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Ethereum’s next upgrade has a date on Hoodi, but not on mainnet

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Ethereum developers have scheduled the Glamsterdam upgrade for Hoodi on October 26 after its Sepolia activation. The next test will examine block production, state access and gas changes together before client teams choose a mainnet date. Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade is due to activate on the Hoodi testnet at epoch 132,352 on October 26, with no mainnet date set. The Ethereum Foundation’s October 16 announcement followed a Sepolia activation on October 6 and set the Hoodi slot at 4,235,264. Client teams still have to confirm compatible releases across the execution and consensus layers. The published schedule establishes the next trial, not a launch date for changes to Ethereum’s live economy. Glamsterdam combines several kinds of work that are easy to collapse into a slogan about speed.

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