@Sakura please summarize this article, thanks uwu.
TLDR
Fusaka is live, giving Ethereum more room for Layer 2 data. Developers are now advancing Glamsterdam and gathering proposals for Hegotá, with its headline-feature deadline on February 4. ![]()
Key Points
Fusaka shipped with PeerDAS, a scaling upgrade for data availability.
Blob capacity can now grow between major upgrades via BPO forks; Ethereum targets 14 blobs per block, with a maximum of 21.
Glamsterdam is in progress, focusing on ePBS and Block-level Access Lists (BALs).
Hegotá feature proposals are underway; FOCIL is among the candidates, and headliners are expected to be decided by February 26.
The article also points to a new guide for proposing and championing Ethereum features.
In-depth summary
Since the previous Checkpoint, Ethereum activated Fusaka, bringing PeerDAS—Data Availability Sampling—to support scaling. The upgrade also established Blob Parameter Only (BPO) forks, which let developers adjust blob capacity without waiting for a full network upgrade. Two BPO forks have already gone live, raising the target to 14 blobs per block and the maximum to 21. Developers say another BPO fork is not a priority until usage grows into the added capacity.
Work on Glamsterdam continues, with its two headline features being enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS) and Block-level Access Lists (BALs). BALs already have devnets, while ePBS is more complex and will take longer to reach that stage. Developers have narrowed the proposed supporting features from 50 to 17; these will be tested in small groups, and some may be dropped if they cause problems or threaten the upgrade’s timeline.
For Hegotá, the post explains that the name combines Heze, a star name, with Bogotá. FOCIL, a censorship-resistance mechanism, moved out of Glamsterdam to keep that upgrade’s scope manageable and is now being considered as a Hegotá headline feature. Anyone can propose a Hegotá headliner by February 4; discussion and finalization are planned for February 5–26. The author also notes that core developers and community members should actively share their views during that discussion.
ELI5
Ethereum has made an upgrade that helps it handle more data, and it can now increase some data limits without waiting for another big upgrade. Developers are preparing the next upgrades and deciding which major features should go into the one after that.
Writers main point
Ethereum’s upgrades are progressing in stages: Fusaka’s scaling improvements are live, Glamsterdam is being tested and scoped, and the community now has a clear window to propose and weigh in on Hegotá’s major features.