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Gas Accounting Risks In Glamsterdam EIPs
EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 may change failed-call behavior in existing contracts; teams are assessing mainnet impact before activation.
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Developers find gas accounting risks in EIP-8037 and EIP-8038. Uniswap launches Aggregator Hooks. Splits introduces paid tiers. And Etherscan adds warnings against address poisoning transactions.
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Gas Accounting Risks In Glamsterdam
EIP-8037 and EIP-8038, which are scheduled for inclusion in the Glamsterdam upgrade, are being investigated for potential gas accounting risks. The gas changes can make existing contracts behave differently after a failed call: code that used to run out of gas may keep running, or gas-based checks may misread the failure and make the wrong decision. Glamsterdam is delayed while teams are checking how widely that could affect live contracts on Ethereum mainnet.
Node operators on the Hoodi testnet are advised to update their clients to the latest versions that unschedule the Glamsterdam hard fork. Geth core developer lightclient said he had raised concerns and asked for mainnet impact analysis, but did not fully understand the implications without a live-contract proof of concept. Lightclient separately criticized the EIPs for enabling a higher gas limit without solving state growth directly. Ethereum Foundation board member pcaversaccio criticized protocol designers for not using Ethereum themselves and developing from an ivory-tower, saying real-world use reveals problems that are easy to miss otherwise.
Uniswap Launches Aggregator Hooks
Uniswap launched Aggregator Hooks, allowing external liquidity to be sourced for Uniswap v4 pools across Ethereum mainnet, Base, and Robinhood Chain. The hooks are live in the Uniswap Web App and API with seven initial sources available, including Curve, Fluid, PancakeSwap V3, Slipstream, Uniswap V2 and V3 and their forks, and LitePSM. The sources cover more than 90% of DEX activity.
Each aggregator hook wraps an external source so routers can treat it like a Uniswap pool. Routers pull fresh quotes every block and build a route across Uniswap pools and outside sources, then settle the full route in one transaction without requiring new approvals. Swaps routed through external sources pay protocol fees that contribute to the UNI token burn.
Splits Introduces Paid Tiers
Splits, the protocol for distributing on-chain payments, launched Pro and Premium paid plans for its treasury product. The company says Splits Treasury processed more than $200 million across 3.2 million transactions in its first year without a token, points, or an incentive program. The Pro plan is priced at $240 per year followed by Premium at 2,400 per year. The subscription fees can be waived if users keep a minimum USDC or USDT balance in Splits Earn, its yield product powered by Morpho.
The tiers add business tools including transaction exports, scheduled payments, and, for Premium, monthly rule-based categorization, QuickBooks and Xero syncing, and downloadable 1099s. Every active Splits account currently has Premium access through November 9, 2026. The Splits Base tier also remains available at no cost.
Etherscan Address Poisoning Warning
Etherscan added new warning alert that highlights addresses with lookalike characters appearing on the same page on its block explorer. Address-poisoning scams place similar-looking addresses in transaction histories in the hope that users will copy the wrong address and send funds to an attacker. The warning is displayed by default and can be disabled in Site Settings. Users should verify the full address before interacting with it. Etherscan notes that attack detection is an evolving cat-and-mouse process that can produce false positives.
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Hardhat releases v3.21.0. Ethrex releases v30.0.1, which unschedules Glamsterdam on Hoodi. Check out the latest releases here. And Vitalik will demonstrate Kohaku using Ambire at Devcon 8.
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