By Isaac • August 9, 2026 2:16 pm •
Ethereum’s next major upgrade is moving toward the point where roadmaps have to survive contact with real client software.
That upgrade is Glamsterdam, the network’s planned 2026 package for changing how blocks are built and giving Ethereum a better foundation for processing work in parallel. The ideas are ambitious.
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The immediate milestone, however, is much more practical: get the upgrade onto public testnets, watch multiple clients run it together, and find the failures before anyone talks seriously about mainnet activation.
That distinction matters because some of the loudest claims around Glamsterdam have raced ahead of Ethereum’s own process.
What Ethereum has actually committed to
The official Ethereum roadmap, updated July 23, lists Glamsterdam in the second
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