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Glamsterdam: what Ethereum’s Sepolia announcement covers

By TomCrypto· Source published: · Reviewed by TomCrypto · 09 Oct 2026

The Foundation’s announcement schedules a testnet upgrade, with mainnet timing still separate.

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A testnet milestone

The Ethereum Foundation’s September 28 announcement scheduled Glamsterdam on Sepolia for October 6, 2026, at 13:53:36 UTC. It identifies proposer-builder separation and block-level access lists as headline changes.

The announcement does not set a mainnet or Hoodi activation date. This summary records the published schedule and does not independently confirm activation.

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