Morning Edition · Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Ethereum Researchers Weigh Where to Place a Deadline That Governs Reorgs
A new study on the epoch-boundary attestation timing argues the Glamsterdam upgrade's choice of second two, three or four in a slot carries a measurable cost to chain stability.
Ethereum's core researchers are debating a narrow but consequential parameter as they design the Glamsterdam upgrade. A study posted to the Ethereum Research forum examines where in each twelve-second slot the attestation deadline should si…
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Over the coming months Ethereum researchers advance a post-Glamsterdam scaling roadmap that raises layer-2 throughput while preserving censorship resistance, tying execution and bandwidth costs to base-layer ether transfers.
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