Glamsterdam

Ethereum

2026-08-18 05:12:18

Ethereum Foundation says some tools may break under Glamsterdam gas changes

The Ethereum Foundation has warned developers that the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade could break some wallets, indexers and gas estimators. Its Protocol DevOps team said tools that rely on a hardcoded maximum gas limit will fail unless they are updated. Developers were urged to test on Plataberget first, a public testnet that launched on Aug. 13 and is expected to run for several months. According to upgrade tracker Forkcast, Glamsterdam is scheduled to activate on the network on Thursday before reaching the Sepolia and Hoodi testnets. The foundation said EIP-8037 will add a separate state-gas dimension for operations that create new state. A plain ETH transfer to an existing account would still cost 21,000 gas, while sending ETH to a new account would carry an additional state-gas charge. The foundation also said developers should revisit software that assumes every ETH transfer costs 21,000 gas or uses only one gas dimension to estimate transaction fees. Glamsterdam also includes enshrined proposer-builder separation, block-level access lists and higher limits for contract and initialization-code sizes.

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US Treasury

2026-08-18 10:00:00

US Treasury seeks public input on GENIUS stablecoin rules as Bitmine’s ETH holdings top 5.81 million

PANews’ Aug. 18 roundup put a wide range of crypto, regulatory, and AI-linked developments on the tape, led by a proposed U.S. Treasury rulemaking tied to the GENIUS Act. The Treasury said it is seeking public comment on the implementation framework for Section 3 of the law. Under the timeline described in the notice, payment stablecoin issuance in the U.S. would generally require a federal or state license starting Jan. 18, 2027, while digital asset service providers would generally be barred from offering U.S. users payment stablecoins issued by unlicensed issuers starting July 18, 2028. Public comments can be filed within 60 days after the proposal is published in the Federal Register. Elsewhere, Bitmine added 9,926 ETH last week, lifting its total holdings to more than 5.81 million ETH. Strategy said it repurchased $132.2 million of STRC and raised its U.S. dollar reserves by $149.1 million to $4.8 billion, while keeping its Bitcoin holdings unchanged at 840,447 BTC. Unitree Robotics said its shares will begin trading on Shanghai’s STAR Market on Aug. 19, with initially unrestricted float accounting for 7.44% of total post-offering shares. The daily digest also covered the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust probe into Andreessen Horowitz, Ethereum Foundation warnings tied to the coming Glamsterdam upgrade, and a slate of funding, exchange, and tokenization updates.

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Ethereum

2026-08-18 05:08:00

Ethereum Foundation launches Platåberget testnet ahead of Aug. 20 Glamsterdam upgrade

The Ethereum Foundation has launched the Platåberget testnet and opened it for public testing ahead of the Glamsterdam upgrade fork scheduled for Aug. 20. According to Odaily, the new test network is intended to support preparation work before the upcoming network upgrade. The update places the test phase directly in front of the planned fork date, giving participants a window to test in a public environment before Glamsterdam goes live. No additional technical details, upgrade specifications, or testing parameters were disclosed in the brief announcement.

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Ethereum

2026-08-16 08:00:22

Ethereum Starts Planning for Hegotá Upgrade as 66 EIPs Vie for a 2027 Hard Fork Slot

Ethereum core developers have begun planning the network’s next annual upgrade, Hegotá, with 66 Ethereum Improvement Proposals now on the candidate list, according to a post on X by Ethereum developer Toni Wahrstätter. The selection process will play out over the next several core developer meetings, where proposals will be narrowed down based on whether they can be implemented, tested on devnets, deployed to testnets, and realistically made ready for a 2027 launch. Proposals that do not make the cut for Hegotá will be pushed to the following hard fork. One item is already confirmed: FOCIL, short for Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists. Developers also see native privacy as a key area of interest. They said combining EIP-8141 for framed transactions, EIP-8250 for keyed nonces, and EIP-8272 for root references could help build privacy features that do not rely on third-party intermediaries. Scaling is another major track. Proposed changes include repricing data resources through EIP-8131 and EIP-8279, along with repricing state growth costs via EIP-8368, as preparation for raising the gas limit to 600 million in the future. Other proposals under discussion include shorter block times, issuance changes, anti-correlation penalties, EVM simplification, and early discussion around zkEVM- and post-quantum-related EIPs.

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Ethereum

2026-08-14 08:39:41

Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade targets L1 scaling, with mainnet activation likely slipping to Q4 2026

Ethereum’s upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade is being described by core developers as the largest protocol-level overhaul since The Merge. The package combines an execution-layer track called Amsterdam with a consensus-layer track called Gloas, and follows the earlier Fusaka upgrade with a clear focus on layer-1 scaling. At its core, Glamsterdam changes how Ethereum processes transactions, builds blocks and manages a growing state database. The upgrade is built around three goals: faster processing through parallelization, higher throughput by splitting block building from validation work, and better long-term sustainability through fee changes that more closely reflect storage and hardware costs. Its two headline proposals are ePBS, or enshrined proposer-builder separation under EIP-7732, and BALs, or block access lists under EIP-7928. The first aims to move proposer-builder coordination into the protocol and extend the effective validation window from 2 seconds to about 9 seconds. The second would let the network identify non-conflicting transactions in advance and execute them in parallel, while also helping new nodes sync faster. Glamsterdam also includes repricing proposals for persistent state growth and data reads. As for timing, a previously cited schedule pointed to a Sept. 16, 2026 mainnet target, but more recent developments suggest a delay. According to the source article, Sepolia and Hoodi deployments are now expected to follow in September, pushing the mainnet goal into the fourth quarter of 2026, and possibly later in the year before a final ACD decision locks in a block height.

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Ethereum

2026-08-14 07:54:37

Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade targets major protocol overhaul, with mainnet timing still unsettled

Ethereum core developers are preparing the Glamsterdam upgrade, a protocol overhaul described in the source article as the biggest since The Merge. The package combines the execution-layer "Amsterdam" track and the consensus-layer "Gloas" track, and is aimed at advancing L1 scaling by changing how Ethereum processes transactions, validates blocks, and manages its growing database. The work centers on three goals: safer parallel transaction processing, higher throughput through a clearer split between block building and validation, and a more sustainable fee model that better reflects long-term hardware costs tied to data growth. Two headline proposals sit at the center of the plan: enshrined proposer-builder separation, or ePBS, on the consensus side, and block access lists, or BALs, on the execution side. The package also includes repricing proposals for storage-heavy actions and for read operations on existing chain data. A mainnet launch date has not been finalized. A widely cited schedule had pointed to a Sept. 16, 2026 activation after Devnet iterations and Sepolia and Hoodi testnet forks, but the article says the timeline has likely slipped again. EthPandaOps has introduced a short-lived public testnet called Plataberget, while Sepolia and Hoodi deployments are now expected in September, pushing the mainnet target into the fourth quarter of 2026.

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Ethereum

2026-07-31 06:56:48

Ethereum at 11: Foundation Restructuring, Fusaka Activation, and a New Technical Push

Ethereum’s 11th year is shaping up as a transition point on two fronts: protocol design and institutional structure. Over the past year, the network activated Fusaka on mainnet, adding PeerDAS and later raising blob targets and gas limits to prepare Ethereum for more Layer 2 data throughput. At the same time, the Ethereum Foundation completed a broad reorganization, cut staff by 54 people, and narrowed its internal scope while related work moved into independent groups including Ethlabs, Ethereum Institutional, and EthSystems. A longer-range technical debate is also taking shape. Justin Drake’s Lean Ethereum vision and the EF Architecture-maintained Strawmap have pushed discussion toward finality, execution design, cryptography, state models, privacy, and post-quantum resilience. Vitalik Buterin has described this phase as a possible “third major iteration” after early Ethereum and The Merge, while stressing that the ideas remain under discussion rather than fixed commitments. Current network data helps explain why this phase matters. Ethereum mainnet still carries roughly half of global stablecoin supply by the cited datasets, leads tokenized real-world assets on RWA.xyz, and remains the top single network by DeFi TVL, even as a large share of execution has shifted to L2s. The next upgrades, Glamsterdam and later Hegotá, are expected to continue that redesign.

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Ethereum

2026-07-24 08:15:17

Ethereum Foundation Restructures 2026 Roadmap: Three Tracks for Scale, UX, and Security

The Ethereum Foundation unveils a strategic shift in its 2026 protocol priorities, moving from one-time updates to three persistent tracks: Scale, Improve UX, and Harden the L1. The Glamsterdam upgrade in early 2026 will be the first test.

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