Ethereum Postpones Hoodi Glamsterdam Activation and Gas Limit Increase

Ethereum developers postponed Glamsterdam’s Hoodi testnet activation, removing the Oct. 26 slot and planned 200 million gas limit increase as they examine a gas-accounting change’s effect on deployed contracts. The activation had been scheduled alongside the Hoodi limit increase. Ethereum has not set a mainnet date. The earlier Hoodi schedule followed Glamsterdam’s Oct. 6 activation on Sepolia. Developers are investigating how EIP-8037’s changes to state-creation gas accounting interact with smart contracts already deployed on Ethereum’s mainnet. The postponement leaves the next Hoodi test step without a replacement date. Mantle announced Oct.