# Ethereum Scaling Collides With Legacy Contracts

As Ethereum reprices state and raises throughput, each fork will force an explicit choice between keeping deployed contracts working exactly as before and simplifying the protocol, producing recurring delays and versioning fights that slow the base-layer scaling timeline.

- Conviction: 34 / 100 (weakening)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-11-12T14:14:59.541Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/trends/ethereum-scaling-tests-contract-permanence
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: Global

## Recent score history

- 2026-11-11: 36
- 2026-11-12: 34

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Two rival Ethereum drafts aim to stop Glamsterdam's gas repricing from breaking deployed contracts (2026-11-09): Two competing Ethereum drafts take opposite approaches to Glamsterdam's gas repricing. One keeps existing contracts on the old gas schedule and gives new contracts new instructions; the other applies the new prices to everyone but lets old applications keep their current behavior. Neither sets a date. This is the choice the thesis predicts: deployed contracts kept working exactly as before versus a simpler protocol. With no date on either draft, the repricing timeline is still open.