Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Testnet Step Over Gas-Accounting Risks

TL;DR: Ethereum developers have postponed the next Glamsterdam hard-fork step on the Hoodi testnet after researchers identified applications that may depend on gas-accounting assumptions the upgrade would change. The Ethereum Foundation is asking teams to audit code before the process advances. Ethereum’s next major protocol upgrade has hit an important compatibility check. In a November 6 update, Ethereum Foundation developer Marius van der Wijden said the Glamsterdam testing process would not proceed to the Hoodi fork until problems identified during testing were resolved. The concern is not that the Ethereum network has stopped functioning. Rather, some existing applications could break because they rely on assumptions about how gas is charged. The Foundation identified EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 as the proposals that require closer scrutiny. Why a gas change can affect application behaviour Ethereum gas is commonly understood as the cost of executing transactions and smart-contract operations. Developers also use gas-related properties inside application design and testing. If the protocol alters the accounting model, code built around old assumptions can behave differently even whe...