raise max tx count in block for leader proposal creation

node/consensus/engine.go

@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Use these accordingly
-	MaxBlockSize = 4 * 1024 * 1024 // 1 MB
-	blockTxCount = 50
+	// maxNumTxnsInBlock is the maximum number of transactions we will put in a
+	// block proposal. Currently set to a billion, which is basically no limit
+	// since block size in bytes will hit first.
+	maxNumTxnsInBlock = 1 << 30
 
 	defaultProposeTimeout = 1 * time.Second
 )

node/consensus/leader.go

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (ce *ConsensusEngine) proposeBlock(ctx context.Context) error {
 // does basic gas and balance checks and enforces the block size limits.
 func (ce *ConsensusEngine) createBlockProposal(ctx context.Context) (*blockProposal, error) {
 	totalTxSizeLimit := ce.ConsensusParams().MaxBlockSize
-	nTxs := ce.mempool.PeekN(blockTxCount, int(totalTxSizeLimit))
+	nTxs := ce.mempool.PeekN(maxNumTxnsInBlock, int(totalTxSizeLimit))
 	txns := make([]*ktypes.Transaction, len(nTxs))
 	for i, ntx := range nTxs {
 		txns[i] = ntx.Tx