Ethereum Tests Glamsterdam Update, Increases Gas Limit to 200 Million

Ethereum developers are conducting a dress rehearsal for the Glamsterdam update, aimed at verifying the increased network capacity. Version 7.2.1 of the Prysm software changes the operational mechanism, automatically scaling the maximum computational power of a block to 200 million gas units, compared to the previous limit of 60 million. Validators who have updated their software will start proposing blocks of the new size when Glamsterdam debuts on the Sepolia test network, scheduled for today at 1:53 PM Warsaw time. The test aims to check whether the network can handle the sudden increase in the gas limit. The higher limit will allow for processing more operations and more complex smart contracts, but it will also increase hardware requirements. The Glamsterdam update has not yet been activated on the Ethereum mainnet, and the test will help in deciding the future production capacity.

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