Glamsterdam fork on Hoodi cancelled: how to check whether your Ethereum staking is affected

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 developers have cancelled the Glamsterdam activation on the Hoodi testnet planned for October 26. The trigger is a security finding on EIP-8037, and no replacement date for Hoodi or the mainnet has been set.The test fork that Ethereum developers had been working towards since early October is not happening. On October 22, the core developers cancelled the activation of the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet planned for Monday, October 26. The reason is not a bug in the software but a security finding from the audit firm ChainSecurity concerning two improvement proposals that form part of the upgrade. No replacement date has been set, either for Hoodi or for the mainnet. If you hold Ether, nothing changes in day-to-day terms for now. Anyone running a node, operating a validator or testing applications on Hoodi, by contrast, has to adjust the calendar and check their software versions. This article sets out what exactly was cancelled, why the auditors raised the ala...