Author: Sophia Brown

In May, the Protocol cluster welcomed a trio of new cluster coordinators and promised updates to follow. After months of settling in and aligning with contributors cluster-wide, across the EF and across the Ethereum ecosystem, we are now happy to share Protocol’s priorities: what Protocol is for, the commitments that govern its work through 2029, and what those commitments require of the forks now entering scope. With Glamsterdam approaching mainnet, Protocol has entered the Hegotá scoping season. We used the process described in an August 28 post: 62 EIPs proposed for inclusion, multiple Glamsterdam retrospectives, 16 contribution templates, and several…

TL;DR: The upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade includes a set of gas repricings. EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 (both scheduled for inclusion) adjust the cost of creating and accessing state so that gas prices more accurately track the real work each operation takes.Replaying historical mainnet transactions under the new schedule shows that a small set of smart contracts rely on assumptions the new schedule shifts, which may lead to these contracts breaking or degrading without preventative updates.Most flagged issues are fixed with a gas-limit increase, and the large majority of smart contracts are unaffected. Direct outreach to the most-affected builders is already underway.Check whether…