TechFlow News: On June 17, according to CoinDesk, Ethereum core developers have entered the final development phase of the Glamsterdam upgrade. They are currently running development networks (devnets) that incorporate all planned Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs); once completed, the upgrade will advance to public testnets. Parithosh Jayanthi, a core developer at the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Glamsterdam “could be the largest fork upgrade since the Merge,” fundamentally altering many foundational assumptions of Ethereum and laying the groundwork for future large-scale scaling. The upgrade is expected to go live in the second half of 2026, though the exact date remains undetermined.
Key components of this upgrade include: (1) Embedded Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS, EIP-7732), which moves off-chain block building and proposing processes on-chain to reduce MEV-related manipulation risks and centralization concerns; (2) Block-level access lists (EIP-7928), enabling blocks to pre-declare accounts and smart contract data they intend to access, thereby improving block execution efficiency and predictability; and (3) Broad-based gas fee repricing—computational-intensive operations will become less costly, while state storage costs will rise—to more accurately reflect resource consumption and better support zero-knowledge proof-based scaling solutions. Development teams are currently focused on testing, finalizing specifications, and community outreach.
