Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Looms: Proposer-Builder Separation and Gas Re-Pricing Ahead
The Ethereum community is abuzz with excitement as the highly anticipated Glamsterdam upgrade inches closer to reality. This complex update promises to bring about significant changes to both the consensus and execution layers of the network.
At the heart of the upgrade lies a new proposer-builder separation, which will fundamentally alter the way blocks are built, proposed, and verified. The introduction of a block-level access list is also expected to have far-reaching consequences for the network's security and scalability.
The update will also see gas re-pricing, with a focus on increasing the gas limit to approximately 200 million. Any tools that rely on hard-coded maximum gas limits, such as wallets, indexers, and gas estimators, are expected to break and require updates.
Before the upgrade goes live on the mainnet, developers will have the opportunity to test their applications and infrastructure on the Platåberget network, a short-term testing environment that will run for several months. This will provide valuable feedback and help ensure a smooth transition to the upgraded network.