Good evening,
Today, Ethereum developers confirmed the next four features slated for implementation in the Glamsterdam upgrade.
Below, I discuss why these four features were chosen ahead of ten other features considered for inclusion (CFI’d) in Glamsterdam and their expected impacts on Ethereum stakeholders.
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🗒️ Call Minutes
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Fusaka
No issues or concerns were reported on the blob parameter-only (BPO) hard fork activated on Ethereum mainnet last week.
Client teams are working on networking changes to support further increases to blob capacity.
Developers largely agreed that networking changes should be activated on mainnet and tested first before further increases to blob capacity are scheduled.
Glamsterdam
Block-level access lists (BAL) Devnet-1 has been running over the holidays.
Reth and Erigon clients have fallen out of sync with the devnet and need to be re-synced.
Testing also needs to be expanded on BAL Devnet-1.
Developers discussed four open pull requests (PRs) related to enshrined proposer builder specifications (ePBS).
Due to the technical nature of these PRs, developers agreed to discuss them off the call and allow more time for other call topics.
Developers also agreed to start implementation work on Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) 7778, 7708, 7843, and 8024 for inclusion in BAL Devnet-2.
Busa suggested aiming for Devnet-2 launch by January 21.
Block Gas Limit Increase
Nethermind developers Kamil Chodala and Marcin Sobczak are working on client optimizations and testing to evaluate the potential for an increase in the block gas limit.
Client Feedback Requests
Client feedback is requested on a new RPC testing endpoint for evaluating transaction inclusion in the block building process.
Client feedback is also requested on a new standard for JSON RPC error codes.
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CFI → SFI
Until ACDT #65, it was unclear which EIPs would be prioritized for inclusion in the next major network-wide Ethereum upgrade, Glamsterdam, beyond the two headliner features, BALs and ePBS.
Based on ACDT #65, we can infer the next four features of Glamsterdam and their impacts on Ethereum stakeholders.
