The Ethereum Foundation has announced the completion of several key milestones for Glamsterdam, the next major upgrade of the Ethereum network. The Foundation also announced Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn and Fredrik as new leaders for the Protocol team.
The main target for Glamsterdam has become clear
According to a blog post published by the Ethereum Foundation on Monday, the team has set a 200 million gas limit base as a reliable target for the post-Glamsterdam period. This level indicates a significant capacity increase compared to the network’s current limit of approximately 60 million gas.
Ethereum Foundation is known as one of the fundamental structures working on protocol development, research, client coordination and long-term roadmap of the Ethereum ecosystem. The Foundation provides coordination between technical teams and developers, especially to maintain the scaling, security and decentralized structure of the network.
The Ethereum Foundation stated that the short-term priority is to implement the Glamsterdam upgrade.
The Glamsterdam upgrade was originally planned to be commissioned in June. However, the latest information suggests that the update is becoming more likely to happen in the third quarter of 2026.
Block production and data storage structure is changing
Glamsterdam focuses on scaling Ethereum’s base layer. The upgrade will bring fundamental changes to how blocks are created and verified, reorganizing the way the network processes transactions and manages its growing database.
Ethereum Foundation also confirmed that the enshrined Proposer Builder Separation system has been stabilized. This framework, known as ePBS, allows validators to delegate block creation tasks to specialized developer structures and aims to incorporate this distinction directly into Ethereum rules.
EIP 8037 was also among the completed titles. This proposal aims to price data storage costs more intelligently and attempts to limit the uncontrolled growth of the network’s state data under increasing block gas limits.
Leadership change has begun in the protocol team
The Ethereum Foundation also reported that the leadership transition for the Protocol cluster has begun. Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn and Fredrik are taking over as new leaders, while Ethereum developers Barnabe Monnot and Tim Beiko are leaving the foundation. Alex Stokes will go on leave.
In his post on X, Corcoran stated that a new era has begun for the Protocol cluster and that the team will continue to work on Glamsterdam, Hegota and Strawmap. Strawmap stands out as one of the important parts of Ethereum’s long-term technical roadmap, including preparation for quantum threats.
