Ethereum Hegota proposal deadline and Glamsterdam testnet launch date announced

Ethereum developer Christine D. Kim reminded in the latest briefing that the deadline for the Hegota upgrade proposal is February 4, 2026. The bals-devnet-2 testnet for Glamsterdam is scheduled to launch on February 4, and developers need to complete two Execution API pull requests before then. In addition, the epbs-devnet-0 testnet is expected to go live at the end of February and will include all changes from the latest consensus specification v1.7.0-alpha.2. On the technical side, client teams are developing the implementation of partial cell proofs to support a higher number of blobs on the Ethereum mainnet. Currently, related testing is being conducted on the blob-devnet-0 network, but the Prysm and Lighthouse clients are experiencing field response issues.