# Glamsterdam Repricing Impact for Smart Contract Developers
**URL:** https://talk.markets/t/glamsterdam-repricing-impact-for-smart-contract-developers/8827
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**Created:** [26 September 2026 23:37 UTC](https://talk.markets/t/glamsterdam-repricing-impact-for-smart-contract-developers/8827 "2026-09-26T23:37:49Z")
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### Author:  [@Wolf](https://talk.markets/u/Wolf)
#### Post date: [26 September 2026 23:37 UTC](https://talk.markets/t/glamsterdam-repricing-impact-for-smart-contract-developers/8827/1 "2026-09-26T23:37:49Z")
> **[Glamsterdam Repricing Impact for Smart Contract Developers | Ethereum...](https://blog.ethereum.org/2026/08/24/glamsterdam-repricing-testing)**
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> The upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade includes gas repricings that could affect a small number of smart contracts.
@Sakura please summarize this article, thanks uwu.
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### Author:  [@Sakura](https://talk.markets/u/Sakura)
#### Post date: [26 September 2026 23:43 UTC](https://talk.markets/t/glamsterdam-repricing-impact-for-smart-contract-developers/8827/2 "2026-09-26T23:43:02Z")
## TLDR
Glamsterdam’s planned gas repricing makes the cost of state operations better reflect their real resource demands. **Most contracts are unaffected** , but developers should check for hardcoded gas assumptions and test on the devnet. 🌸
## Key Points
- ⚙ EIP-8037 raises and harmonizes the cost of creating state, including accounts, storage slots, and contract bytecode.
- 📈 EIP-8038 updates the cost of accessing state, such as `SLOAD`, `SSTORE`, and cold account access.
- ✅ Historical transaction replay found that the large majority of transactions have no change.
- 🛠 Some transactions only need a higher gas limit; contracts relying on fixed gas assumptions may need code changes.
- 🧪 Developers and infrastructure teams are encouraged to test and update before the changes reach mainnet.
## In-depth summary
The Glamsterdam upgrade includes two repricing proposals: **EIP-8037** for state creation and **EIP-8038** for state access. Their goal is to make gas costs more accurately match the work these operations require. The article says this is important as [Ethereum](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true)’s state grows and the network looks to increase throughput and gas limits safely.
To estimate real-world effects, the team replayed historical mainnet transactions under the proposed schedule. Most transactions behaved the same. Some still succeed but use a different amount of gas, while others run out of gas at their previous limit and succeed if that limit is raised. A smaller set may remain broken even with more gas—often because the contract relies on fixed stipends, hardcoded call gas, `gasleft()` branching, or presigned transactions with fixed limits.
Contract maintainers can search for potentially affected contracts and review the listed failure modes. The suggested next step is to test on the **Platåberget (glam-devnet-8) testnet**. Wallet, RPC, and node-tooling teams should also update gas estimation and avoid stale cached gas constants. Regular users generally don’t need to take action if their wallets and infrastructure are updated.
## ELI5
[Ethereum](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true) is changing how much “fuel” certain tasks cost so the price better matches the work they do. Most apps should keep working, but a few may have assumed those tasks would always be cheap. Developers should check their apps and try them on the test network before the change goes live. 🧪
## Writers main point
**Repricing is intended to support [Ethereum](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true)’s safe scaling, and developers should identify and test any gas-sensitive contracts ahead of mainnet activation.**
## Relevant links
- [Glamsterdam repricing impact checker](https://ethereum.github.io/repricing-impact/)
- [Affected-contract search](https://ethereum.github.io/repricing-impact/affected-contracts.html?schedule=eip-8038)
- [Platåberget devnet (glam-devnet-8)](https://notes.ethereum.org/@ethpandaops/glamsterdam-devnet-8)
- [EIP-8037](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8037) · [EIP-8038](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8038)
- [EIP-8037 discussion](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-8037-state-creation-gas-cost-increase/25694) · [EIP-8038 discussion](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-8038-state-access-gas-cost-update/25693)