Ethereum Foundation Details Progress on ‘Glamsterdam’ Upgrade, Reorganizes Protocol Cluster

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Suehyeon Lee

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The Ethereum Foundation disclosed development progress on Glamsterdam, its next network upgrade, along with plans for a Protocol Cluster update.
It said work is under way on a post-upgrade gas-limit floor of 200 million, the stabilization of ePBS (proposer-builder separation), and the finalization of EIP-8037 and a revised cost structure for state data.
As part of a Protocol Cluster reorganization, Barnabé Monnot and Tim Beiko will leave the foundation, while new leadership will be assumed by Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn and Fredrik.

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The Ethereum Foundation has outlined development progress on “Glamsterdam,” its next network upgrade.

Wu Blockchain reported on May 11 that the foundation, in its May 2026 Protocol Cluster update, said it conducted upgrade-related testing and preparation at a recent Interop event in Svalbard, Norway.

The foundation said development and validation work on the Glamsterdam upgrade advanced at the event and that key technical milestones were confirmed. It set a post-upgrade gas-limit floor target of about 200 million, while ePBS, or proposer-builder separation, entered a stabilization phase in a multi-client environment.

It also said EIP-8037 has been finalized, revising the cost structure for state data. Pricing between validators and the execution layer was also adjusted. For the Hecate-related upgrade, requirements for account abstraction, or AA, were further defined, with a multi-client testnet for implementing those features identified as the next step.

The foundation also announced a reorganization of its Protocol Cluster. Barnabé Monnot and Tim Beiko, key members of the existing team, are leaving the foundation, while Alex Stokes is taking a sabbatical.

Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn and Fredrik will assume the new leadership roles, according to Wu Blockchain.

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