Devcon 8 Schedules Ether Issuance Debate as Glamsterdam Notice Sets No Mainnet Date

Devcon 8 will host a Nov. 4 discussion of a proposal to change Ether (ETH) issuance. The Oct. 22 notice postponing an Ethereum testnet activation set no mainnet date for the Glamsterdam upgrade. The four-day conference is scheduled for Nov. 3-6 at Mumbai’s Jio World Centre. Its opening ceremony is set for 11 p.m. ET Nov. 2 to 1:30 a.m. ET Nov. 3 (4-6:30 a.m. UTC Nov. 3). The issuance roundtable is scheduled for 3-3:55 a.m. ET Nov. 4 (8-8:55 a.m. UTC). It will bring together people arguing for and against changing Ethereum’s issuance policy. The discussion will include EIP-8363, a draft titled “Tapered Issuance Burn.” It proposes burning part of validator rewards, with the portion increasing as the share of ETH staked grows.

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