Ethereum’s long-awaited Glamsterdam upgrade hits another roadblock as 13 security risks emergeHoodi activation is postponed while developers investigate how proposed gas changes affect existing contracts.
Ethereum’s next capacity upgrade has hit a compatibility problem before reaching mainnet. Developers postponed the Hoodi activation after security researchers identified ways proposed gas changes could disrupt existing contracts, putting the unconfirmed December rollout target under pressure. Railway is urging every customer to replace stored credentials after a possible exposure, while XRPL has restored normal ledger closing times through a configuration change and is still testing a software correction. Its separate security amendment faces a restarted validator countdown. Top NewsEthereum’s long-awaited Glamsterdam upgrade hits another roadblock as 13 security risks emerge
The canceled October 26 Hoodi activation also suspends the planned testnet gas-limit increase to 200 million, while ChainSecurity says it found 13 real-world examples of contracts affected by the proposed accounting changes. Attackers could trigger insufficient-gas failures that affected applications record as permanently unsuccessful, preventing retries of otherwise valid operations. The Ethereum Foundation is investigating the scope; no mainnet date was finalized, and the reported risks concern the proposed upgrade’s interaction with existing contracts. Railway urges credential resets as investigator alleges $371,000 crypto theftRailway invalidated all platform API tokens on October 22. Investigator @tayvano_ separately alleges roughly $371,000 in crypto theft involving keys stored there; Railway has confirmed neither the theft nor its connection to the incident. XRPL recovers from network slowdown as critical security upgrade faces two-week delayThe fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment’s validator countdown restarted after support slipped on October 21. It addresses token permissions and other financial safeguards, is unrelated to the slowdown, and could activate November 4 at the earliest. From Our PartnersSponsored content. What Is an Agentic Activities Launchpad? Inside AX1 Console 2.0AX1 says Console 2.0 automatically creates AI agents to complete paid tasks on Base. Its first task, Verdict, scans a selected token’s onchain activity and trading metrics and returns a shareable card, which AX1 describes as entertainment. The company says runs cost $0.02 each in USDC and settle through x402, with starter credit covering the first few runs. What We’re Watching
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