#ethereumopensglamsterdamearlytestnet
ETHEREUM OPENED A NEW TESTNET ON 17 AUGUST 2026
🚨🧪📅
(the testing team at the Ethereum
Foundation) launched Platåberget.
Platåberget is a testnet (a practice copy of
@Ethereum
that uses fake ETH). It is open so the public can try the next upgrade, Glamsterdam, before real money moves.
The Glamsterdam fork (the moment the new rules turn on) is set for 20 August 2026 on this practice chain only.
Anyone can join this testnet, get fake ETH, send test payments, and even deposit a test validator.
After this short chain looks stable, the same upgrade later hits Sepolia and Hoodi (the long-lived practice chains). Real Ethereum is targeted for Q4 2026. No mainnet clock is set yet.
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What this changes for a normal person
👤
Sending ETH
💸
If Muqaddas already has a wallet, and he sends ETH to Zoya who also already has a wallet, that send is planned to cost up to 71% less.
If he sends ETH to a brand new empty wallet that never got coins before, that send can cost more.
When many people use Ethereum at once
📈
Each block can hold about 3 times more room/transactions (blocksize today is about 60M, about 200M after upgrade).
More people can send at the same time. Fees are less likely to jump as hard when the chain is crowded.
If ETH is staked
🔐
Getting staked ETH back can be faster. About 4 times more people can leave at once.
If someone runs many small stakes and wants to merge them into one bigger stake (up to 2,048 ETH), that wait can also get shorter.
If you use more than one chain
🔗
A smart wallet (a wallet made as an app, not only a seed phrase using email and 2fa) can use the same address on Ethereum and on L2 chains.
Today many people get a new address on each chain. That is how coins go to the wrong place.
If you send ETH to an exchange
🏦
After this upgrade, an ETH send leaves a receipt to
$HAEDAL
$ETH
$ALICE
ETHEREUM OPENED A NEW TESTNET ON 17 AUGUST 2026
🚨🧪📅
(the testing team at the Ethereum
Foundation) launched Platåberget.
Platåberget is a testnet (a practice copy of
@Ethereum
that uses fake ETH). It is open so the public can try the next upgrade, Glamsterdam, before real money moves.
The Glamsterdam fork (the moment the new rules turn on) is set for 20 August 2026 on this practice chain only.
Anyone can join this testnet, get fake ETH, send test payments, and even deposit a test validator.
After this short chain looks stable, the same upgrade later hits Sepolia and Hoodi (the long-lived practice chains). Real Ethereum is targeted for Q4 2026. No mainnet clock is set yet.
⏳
What this changes for a normal person
👤
Sending ETH
💸
If Muqaddas already has a wallet, and he sends ETH to Zoya who also already has a wallet, that send is planned to cost up to 71% less.
If he sends ETH to a brand new empty wallet that never got coins before, that send can cost more.
When many people use Ethereum at once
📈
Each block can hold about 3 times more room/transactions (blocksize today is about 60M, about 200M after upgrade).
More people can send at the same time. Fees are less likely to jump as hard when the chain is crowded.
If ETH is staked
🔐
Getting staked ETH back can be faster. About 4 times more people can leave at once.
If someone runs many small stakes and wants to merge them into one bigger stake (up to 2,048 ETH), that wait can also get shorter.
If you use more than one chain
🔗
A smart wallet (a wallet made as an app, not only a seed phrase using email and 2fa) can use the same address on Ethereum and on L2 chains.
Today many people get a new address on each chain. That is how coins go to the wrong place.
If you send ETH to an exchange
🏦
After this upgrade, an ETH send leaves a receipt to
$HAEDAL
$ETH
$ALICE