After upgrading geth node to last version (1.9.0-unstable), block gasLimit is fixed to 5000:

eth.getBlock("latest").gasLimit
    5000

This is a problem to send transactions, getting the error message

Error: exceeds block gas limit

On previous versions, block gasLimit was much higher:

eth.getBlock("latest").gasLimit
    4286582786

and let me to deploy contracts and perform transactions.

I have tried to alter the default gasLimit value from genesis.json:

"gasLimit": "0xffffffff"

and from geth node command line option:

--targetgaslimit '9000000000000'

but still gasLimit is just 5000.

Any idea why this change on go-ethereum last version? How can I overcome it? Thx!

Problem: I've upgraded my geth node to the latest version (1.9.0-unstable). The block gasLimit of the node is fixed at 5000:

eth.getBlock("latest").gasLimit
 
5000

When I try to send a transaction, I get the following error:

Error: exceeds block gas limit

Attempted fixes: I have tried to alter the default gasLimit value in the genesis.json:

"gasLimit": "0xffffffff"

From geth node command line option:

--targetgaslimit '9000000000000'

Point to note: On previous versions, i.e, before upgrading, the block gasLimit returned by the node was much higher and it let me deploy contracts and perform transactions.

eth.getBlock("latest").gasLimit

4286582786