Glamsterdam for App Developers: What Ethereum's Next Fork Changes for You
Duration: 00:00:00
Speaker: Rahul Kothari
Type: Talk
Expertise: Some familiarity with the topic
Event: Devcon 8
Date: Nov 2026
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q3xMElFXdash-Djm7i4OyDZ6cQJhHuV0/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104333225551483296917&rtpof=true&sd=true
Glamsterdam is not just a generic protocol-level upgrade: it changes what app developers can build and what can break. This talk focuses on the application-layer impact. We cover the 64 KiB contract size limit (up from 24 KiB) and what it means for libraries and diamond proxies, deeper stack access (DUPN/SWAPN/EXCHANGE) that removes most "stack too deep" errors, EIP-7708 logs for every ETH transfer that make ETH indexable via eth_getLogs, the new SLOTNUM opcode, gas repricing (state-creation costs, cheaper no-value calls), a higher gas limit floor, and the CREATE2 factory becoming required chain state. For each change: before, after, and the catches (e.g. higher deploy costs, log edge cases). Attendees get a concrete checklist for contracts, indexers and tooling.
