Lodestar v1.50.0-rc.0 adds Gloas fork scheduling and ePBS builder support for Hoodi
Lodestar schedules the Gloas fork and sets Hoodi gas limit to 200M, advancing Ethereum's ePBS rollout and testnet readiness.
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ACDE #247: Hoodi fork for Glamsterdam set for October 26, gas limit change to activate at fork, several Hegotá EIPs CFI'd
The All Core Devs Execution (ACDE) call also scheduled Glamsterdam's Hoodi testnet fork, set a gas limit change to activate at that epoch, and advanced several Hegotá EIPs, including a paired post-quantum account migration path, to Considered for Inclusion status.
Glamsterdam now live on Sepolia testnet, data infrastructure scaling
Ethereum's next mainnet fork activated on Sepolia on schedule, and infrastructure teams are now instrumenting the data volume the upgrade generates for production readiness.
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ACDE #246: 200M gas limit set for Glamsterdam on Sepolia, JUMPDEST attack slows blocks to 8-14s
The All Core Devs Execution (ACDE) call approved a 200 million gas limit for Sepolia's Glamsterdam fork, confirmed the fork for October 6, and flagged a JUMPDEST-based attack that can slow block execution to 8 to 14 seconds.
ACDT #98: 200M gas limit ruled safe, fast-confirmation tag renamed 'confirmed', Sepolia Shadow Fork releases finalized
The All Core Devs Testing (ACDT) call confirmed Ethereum's proposed 200M gas limit increase is safe for execution, picked 'confirmed' as the name for a new fast-confirmation block tag, and locked in client releases ahead of the Sepolia Shadow Fork test.
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ethrex v28.0.0 ships Glamsterdam fork for Sepolia on October 6, fixes block access lists and gas caps
The Rust client releases a versioned upgrade for the next mainnet fork, targeting Sepolia activation on October 6.
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Glamsterdam fee market simulation models 60M to 200M gas limit impact on user demand and pricing
A simulation shows how Glamsterdam's gas repricing and tripled gas limit affect fee pressure and user behavior, revealing whether cheaper gas capacity eases or attracts demand.
Platåberget testnet now open to public, breaking changes for developers
Glamsterdam's early testing phase launches with gas limit changes that require wallet and indexer updates.
EIP-0000 Normalized State Gas Limit proposed to balance state and execution gas
A new proposal adjusts the state-gas limit after EIP-8037 activates to ensure demand for state and execution capacity stays balanced across the network.
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EIP-8368 CPSB Recalibration for New Gas Limit proposed
A proposal updates the gas cost per state byte to align with changes in Ethereum's block gas limit, refining state growth economics.