Ethereum "Glamsterdam" upgrade scheduled for 2026, aims to improve MEV fairness

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Coindesk, Ethereum core developers are advancing a major protocol upgrade called “Glamsterdam,” scheduled for 2026, focusing on addressing the fairness of the current network’s maximum extractable value (MEV). One of the key proposals in this upgrade is EIP-7732: Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS), which formally introduces a division of roles between Proposers and Builders at the protocol level, reducing reliance on centralized relays and external MEV infrastructure, thereby enhancing censorship resistance and fairness during block production. Another critical accompanying proposal is EIP-7928: Block-level Access Lists, allowing blocks to predeclare which accounts and contract data they will access, helping nodes preload and reuse data more efficiently, making block execution faster and more predictable, and laying the groundwork for future scalability. The full list of Glamsterdam EIPs is still being finalized.