The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has finalised the core goals of its next network upgrade, "Glamsterdam", and set the gas limit at 200 million.

Cointelegraph reported on May 12 that Glamsterdam is likely to be applied in the third quarter of 2026 after slipping from an initial schedule set for June.

The upgrade's central aim is to expand Ethereum Layer 1 throughput. The foundation said it has laid the groundwork to raise the gas limit from about 60 million to 200 million. Glamsterdam focuses on overhauling transaction processing and the structure used to manage the network database. It was introduced as work that fundamentally revises how blocks are produced and validated. This is expected to provide a basis for the network to handle larger blocks in a stable way.

It also confirmed stabilisation of ePBS (embedded Proposer-Builder Separation), which allows validators to delegate block production to specialised builders. The new structure reduces reliance on external relays and helps secure time to process larger blocks safely. The foundation also finalised EIP-8037, which prices data storage costs more precisely. The proposal raises the cost of state-creation operations to prevent state data from growing excessively when the block gas limit increases.

The foundation is also preparing follow-on upgrades. At an interoperability event held in Svalbard, Norway, it shared updates on bringing a development network online and on setting the scope of Hegota, and said it is continuing to push Stromap, its quantum-response roadmap.

A reorganisation also moved ahead. Leadership of the protocol cluster was replaced, and Will Cochrane (윌 코코런), Kev Weatherburn (케브 웨더번) and Frederik (프레드릭) were appointed as new leaders. Barnabe Monnot and Tim Beiko left the foundation, and Alex Stokes will take a sabbatical. Cochrane wrote on X, formerly Twitter, "A new chapter begins for the protocol cluster," and said he would continue the work on Glamsterdam, Hegota and Stromap.

The announcement shows Ethereum has entered a phase of reorganising both protocol structure and the development organisation, going beyond a simple performance improvement. Market attention is expected to focus on the timing of Glamsterdam's rollout and how quickly concrete implementations that support the 200 million gas limit target proceed.