[CoinDesk] Two rival Ethereum proposals aim to stop Glamsterdam breaking old contracts
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Two competing Ethereum proposals are seeking to prevent the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade's gas changes from breaking existing smart contracts, with each taking a different approach to what contracts can observe versus what users pay. The proposals target the upgrade's planned gas-cost adjustments, which risk altering the behavior of deployed contracts that rely on current gas assumptions. The effort matters because a botched gas repricing could disrupt live applications across Ethereum's ecosystem, forcing developers to migrate or patch contracts. What to watch next is which proposal gains traction among core developers and whether either is folded into Glamsterdam's final specification ahead of its scheduled activation.
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