Ethereum Prepares for Glamsterdam Upgrade with Public Test Network

The Ethereum community has launched a public network for rehearsing its upcoming upgrade, Glamsterdam. This test network, called Platåberget, is designed to ensure that client software, staking setups, builders, and infrastructure can work together seamlessly.

Platåberget provides client-pair images and resources for checkpoint syncing and deposits, as well as tools for testing builder and fork-choice behavior under load. The largest architectural change in Glamsterdam is EIP-7732, which separates consensus-block validation from execution-payload validation and adds staked builders.

The upgrade aims to expand the critical path from roughly two seconds to around nine seconds. Node operators need to exercise builder onboarding, payload timing, and fork-choice behavior under the new division of duties alongside basic uptime checks.