Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Test On Hoodi Over Smart Contract Compatibility Questions
Summary
Ethereum developers removed Glamsterdam’s planned October 26 activation on the Hoodi testnet while investigating how EIP-8037 interacts with existing smart contracts. The postponement also cancels the scheduled Amsterdam execution-layer and Gloas consensus-layer activations, along with a planned gas-limit increase to 200 million. No replacement date has been announced. The Ethereum Foundation advised node and validator operators to follow updated client instructions and not rely on the old schedule. The change applies to Hoodi; Ethereum mainnet continues operating under its current rules, and no specific mainnet launch delay or live exploit has been announced.
