Developers urge halt to Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade over gas risks

BeInCrypto reported that a group of Ethereum developers wants the Glamsterdam upgrade halted over planned gas changes that they say could break smart contracts. The EIP-8037 proposal raises gas costs for new state, and contracts with fixed gas limits might exhaust their budget, while immutable contracts could leave user funds stuck.

The founder of Curve Finance warned of an emergency hard fork, and a DeFi developer called the plan completely ridiculous. An Ethereum Foundation board member opposes the upgrade, and a repricing-impact list identifies more than 200,000 affected contracts.

An influential advocate who had backed fast activation has reversed that call, and the same person admitted the community fell short on design and diligence. Core developers have been pressed to publish more data, and a Hoodi testnet test was delayed until October following the risks raised.

Taken together, the warnings focus on contracts that cannot be changed after deployment and on whether the planned timeline leaves enough room for further testing.