Ethereum price prediction: Glamsterdam live on Sepolia with 64 million gas instead of 200, and why the gap matters

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Ethereum's next big upgrade has been running on the Sepolia test network since Tuesday afternoon. The much-quoted gas limit of 200 million is not in place there yet, and the gap says more about the mainnet date than any price target estimate.Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade has been live on the Sepolia test network since Tuesday afternoon. The fork started at 13:53:36 UTC, exactly at the time the developers had announced three weeks earlier. Anyone holding Ethereum gets a rare opportunity from this: the network that is also meant to carry the mainnet in a few weeks or months is running out in the open right now and can be measured. That is precisely what we did, and the result departs from the headline. One number stood at the centre of the reports of recent days: a gas limit of 200 million, more than three times the previous 60 million. On Sepolia the gas limit stood at 64,238,034 on Tuesday afternoon, a good hour after the fork. That is no contradiction of the announcement, but ...