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Ethereum Plans Major 2026 Upgrades to Increase Speed and Censorship Resistance

Ethereum Upcoming Hard Forks in 2026

  • Two major hard forks planned: Glamsterdam (mid-2026) and Heze-Bogota (late-2026).
  • Objectives include speeding up transactions, enhancing validation tools, and increasing censorship resistance.

Ethereum Price Dynamics and Options Market

  • ETH is trading above $2,900, with a large options expiry of $6 billion approaching.
  • More call options than puts; the max pain level is at $3,100.
  • Analysts predict consolidation between $2,700 and $3,100 through year-end.
  • Bearish outlook for 2026, with potential declines to $1,800–$2,000 if market conditions worsen.

Glamsterdam Upgrade Details

  • Enables parallel transaction processing, improving efficiency and safety.
  • Gas limit expected to rise to 200 million after changes are implemented.
  • Validators will transition to validating ZK proofs, supporting higher transaction throughput.
  • Protocol-level proposer-builder separation (ePBS) aims to reduce centralization risks.

Ethereum Upgrade

Layer-2 Scaling Enhancements

  • Increase in data blobs per block could enhance L2 throughput dramatically.
  • ZKsync’s Elastic Network and other designs aim to boost transaction speeds while maintaining funds on Ethereum.
  • Interoperability layer discussions are ongoing to improve cross-chain activity.

Heze-Bogota and Censorship Resistance

  • Introducing tools to ensure inclusion of specific transactions by validator groups.
  • Focuses more on permissionless access and reducing transaction blocking risks.