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tl;dr:
Fusaka Most upgrades are out the door. This week we’re getting a very good idea for “Wen.” The first Testnet upgrade will only be live for a few hours from this post. Gramsterdam headliner has been chosen: Ensh the separation of the proponent’s building and Block-level access listHowever, it’s still about a week for small features Inclusion proposal. The test team is trying to push the gas limit above 60 million in Fusaka.
Fusaka
I believe there is a very high chance that Fusaka will be performing live by the end of the year. That was the expected testnet upgrade schedule. announcementthat first runs today at 08:48 UTC. Read more about the details of what this upgrade includes here.
| network | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Hallsea | 2025-10-01 08:48:00✅ |
| Sepolia | 2025-10-14 07:36:00 |
| Hoodie | 2025-10-28 18:53:12 |
| Main Net | TBA (minimum 30 days after hoodie) |
Test Net
Practicing forks on a public testnet is the final stage of the process. This means that all implementations appear to be complete, bug It’s been picked up Private devnetsand we are probably ready to go.
Halcy Testnet will be like that Deprecated Right after this fork – it Configuration mismatch During the Pectra test this February, it caused a fork and the long-term non-financial period that followed. There were so many testnet variators who committed novel crimes by voting for the wrong fork, so I created a very long exit queue.
This round of fork test includes robust study From this error. The original misconception was addressed by changes that validate fork parameters. Non-financiality has never been tested to such a degree and it turns out that clients are inexperienced to recover from such a situation. Over the past few months, the tests have included many planned non-financial events to test recovery.
Timeline
We know ACD(Consensus) This Thursday (10/2) If the first fork worked ACD(Test) For the first Monday (10/6) BLOB parameters only The fork worked.
Audit Contest Continuing for another two weeks, assuming the testnet works with a minor or only bug, after a developer has had the opportunity to monitor Hoodi upgrades for several days, the mainnet upgrade is announced. Expect a Mainnet upgrade day from the 30th day from the ACD right after the successful Hoodie fork.
Gram Stardom
Main features (also known as “headliner”) Gram Stardom,The upgrade following Fusaka is Various suggestions. These features are Ensh the separation of the proponent’s building (EPB) Block-level access list (BAL). Smaller features have been proposed for another week, and are selected based on preparation, need, safety and compatibility with the headliner. These suggestions are made by opening a github pull request. Gram Stardom Meta EIP.
Timeline
We’re focusing firmly on getting Fusaka out the door, but implementers are testing both EPB and Bar There are no small features that have not been decided yet. Anyone who wants to see the specific small Feature EIPs included in Gramas Stardom should propose it within next week. EIP suggestions must prepare champion EIP for the entire upgrade process. This fork estimate is still in 2026.
Gas limit
There was a coordinated push to expand the L1. Scaling Gas Limits. Since February, gas limits have increased from 30 million to 45 million, with developers aiming to increase even further, potentially looking to exceed 60 million.
This limit is fork-independent and is determined by the Validator configuration, but the default client settings help the Variator operator know what is extensively tested and secure for the network. Forks are the time when you know that the Validator will be updated, so it’s a good time to update the client’s defaults without having to push communications to the validator.
sauce: https://etherscan.io/chart/gaslimit
For all possibilities, 2025 appears to be one year with two Ethereum upgrades. At the time of writing this blog post, the Pectra upgrade was only four and a half months ago. I’m really impressed with the amount of implementation, testing and notifications needed to allow these upgrades to span 12 client teams, and hopefully my development and test teams are getting the rest they need individually.
How exaggerated is the exceptional adaptation in testing with lessons learned from Pectra. I Then I said And I say it again: Pectra created a large caliber for the core developers (maybe they should work to make sure they are Better compensation! ).
Keeping Gramsterdam speedy will be a bigger task. It feels like it was a long time ago now, but what’s characteristic of Fusaka was the result of the Pectra upgrade being split into two separate forks due to complexity and scope. This led Peerdas to get a head start in both implementation and decision-making.
This process was streamlined for the first time by officially selecting an upgrade headliner before the previous fork was live, but there are still 23 small features It proposes that inclusion is determined, and further winter holidays and January dullness. Whether this upgrade will leave in mid-2026 is still in the air.
Related ACD calls:
(July 31 – September 29)
ACDT: 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49, 48, 47
ACDC: 165, 164, 163, 162
ACDE: 221, 220, 219, 218, 217
