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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Geth v1.17.8 patches DoS risks in p2p and RPC handlers for Amsterdam fork
A security release fixes denial-of-service vulnerabilities in peer-to-peer and JSON-RPC handlers that become exploitable after Amsterdam activates on mainnet, correcting opcode caching and account handling.
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.
Teku 26.10.0 fixes Gloas validator headers and gossip bugs
This maintenance release corrects validator client header generation for Gloas and fixes gossip handling of exits and slashings from earlier forks, improving validator reliability.
P2P Networking #9: Prysm defaults to partial data columns for Fulu and Gloas, Lodestar bandwidth bug found
The call covered networking work needed before the Fulu and Gloas upgrades: Prysm now defaults to partial data columns to cut bandwidth, while Lodestar found a bug causing nodes to receive dozens of duplicate copies of execution payloads.
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EIP-7907 (Meter Contract Code Size) now Proposed for Hegotá
EIP-7907 proposes charging extra gas for loading contract code larger than 24 kilobytes, a change now proposed for Hegotá, the fork after Glamsterdam, to better price resource-heavy contracts.
Ethereal weekly #42: Glamsterdam live on Sepolia, Hoodi fork October 26, quantum risk planning
The week's top ecosystem stories include Glamsterdam's testnet activation, the next testnet fork timing, and researcher warnings on quantum threats to private keys.
ACDE #248 agenda posted for October 22, Glamsterdam and Hegotá updates
Core developers will meet to coordinate on Glamsterdam mainnet timing and Hegotá fork scope as both upgrades advance through their phases.
Local Ethereum weekly: Quantum deadlines, Glamsterdam live on Sepolia, fast confirmations, SEC tokenized-stock exemption
A weekly digest covering Ethereum's quantum resistance timeline, the testnet fork milestone, protocol improvements, and regulatory moves affecting onchain tokenization.
Arbitrum adjusts L1-pricing parameters for Glamsterdam fork on Ethereum
Arbitrum One and Nova update gas fee calculations to align with Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade, ensuring accurate layer-two transaction costs.
Lighthouse v8.3.0-rc.0, Vouch v1.14.0-alpha.2, and Prysm v7.2.1 add Gloas ePBS support for testnets
Three consensus clients ship testnet support for Gloas ePBS, the encrypted block-builder protocol designed to prevent sandwich attacks and improve validator revenue.
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ethrex v29.0.1 hardens block access lists for Glamsterdam on Sepolia
Sepolia operators must upgrade before the fork activates on October 6, as the release hardens access list validation and requires stateless provers to update their input format.
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Nethermind v2.1.0 readies Sepolia for Glamsterdam fork on October 6
Nethermind's release finalizes Glamsterdam rules for its Sepolia nodes and cuts EVM, storage, and engine latency, joining other clients in preparing the testnet upgrade.
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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ACDT #99: builders barred from pre-fork Sepolia onboarding, Shadow Fork round 2 succeeds ahead of October 6 Glamsterdam fork
The All Core Devs Testing (ACDT) call reported builders will not onboard on Sepolia before its fork, recommended Hoodi for pre-fork builder testing instead, and said a second Shadow Fork run went smoothly ahead of Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade reaching Sepolia on October 6.
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