Ethereum’s Glamsterdam Upgrade Focuses on Fair Transaction Orderings:

The development community is already planning for what will come next in terms of Ethereum’s evolution following the recent Fusaka upgrade, which minimized costs in terms of operating nodes. The future upgrade is lined up to take place in 2026 in an event called Glamsterdam.

Glamsterdam consists of two simultaneous upgrades on the core layers of Ethereum. The execution layer is scheduled to implement the Amsterdam Upgrade, while the consensus layer has planned modifications through an upgrade called Gloas. The upgrades intend to enhance scalability, security, and fairness on the protocol level.

One of the key areas of interest in Glamsterdam is the so-called Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation, or ePBS. This would introduce a separation in Ethereum core between block builders and block proposers. This has the effect of minimizing opportunities for individual actors to reorder transactions in order to maximize their gain, as is characteristic of MEV, by allowing proposal of blocks based upon value alone without access to the contained transactions until finalized.

Another crucial piece that could be added is Block-level Access Lists. This enhancement enables blocks to state ahead of time which accounts and data from contracts will be accessed, so the clients will be able to handle the blocks in a more optimal manner. Such an outcome could lead to faster execution times.

Although the team of developers has not ratified the complete list of projects for Glamsterdam, some are being discussed, and more may be added. When fully implemented, this upgrade will represent another positive step in the direction of having an efficient, more decentralized, and just Ethereum environment.

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