Researcher Marius van der Wijden says Chainsecurity found that EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 in the Glamsterdam upgrade, which change gas accounting for some operations and state, will break invariants some projects rely on. Core developers have delayed the hard fork and paused the Hoodi testnet fork, and the Ethereum Foundation is working with auditors and urging developers to check their projects against the eight invariants.
Ethereum Foundation urges projects to check eight invariants as hard fork is delayed
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The story so far: Ethereum Glamsterdam Hoodi testnet delay
The Ethereum Foundation postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet, originally set for 27 October, to study how EIP-8037 interacts with mainnet smart contracts. ChainSecurity found problems with EIP-8037, reporting 13 real cases. Core developers have now delayed the hard fork and paused the Hoodi fork…
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