Overview
- Developers have moved Glamsterdam into final private devnet testing with the full set of planned EIPs active and teams now hardening code before public testnets.
- EIP‑7732 (enshrined proposer‑builder separation) shifts block building into the protocol to cut off‑chain trust routes that enable maximal extractable value manipulation.
- EIP‑7928 (block‑level access lists) lets blocks declare the account and contract state they will touch so clients can preload data and run parallel execution for faster, more predictable blocks.
- The upgrade includes a sweeping gas repricing that lowers costs for high‑level computation while raising costs for on‑chain storage, with developers discussing a ~200 million gas floor and a theoretical throughput goal near 10,000 TPS.
- A mainnet activation is targeted for the second half of 2026 but has no fixed date; end users should not need wallet changes while validators and node operators must install updated client software and watch public testnets and client readiness.