Ethereum L1 Contract Alert Ahead of Glamsterdam Gas Repricing
Ethereum (ETH)
u.today reports that Ethereum developers have issued an alert for L1 contract users on the ETH mainnet. The warning concerns the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade scheduled for Q4 2026, which includes gas repricings via EIP-8037 and EIP-8038. These changes will shift the costs of state creation and access to better reflect actual work required. While most contracts remain unaffected, a small set relying on hardcoded gas values may break or degrade without updates. The bulk of concerns can be resolved with an increase in the gas limit. This repricing is a prerequisite for increasing the gas limit further to support roughly a 3x increase in base throughput. The upgrade aims to scale L1 by reorganizing how the network handles transactions and manages its database.
What Whalio's data showed
Binance spot order flow for ETH, measured when this story was published on 26 August 2026.
Buy pressure is showing signs of building in the short term, as the 1-hour buy ratio stands at 59.2% compared to the 24-hour average of 45.7%. This shift is supported by a positive volume delta of +$9,416,780 in the last hour, contrasting sharply with the -$71,475,879 net outflow over the past day. The 4-hour buy ratio of 50.4% and volume delta of +$828,030 indicate a stabilization of selling pressure. The positive volume delta in the 1-hour window suggests immediate buyer aggression is outweighing sellers. However, the negative CVD of -$25,101,468 over 24 hours confirms that the broader daily trend remains bearish. The data implies a potential short-term rebound within a larger downtrend.