The test fork that Ethereum developers had been working towards since early October is not happening. On October 22, the core developers cancelled the activation of the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet planned for Monday, October 26. The reason is not a bug in the software but a security finding from the audit firm ChainSecurity concerning two improvement proposals that form part of the upgrade. No replacement date has been set, either for Hoodi or for the mainnet.
If you hold Ether, nothing changes in day-to-day terms for now. Anyone running a node, operating a validator or testing applications on Hoodi, by contrast, has to adjust the calendar and check their software versions. This article sets out what exactly was cancelled, why the auditors raised the alarm and which date is realistically on the table now.
Hoodi fork cancelled: October 26 is off
Glamsterdam was due to take effect on Hoodi on October 26 at 17:42:48 UTC, at Hoodi epoch 132,352. That activation has been removed from the revised configuration. Cancelled along with it are the activation of the Amsterdam execution layer and that of the Gloas consensus ...
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