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The Largest Upgrade Since The Merge? How Glamsterdam Will Affect Ethereum and Regular Users?

The upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade, scheduled for late 2026, is considered Ethereum's most significant change since The Merge. It focuses on fundamentally restructuring Ethereum's block production, transaction execution, and gas pricing to enable major scalability improvements while preserving decentralization. The upgrade centers on three key innovations: * **Enshrined PBS (ePBS)**: Moves the Proposer-Builder Separation mechanism into the protocol's core, eliminating reliance on external relays. This reorganizes the block pipeline, extending the time window for processing execution payloads, which is crucial for safely increasing block capacity. * **Block-Level Access Lists (BALs)**: Attaches a "map" to each block, declaring in advance which state data its transactions will access. This enables potential parallel transaction processing and faster node synchronization, breaking a key performance bottleneck. * **Gas Repricing**: Introduces a more accurate resource pricing model by separating computation costs from state storage costs. This discourages uncontrolled state growth by making operations that create permanent data (like new accounts) more accurately reflect their long-term network burden. Together, these changes aim to solve the core challenges of increasing Ethereum's throughput (e.g., raising the Gas Limit) without overburdening node hardware or increasing centralization risks. They prepare the infrastructure for higher capacity, targeting a credible post-upgrade capacity of up to 200 million Gas. For users, the impact will be nuanced: * General transaction fees may become lower and more stable as block space increases. * Simple transfers could see cost reductions, while state-intensive operations (like contract deployment) may become relatively more expensive due to the new gas model. * Gas fee estimations by wallets will become more accurate. * L2 networks could benefit long-term from increased data blob capacity. * Standardized logs for all ETH transfers (EIP-7708) will improve tracking for wallets and exchanges. Ultimately, Glamsterdam represents a foundational shift, not a simple block size increase. It seeks to expand Ethereum's capacity by re-engineering its underlying mechanics, maintaining its commitment to decentralization while enabling significant performance gains.

marsbit07/01 12:33

The Largest Upgrade Since The Merge? How Glamsterdam Will Affect Ethereum and Regular Users?

marsbit07/01 12:33

BIP-110 Controversy Intensifies: Bitcoin May Face Its Most Divisive Hard Fork Battle in Years

Bitcoin is approaching a critical block height of 961,632, which could activate the controversial BIP-110 proposal. This proposal aims to restrict the amount of non-financial data, such as inscriptions and other large data payloads, within Bitcoin transactions. Supporters, including some node operators and Bitcoin purists, argue that BIP-110 is necessary to preserve Bitcoin's core function as a monetary settlement layer by reducing network congestion and node operational burdens caused by non-essential data. They frame it as a correction to keep the network true to its original purpose. However, critics, including prominent figures like Blockstream's Adam Back and developer Jameson Lopp, warn that the proposal's implementation mechanism is dangerously flawed. They highlight that its low 55% miner signaling threshold, coupled with a contentious enforcement mechanism allowing nodes to unilaterally reject non-compliant blocks, significantly increases the risk of a chain split. Opponents argue this sets a dangerous precedent for transaction censorship, undermines Bitcoin's protocol neutrality, and creates excessive uncertainty for developers and businesses, especially since the rule is proposed as a temporary one-year measure. Market analysts, such as those from Bitfinex, suggest a full-scale network split is unlikely due to a lack of broad economic consensus. Major mining pools remain neutral, and adoption of the new rules is minimal. They view the situation more as a governance stress test. The primary risk is operational disruption: if a minority chain persists, major exchanges and custodians may need to temporarily suspend Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals to manage security and liquidity, potentially unsettling newer institutional investors. While BIP-110 is not expected to succeed in overtaking the main chain, its approach has ignited a significant debate about Bitcoin's governance, core values, and resilience.

Foresight News06/12 07:25

BIP-110 Controversy Intensifies: Bitcoin May Face Its Most Divisive Hard Fork Battle in Years

Foresight News06/12 07:25

A new, unified stack for Base: What’s changing and why it matters

Base is transitioning from the OP Stack to a new, unified, Base-operated stack to gain greater control over its software lifecycle. This shift, occurring over the coming months, will centralize its code and releases into a single repository (base/base). Node operators must now follow Base's own, faster release schedule instead of Optimism's. While Base will continue collaborating with Optimism as an OP Enterprise client, the move aims to accelerate innovation, improve scaling, and strengthen security by reducing external dependencies. The change reflects a broader trend of maturing L2 networks seeking tighter operational control for more rapid and reliable upgrades.

ambcrypto02/18 18:26

A new, unified stack for Base: What’s changing and why it matters

ambcrypto02/18 18:26

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