It's been 210 days since Fusaka activated, and we're getting closer to the next fork: Glamsterdam.
Since the Merge, Ethereum has shipped a fork every ~294 days on average.
Shapella: 210 days
Dencun: 336 days
Pectra (pls don't remind me): 420 days
Fusaka: 210 days
Glamsterdam is shaping up to be one of the bigger forks. ePBS revamps the block validation pipeline while reducing trust assumptions. BALs bring parallelization to Ethereum, and repricing EIPs make sure we can keep scaling safely.
On top of the headline features, we're also getting ETH transfers emitting logs, a SLOTNUM opcode, a deterministic deployment factory, larger contract code size, and more.
Glamsterdam will scale Ethereum by around 5x, and with Hegota and a few more repricing EIPs, another 2–3x is within reach.
At the same time, work on Hegota is already ramping up. Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) + Frame Transactions will be a great combo, and there are already 20+ EIPs proposed alongside the two headline features.
Further out, zkEVMs are the next big theme. PQ Ethereum is also on the horizon, and there's already work underway to get the protocol ready for it. Before we get there, there are still things to do: revamp state and sync, improve RPCs, ship faster finality, shorten slots, add native privacy, and more.
Lots of stuff ahead, but it's good to see Ethereum's roadmap starting to come together.
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