About an hour after going live on testnet, Glamsterdam raised the block gas limit from 60 million to 200 million, allowing more payments and token swaps per block and potentially softer fee spikes during surges. Specialized builders package transactions while validators check blocks; the upgrade moves that handoff and its payments inside Ethereum's own rules, reducing reliance on outside relays. Block data spread time extends from about two seconds to nine, but larger blocks could strain smaller operators. The 200 million limit remains a test setting, not a mainnet commitment; Devnet-11 included no deliberate attacks. The upgrade targets higher capacity without making the chain prohibitively expensive to run.

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  1. First reportEthereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade gains momentum ahead of launch3 acc.
  2. UpdateEthereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade clears a major testing milestone ahead of Sepolia deployment3 acc.
  3. Leviathan published this article
  4. ConfirmedEthereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade scheduled for Sepolia testnet activation on October 67 acc.
  5. UpdateEthereum’s first Glamsterdam testnet fork is scheduled for October 62 acc.
  6. UpdateEthereum Glamsterdam test receives a last-minute fix ahead of a planned capacity increase2 acc.
  7. UpdateEthereum’s Glamsterdam Sepolia trial set to raise the gas limit to 200 million11 acc.
  8. UpdateEthereum’s Glamsterdam test reaches nearly 200 million gas per block on Sepolia9 acc.
  9. UpdateEthereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade is now expected to reach mainnet in early December2 acc.

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  • @ben_a_adams Ben {chmark} Adams ⟠First reportOn X ↗

    I am not sure you are prepared for Glamsterdam on Ethereum

  • @materkel materkel.gwei 🦇🔊On X ↗

    Ggas coded 🤯 https://t.co/lrnHs35C5N

  • @nero_eth Toni Wahrstätter ⟠On X ↗

    Glamsterdam is coming in hot and the unlock for Ethereum and its user will be huge. https://t.co/Xb80FxRAi9

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  • @mpost_io Mpost Media GroupOn X ↗

    🛠 @ethereum developers have pushed out a last-minute Prysm update ahead of Tuesday's trial run of the Glamsterdam upgrade on Sepolia. Version 7.2.1 automatically scales the maximum gas per block to 200M, up from the earlier 60M cap. Had it stayed that way, blocks proposed at…

  • @TheBlockCo The BlockOn X ↗

    THE BLOCK: Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is set to activate on the Sepolia testnet later Tuesday, with its gas limit scheduled to rise from 60 million to 200 million. Prysm released a last-minute update to automatically apply the higher gas limit for validators.

  • @blocknewsdotcom BlockNewsOn X ↗

    🚨LATEST: Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade is set to activate on the Sepolia testnet later Tuesday, with the gas limit increasing from 60 MILLION to 200 MILLION. Prysm also released a last-minute update to automatically apply the higher gas limit for validators.$ETH

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