Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade Targets 200 Million Gas Limit Ahead of Q3 Launch
The post Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade Targets 200 Million Gas Limit Ahead of Q3 Launch appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Ethereum News Ethereum (ETH) is weeks away from Glamsterdam, its first major base-layer throughput overhaul since 2022 and the largest network change since The Merge. The upgrade rewrites how the network assembles blocks and, according to developer estimates, lifts the gas limit from roughly 60 million to about 200 million, a threefold jump. Projected throughput reaches up to 10,000 transactions per second, with gas fees potentially 78 percent lower. Devnet-5 and Devnet-6 are already live, and an internal mainnet target sits in late August, though Q3 2026 remains the realistic window after the ePBS delay. As an altcoin catalyst, it is drawing surprisingly little attention. The muted reaction is remarkable given how far the price has fallen. Ethereum trades near $1,730, a level last seen in March 2023, after shedding 65 percent from its August 2025 record. That dra