Ethereum 2026: Glamsterdam and Hegota Forks, L1 Scaling
Ethereum in 2026 will feature the Glamsterdam fork for parallel processing and the Heze-Bogota fork for censorship resistance, boosting L1 scaling.Summary
Ethereum's scaling efforts are set to intensify in 2026, highlighted by the mid-year Glamsterdam hard fork, which will introduce Block Access Lists (EIP-7928) to enable 'perfect' parallel block processing, moving the chain from single-lane execution to multi-lane throughput. This, combined with Enshrined Proposer Builder Separation (ePBS), which integrates MEV Boost functionality trustlessly into the consensus layer, will provide validators more time to process zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, incentivizing the switch to ZK-attesting. These changes are expected to increase the L1 gas limit significantly, potentially reaching 200 million or more, pushing L1 throughput toward 10,000 transactions per second (TPS). Furthermore, data blobs will increase, aiding Layer 2s (L2s) in handling hundreds of thousands of TPS. Later in 2026, the Heze-Bogota fork is anticipated, focusing less on scaling and more on enhancing censorship resistance via mechanisms like Fork-Choice Inclusion Lists (FOCIL), ensuring transaction inclusion if a portion of the network remains honest.
(Source：Cointelegraph)