Ethereum Schedules Hoodi Fork for Oct. 26 with 200M Gas Limit

Key Facts

1The Hoodi fork is scheduled for activation on the Sepolia testnet on October 26, featuring a 200 million gas limit.

Ethereum developers scheduled the Hoodi fork activation on the Sepolia testnet for October 26, 2026, featuring an increase in the gas limit to 200 million. Tokenpost reported that the upgrade includes enshrining proposer-builder separation within the consensus protocol and implementing block-level access lists.

This follows the Glamsterdam activation on October 6, 2026, as part of an ongoing testing phase before a mainnet release date is finalized. The design aims to increase network capacity while ensuring block verification remains practical for node operators, who are required to update their clients ahead of the fork.