According to a report by Cointelegraph on December 25, Ethereum is set to undergo a critical scalability upgrade in 2026. The upcoming Glamsterdam hard fork will introduce perfect parallel processing technology, with Gas limits expected to increase significantly from the current 60 million to 200 million, while about 10% of validators will shift to zero-knowledge proof (ZK) validation. These improvements will pave the way for the Ethereum L1 network, making it capable of processing 10,000 transactions per second.
In addition, the number of data blocks will also increase significantly, potentially reaching 72 or more per block, which will enable Layer 2 networks (L2) to handle hundreds of thousands of transactions per second. The planned Heze-Bogota hard fork at the end of the year will focus on enhancing the network's censorship resistance and further solidifying Ethereum's decentralized characteristics.
