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Ethereum After Pectra

What Pectra (May 2025) and Fusaka (Dec 2025) actually shipped, what Glamsterdam adds in 2026, and the long-tail upgrades — SSF, Verkle, EOF — that complete Ethereum's endgame.

  1. 01

    Ethereum After Pectra and Fusaka: The State of the Network in 2026

    Pectra (May 2025) and Fusaka (Dec 2025) reshaped Ethereum into a DA layer for rollups. Where ETH the asset and ETH the network actually stand in 2026.

    7 min read · intermediate

  2. 02

    PeerDAS Explained: Data-Availability Sampling and the L2 Fee Story

    How PeerDAS turned Ethereum's data layer into a sampled network and pushed L2 fees below a cent in Q1 2026. Part 2 of Ethereum After Pectra.

    8 min read · intermediate

  3. 03

    Glamsterdam: ePBS, Block-Level Access Lists, and the MEV Endgame

    Glamsterdam enshrines proposer-builder separation and adds Block-Level Access Lists in H1 2026. Here is what changes for MEV, validators, and gas.

    8 min read · intermediate

  4. 04

    The Long Tail: SSF, Verkle Trees, EOF, and Ethereum's Endgame

    Pectra and Fusaka were the warm-up. Single-slot finality, Verkle trees, and EOF are the long-tail upgrades that define Ethereum in 2030.

    8 min read · intermediate

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