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The Fusaka network upgrade shipped last week on mainnet with only very minor issues. A great success considering the issues we faced around the previous network upgrade, Pectra. (No issues on mainnet, but on both big testnets ahead of the mainnet launch)
The BPO1 (a Blob Parameter Only fork) goes live tomorrow, increasing the targeted number of blobs from 6 to 10 (a 66% increase!).
Further ahead of us lies the next network upgrade, Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam), with ePBS (EIP-7732) as the CL headliner and BAL (EIP-7928) as the EL headliner. A lot of work has already been done on this, and even more remains.
A bit of contention has come up lately around ePBS, specifically around the trustless payments part of it. Some well known players in the builder ecosystem believe this part significantly hampers efficiency and will not be used much in practice. While this feedback is coming late in the process, at least it's coming and should be taken into consideration. ePBS is a huge change and it's hard for anyone to fully understand its implications.
I'm not sure where I personally stand on this yet, I just watched the recording yesterday and need to review the pros and cons in more detail. For now my impression is that there's a bit of a disconnect between researchers and the real world and this needs (even) more refinement.
For those interested in the topic, I'd recommend watching the [recording](https://youtu.be/LkfmeBuQeqU?t=1643) from Friday's breakout call. The next breakout call will happen on December 19th.

The Fusaka network upgrade shipped last week on mainnet with only very minor issues. A great success considering the issues we faced around the previous network upgrade, Pectra. (No issues on mainnet, but on both big testnets ahead of the mainnet launch)
The BPO1 (a Blob Parameter Only fork) goes live tomorrow, increasing the targeted number of blobs from 6 to 10 (a 66% increase!).
Further ahead of us lies the next network upgrade, Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam), with ePBS (EIP-7732) as the CL headliner and BAL (EIP-7928) as the EL headliner. A lot of work has already been done on this, and even more remains.
A bit of contention has come up lately around ePBS, specifically around the trustless payments part of it. Some well known players in the builder ecosystem believe this part significantly hampers efficiency and will not be used much in practice. While this feedback is coming late in the process, at least it's coming and should be taken into consideration. ePBS is a huge change and it's hard for anyone to fully understand its implications.
I'm not sure where I personally stand on this yet, I just watched the recording yesterday and need to review the pros and cons in more detail. For now my impression is that there's a bit of a disconnect between researchers and the real world and this needs (even) more refinement.
For those interested in the topic, I'd recommend watching the [recording](https://youtu.be/LkfmeBuQeqU?t=1643) from Friday's breakout call. The next breakout call will happen on December 19th.