TechFlow news, December 21 — According to Coindesk, Ethereum core developers are advancing a major protocol upgrade named "Glamsterdam," planned for launch in 2026, focusing on resolving fairness issues related to Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) in the current network.
One of the leading proposals for this upgrade is EIP-7732: Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS), which formally introduces the division between Proposers and Builders at the protocol layer, reducing reliance on centralized relays and external MEV infrastructure, thereby enhancing censorship resistance and fairness in block production. Another key complementary proposal is EIP-7928: Block-level Access Lists, which allows blocks to pre-declare which accounts and contract data they will access, helping nodes more efficiently preload and reuse data, making block execution faster and more predictable, while laying the groundwork for future scalability.
The full list of EIPs for Glamsterdam is still being finalized.
