Glamsterdam devnet-7 is live. More progress on the road to testnet 🚢
On the CL side:
- EIP-7688 progressive containers
- Updated payload deadlines and builder lifecycle parameters
On the EL side:
- EIP-2780 and 8037 → state-dependent charges moved from intrinsic gas to runtime, with updated account-creation and calldata-floor accounting
- EIP-7928 and 8038 → BAL and SSTORE access-ordering fixes
- EIP-8282 → finalized builder deposit and exit contracts, limits, fees, and disable controls
Onward.
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Glamsterdam devnet-6 is shipping. Tons of progress on the road to testnet.
- EIP-8282 brings ePBS builder execution requests, with two new system contracts:
On the EL side, the post-bal-devnet-7 work:
- New → EIP-2780, 8038 (repricing), 7997, 8246, 8070 (optional)
- Changed → 7954 (64 KiB), 8037 (source-based refunds), 7928 (BAL×7702 warming stays status quo)
Onward 🚢
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Glamsterdam devnet-4 is out
Combines consensus-specs alpha-8, bal-devnet-7 EL features, and the new Engine API targetGasLimit path. It also includes the updated EIP-8037 parameters for state creation gas
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Ethereum glamsterdam devnet3 chugging along. Testing 150M gas limit and p2p builder bids
LATEST: ⚡ Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is now in its final development phase ahead of testnet deployment, with a mainnet launch expected in H2 2026.
Two days left to vote for the Glamsterdam mascot (pls vote polar bear):
Heads-up for anyone maintaining L1 contracts:
→ The Glamsterdam upgrade will include gas repricings (EIP-8037, EIP-8038) that shift state creation and access costs.
→ Most contracts are unaffected, but a small set may break or degrade without updates. Affected contracts rely on assumptions the new schedule changes, such as hardcoded gas values.
Full context in the overview:
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THE BLOCK: Ethereum's new Platåberget testnet is set to undergo the Glamsterdam upgrade on Aug. 20, providing a public testing ground before the fork reaches Sepolia and Hoodi.
The upgrade includes proposer-builder separation, block-level access lists, and gas repricing targeting a roughly 200 million gas floor.
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