Ethereum just hit pause on Glamsterdam's Hoodi testnet fork, and I think that's the right call.
The upgrade was set to activate on Hoodi on Oct 26. Core devs pulled it after ChainSecurity flagged that two gas changes, EIP-8037 (state creation cost) and EIP-8038 (state access cost), can change how existing contracts handle failed sub-calls. Some contracts quietly rely on "not enough gas left" to force a full revert. Under the new rules, gas can be refunded after a failure, so a failure handler might finish and permanently record a failed claim instead of reverting. ChainSecurity says it found 13 real-world examples and is doing responsible disclosure.
The Ethereum Foundation says no new Hoodi date is set, the planned 200M gas limit bump on Hoodi is off too, and no mainnet date is affected because none was scheduled. Reports had pointed to early December as a possible mainnet window; that now looks uncertain.
My take: a delayed fork costs some narrative. A fork that silently breaks deployed contracts costs trust. With $ETH around $2,339 (-2.7% in 24h) and ETH longs taking an outsized share of Saturday's liquidations, the market isn't pricing upgrades right now anyway. What I'm watching: the revised EIP-8037 design and the next ACDE call for a new date.
If you build on Ethereum, check any contract that uses hardcoded gas stipends or remaining-gas assumptions.
#Ethereum #Glamsterdam #ETH
Not financial advice.
The upgrade was set to activate on Hoodi on Oct 26. Core devs pulled it after ChainSecurity flagged that two gas changes, EIP-8037 (state creation cost) and EIP-8038 (state access cost), can change how existing contracts handle failed sub-calls. Some contracts quietly rely on "not enough gas left" to force a full revert. Under the new rules, gas can be refunded after a failure, so a failure handler might finish and permanently record a failed claim instead of reverting. ChainSecurity says it found 13 real-world examples and is doing responsible disclosure.
The Ethereum Foundation says no new Hoodi date is set, the planned 200M gas limit bump on Hoodi is off too, and no mainnet date is affected because none was scheduled. Reports had pointed to early December as a possible mainnet window; that now looks uncertain.
My take: a delayed fork costs some narrative. A fork that silently breaks deployed contracts costs trust. With $ETH around $2,339 (-2.7% in 24h) and ETH longs taking an outsized share of Saturday's liquidations, the market isn't pricing upgrades right now anyway. What I'm watching: the revised EIP-8037 design and the next ACDE call for a new date.
If you build on Ethereum, check any contract that uses hardcoded gas stipends or remaining-gas assumptions.
#Ethereum #Glamsterdam #ETH
Not financial advice.