Ethereum Foundation warns some tools may break with Glamsterdam upgrade
Developers have been urged to test on Plataberget before Glamsterdam’s new gas model reaches Ethereum’s other testnets and mainnet.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has cautioned that certain tools, including wallets, indexers, and gas estimators, may become incompatible with the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade due to changes in the gas model. The EF's Protocol DevOps team advised developers to test their systems on Plataberget, a testnet set to run for several months, before the upgrade reaches other testnets and the mainnet. Forkcast reports that Plataberget went live on August 13.
EIP-8037, a component of the Glamsterdam upgrade, introduces a distinct state-gas dimension for operations creating new state. This means that a standard ETH transfer to an existing account will still consume 21,000 gas, while transferring ETH to a new account will incur an extra state-gas charge. Developers are encouraged to review their software, as it may assume that 21,000 gas covers every ETH transfer or utilize only a single gas dimension for cost estimation.
Additionally, Glamsterdam incorporates enshrined proposer-builder separation, block-level access lists, and larger contract and initialization-code size limits.
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