Ethereum’s upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade clears rehearsal for a big jump in capacity
The test network raised its limit on work per block toward 200 million gas as developers prepare for a proposed October 6 public test.
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Summary
- Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade continued confirming blocks under new block-building rules, clearing a key test before a proposed Oct. 6 deployment on the Sepolia public test network.
- Nethermind’s execution software completed all 2,302 performance tests, demonstrating block-level access lists designed to enable parallel processing and support greater network capacity.
- Glamsterdam tested a 200 million block gas limit to accommodate more transactions and reduce fee spikes, though the setting is not yet planned for Ethereum’s main network.
