Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF) Cohort 7 — Applications open until May 13
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Glamsterdam Upgrade

Upcoming

Major network upgrade featuring Block-level Access Lists and ePBS. Named after the combination of "Amsterdam" (execution layer upgrade, named after the previous Devconnect location) and "Gloas" (consensus layer upgrade, named after a star).

EIPs that may affect app developers, grouped by inclusion certainty.

Scheduled for Inclusion

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Nearly certain. Plan accordingly.

Can subscribe to a standard ETH transfer log instead of tracing; requires small updates to indexers and business logic.

No direct impact. It enables applications to leverage previous builder information, something that is not currently available. It enables trustless preconfirmation schemes.

Contracts generally unchanged. Only strategies exploiting large refunds lose ability to help pack extra computation into blocks via accounting quirks.

Simplifies reading beacon time onchain, avoiding timestamp math and EIP-4788 proofs; fewer assumptions about the slot schedule.

Can optimize applications for block-level access patterns, significantly reduce gas costs for state-heavy applications, and enable new design patterns.

Considered for Inclusion

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Likely but not guaranteed.

Changes how fee is managed based on accessed state, lowers base cost for every kind of transaction.

Application behavior during recovery from mass slashings becomes more predictable, with fewer missed blocks and smoother chain progress. No application changes required.

Application logic and smart contracts remain unchanged; only underlying consensus churn limits adjust, so most applications require no code modifications.

Application logic unchanged; contracts or rollup sequencers relying on blob data get steadier L1 availability during busy network-wide periods.

No protocol changes for smart contract developers; only economic behaviour of validator exits and staking derivatives liquidity may subtly improve.