Ethereum’s Glamsterdam Upgrade Delayed Pending Gas-Change Audit

The hold-up is notable less for the delay itself than for what it signals: gas repricing is being treated as a compatibility risk to live contracts, not just a client-level change. That shifts the burden onto auditors and contract owners, who now sit between the research group's recommendation and any scheduling decision. With no new testnet date, the practical question is whether the audit surfaces affected contracts broadly or narrowly — that, rather than the upgrade's feature set, is what determines how long the uncertainty persists.