Ethereum’s long-awaited Glamsterdam upgrade hits another roadblock as 13 security risks emerge
Summary
Ethereum developers postponed Glamsterdam’s Oct. 26 Hoodi testnet activation to investigate security risks linked to proposed gas-accounting changes in EIP-8037 and EIP-8038. Security firm ChainSecurity identified 13 examples in deployed applications where the changes could disrupt failure-handling and prevent users from retrying valid operations. The delay also suspends a planned Hoodi gas-limit increase to 200 million and puts Glamsterdam’s prospective year-end rollout in doubt; no mainnet activation date had been finalized. Developers will assess the proposals’ compatibility with existing smart contracts before proceeding.
