Glamsterdam Prep Begins: 10 Repricing EIPs Take Spotlight

Ethereum’s execution-layer developers have laid out a comprehensive roadmap of repricing proposals (EIPs) that will shape the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade. During ACDE Call #222, discussions focused on recalibrating gas, storage, & memory costs to ensure the network remains efficient & sustainable as it scales. These changes, grouped under EIP-8007, form one of the largest coordinated efforts in Ethereum’s history to realign cost structures & prevent state bloat.

• Overview of Repricing Goals
• Compute & Memory Cost Revisions
• State & Storage Repricing
• Data, Calldata & Accounting Adjustments

Overview of Repricing Goals

Ethereum’s scaling journey has highlighted a critical issue, i.e., resource mispricing. Operations that consume similar compute or memory often carry inconsistent gas costs, creating performance bottlenecks & inefficiencies.

This repricing initiative is part of Ethereum’s broader effort to maintain node efficiency while preparing for higher transaction throughput & long-term scalability.

Compute & Memory Cost Revisions

The compute & memory updates focus on aligning gas costs with real-world benchmark results to make resource usage more predictable & equitable.
Key proposals include:

• EIP-7904 – Aligns opcode pricing with benchmark data, reducing overvalued compute costs.
• EIP-7667 – Updates the cost of hashing operations to support future ZK-VM applications.
• EIP-7923 – Replaces quadratic memory growth with a paged memory model, improving compiler efficiency & predictability.

State & Storage Repricing

Ethereum’s state size continues to grow, increasing the burden on nodes & threatening decentralization. The state repricing proposals aim to curb uncontrolled expansion by making storage-heavy operations more expensive & structurally efficient. Highlighted EIPs include:

• EIP-8032: Introduces depth-based pricing for SSTORE, charging exponentially higher gas for deeply nested contract storage.
• EIP-8037: Increases state creation costs tenfold & meters deposits separately to discourage excessive storage use.
• EIP-8038: Adjusts constants in SLOAD & SSTORE to maintain fairness with EIP-8032.

These proposals collectively ensure state growth is predictable & sustainable, keeping full node operation accessible while enhancing data efficiency across the network.

Data, Calldata & Accounting Adjustments

Ethereum’s repricing effort extends beyond computation — it also rebalances how transaction data & calldata are charged, alongside refining refund mechanisms for better block-level accounting.

Key inclusions:

• EIP-7981 – Establishes a base floor cost for access lists, improving consistency in data access charges.
• EIP-7976 – Increases calldata costs to reduce spam & maintain block integrity.
• EIP-2780 – Lowers intrinsic gas per transaction but adds a small fee for account-creating ETH transfers.
• EIP-7778 – Removes refunds from block limit accounting to prevent inflated block scenarios while preserving refunds for individual transactions.

The repricing suite for Glamsterdam marks one of Ethereum’s most technical & forward-looking governance milestones. By restructuring how compute, memory, & storage costs are measured, Ethereum aims to strengthen network efficiency without compromising decentralization.

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