By Isaac • September 17, 2026 11:12 am •
Ethereum’s next major upgrade just moved through a meaningful rehearsal without losing the plot.
Glamsterdam’s Devnet-11 continued producing blocks after switching to its new block-building rules. Nethermind separately completed a large performance test for one of the upgrade’s core execution changes.
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The result does not mean the upgrade is ready for mainnet. It does show that two of its most important ideas are working under controlled conditions.
CoinDesk says the test network raised its block gas limit from 60 million to 200 million about an hour after launch. That higher ceiling gives each block room for more transfers, swaps and smart-contract activity.
The publication also reports that Nethermind completed all 2,302 tests in its benchmark while
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