica
 		{20000000, 5, 20000000, true},
-		{20000000, 5, 20019530, true},  // Upper limit
-		{20000000, 5, 20019531, false}, // Upper limit +1
-		{20000000, 5, 19980470, true},  // Lower limit
-		{20000000, 5, 19980469, false}, // Lower limit -1
-		{40000000, 5, 40039061, true},  // Upper limit
-		{40000000, 5, 40039062, false}, // Upper limit +1
-		{40000000, 5, 39960939, true},  // lower limit
-		{40000000, 5, 39960938, false}, // Lower limit -1
+		{20000000, 5, 20019531, true},  // Upper limit
+		{20000000, 5, 20019532, false}, // Upper limit +1
+		{20000000, 5, 19980469, true},  // Lower limit
+		{20000000, 5, 19980468, false}, // Lower limit -1
+		{40000000, 5, 40039062, true},  // Upper limit
+		{40000000, 5, 40039063, false}, // Upper limit +1
+		{40000000, 5, 39960938, true},  // lower limit
+		{40000000, 5, 39960937, false}, // Lower limit -1
 	} {
 		var parentID thor.Bytes32
 		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(parentID[:], tc.pNum-1)
@@ -85,33 +85,3 @@ func TestCalcBaseFee(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestVerifyGaslimit(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, tc := range []struct {
-		parentGasLimit uint64
-		headerGasLimit uint64
-		ok             bool
-	}{
-		// Valid gas limits
-		{20000000, 20000000, true},
-		{20000000, 20019530, true}, // Upper limit
-		{20000000, 19980470, true}, // Lower limit
-		{40000000, 40039061, true}, // Upper limit
-		{40000000, 39960939, true}, // Lower limit
-
-		// Invalid gas limits
-		{20000000, 20019531, false}, // Upper limit +1
-		{20000000, 19980469, false}, // Lower limit -1
-		{40000000, 40039062, false}, // Upper limit +1
-		{40000000, 39960938, false}, // Lower limit -1
-		{20000000, 4999, false},     // Below minimum gas limit
-	} {
-		err := VerifyGaslimit(tc.parentGasLimit, tc.headerGasLimit)
-		if tc.ok && err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: Expected valid gas limit: %s", i, err)
-		}
-		if !tc.ok && err == nil {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: Expected invalid gas limit", i)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/consensus/validator.go b/consensus/validator.go
index d34778a96..70c4ef761 100644
--- a/consensus/validator.go
+++ b/consensus/validator.go
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ func (c *Consensus) validateBlockHeader(header *block.Header, parent *block.Head
 		return errFutureBlock
 	}
 
-	if !block.GasLimit(header.GasLimit()).IsValid(parent.GasLimit()) {
-		return consensusError(fmt.Sprintf("block gas limit invalid: parent %v, current %v", parent.GasLimit(), header.GasLimit()))
-	}
-
 	if header.GasUsed() > header.GasLimit() {
 		return consensusError(fmt.Sprintf("block gas used exceeds limit: limit %v, used %v", header.GasLimit(), header.GasUsed()))
 	}
@@ -161,6 +157,10 @@ func (c *Consensus) validateBlockHeader(header *block.Header, parent *block.Head
 		if header.BaseFee() != nil {
 			return consensusError("invalid block: baseFee should not set before fork GALACTICA")
 		}
+
+		if !block.GasLimit(header.GasLimit()).IsValid(parent.GasLimit()) {
+			return consensusError(fmt.Sprintf("block gas limit invalid: parent %v, current %v", parent.GasLimit(), header.GasLimit()))
+		}
 	} else {
 		if err := fork.VerifyGalacticaHeader(&c.forkConfig, parent, header); err != nil {
 			return consensusError(fmt.Sprintf("block header invalid: %v", err))
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ func (c *Consensus) verifyBlock(blk *block.Block, state *state.State, blockConfl
 			Time:        header.Timestamp(),
 			GasLimit:    header.GasLimit(),
 			TotalScore:  header.TotalScore(),
+			BaseFee:     header.BaseFee(),
 		},
 		c.forkConfig)
 
diff --git a/packer/packer.go b/packer/packer.go
index aa85ade87..39717fa91 100644
--- a/packer/packer.go
+++ b/packer/packer.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ func (p *Packer) Schedule(parent *chain.BlockSummary, nowTimestamp uint64) (flow
 			Time:        newBlockTime,
 			GasLimit:    p.gasLimit(parent.Header.GasLimit()),
 			TotalScore:  parent.Header.TotalScore() + score,
+			BaseFee:     parent.Header.BaseFee(),
 		},
 		p.forkConfig)
 
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ func (p *Packer) Mock(parent *chain.BlockSummary, targetTime uint64, gasLimit ui
 			Time:        targetTime,
 			GasLimit:    gl,
 			TotalScore:  parent.Header.TotalScore() + 1,
+			BaseFee:     parent.Header.BaseFee(),
 		},
 		p.forkConfig)
 
diff --git a/runtime/runtime.go b/runtime/runtime.go
index 2ed7b472e..77dd51751 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -146,7 +146,13 @@ func (rt *Runtime) SetVMConfig(config vm.Config) *Runtime {
 }
 
 func (rt *Runtime) newEVM(stateDB *statedb.StateDB, clauseIndex uint32, txCtx *xenv.TransactionContext) *vm.EVM {
-	var lastNonNativeCallGas uint64
+	var (
+		lastNonNativeCallGas uint64
+		baseFee              *big.Int
+	)
+	if rt.ctx.BaseFee != nil {
+		baseFee = new(big.Int).Set(rt.ctx.BaseFee)
+	}
 	return vm.NewEVM(vm.Context{
 		CanTransfer: func(_ vm.StateDB, addr common.Address, amount *big.Int) bool {
 			return stateDB.GetBalance(addr).Cmp(amount) >= 0
@@ -303,6 +309,7 @@ func (rt *Runtime) newEVM(stateDB *statedb.StateDB, clauseIndex uint32, txCtx *x
 		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).SetUint64(uint64(rt.ctx.Number)),
 		Time:        new(big.Int).SetUint64(rt.ctx.Time),
 		Difficulty:  &big.Int{},
+		BaseFee:     baseFee,
 	}, stateDB, &rt.chainConfig, rt.vmConfig)
 }
 
diff --git a/vm/evm.go b/vm/evm.go
index dc90009f3..daaf01d81 100644
--- a/vm/evm.go
+++ b/vm/evm.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ type Context struct {
 	BlockNumber *big.Int       // Provides information for NUMBER
 	Time        *big.Int       // Provides information for TIME
 	Difficulty  *big.Int       // Provides information for DIFFICULTY
+	BaseFee     *big.Int       // Provides information for BASEFEE
 }
 
 // EVM is the Ethereum Virtual Machine base object and provides
diff --git a/xenv/env.go b/xenv/env.go
index d801dc38a..232b8a478 100644
--- a/xenv/env.go
+++ b/xenv/env.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type BlockContext struct {
 	Time        uint64
 	GasLimit    uint64
 	TotalScore  uint64
+	BaseFee     *big.Int
 }
 
 // TransactionContext transaction context.