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StableCryptoReported 2026-05-02

Ethereum Core Developers Complete Key Upgrades in Arctic Interop

Ethereum core developers completed key upgrades and hardening of the Glamsterdam network during a week-long meeting in Svalbard, focusing on gas limit floor, ePBS, and FOCIL features.

Why it matters. Developers made significant progress on Ethereum upgrades, enhancing its scalability and security.

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Who it touches

  1. 1Ethereum
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    2FDUSDCurrency
  3. capacity constraint →Fact
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    6Clear SigningTechnology
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Evidence

  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    a week of intense work on the Glamsterdam network upgrade
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  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    Svalbard is one of the few places on Earth where anyone, regardless of nationality, can live and work without a visa. It's also home to the Global Seed Vault a…
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  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    Svalbard is one of the few places on Earth where anyone, regardless of nationality, can live and work without a visa. It's also home to the Global Seed Vault
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  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    harden Glamsterdam implementations and derive a target for a post-upgrade gas limit floor. Raising the gas limit safely is a multi-dimensional problem and Glam…
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  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    alignment on a post-Glamsterdam gas limit floor of 200M
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  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    The week's goal was to harden Glamsterdam implementations and derive a target for a post-upgrade gas limit floor
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  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    By Friday, the group had delivered on its three core goals: alignment on a post-Glamsterdam gas limit floor of 200M, stable ePBS implementations running with e…
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  • EEthereum Foundation blogInstitution2026-05-02
    This past week, just over 100 Ethereum core contributors gathered above the Arctic Circle — in Longyearbyen, Svalbard — for the Soldøgn Interop: a week of inte…
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