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<p class="article-dek">Crypto Economy says the Glamsterdam testnet launched Aug. 13, while NFTevening and BlockchainReporter both cite an Aug. 17 announcement.</p><div class="ag-dispute"><p class="ag-dispute__standfirst">Crypto Economy says the Glamsterdam testnet launched Aug. 13, while NFTevening and BlockchainReporter both cite an Aug. 17 announcement.</p><h2 id="what-all-sources-agree-on">What all sources agree on</h2><ul><li>The Glamsterdam fork is scheduled to activate on the Platåberget testnet on Aug. 20.</li><li>Glamsterdam introduces a separate state-gas dimension for operations that create new state, such as account creation or new storage.</li><li>A standard ETH transfer to an existing account will still cost 21,000 gas, but sending to a new account will involve an additional state-gas charge.</li><li>Wallets, indexers and gas estimators that rely on a fixed or hardcoded maximum gas limit will need to be updated or will stop working correctly.</li><li>The upgrade also includes enshrined proposer-builder separation, block-level access lists and expanded limits for contract code size.</li></ul><h2 id="where-the-reports-disagree">Where the reports disagree</h2><div class="ag-dispute__point"><h3 id="span-class-ag-dispute__n-1-span-date-the-plat-berget-testnet-launched-or-was-announced"><span class="ag-dispute__n">1</span>Date the Platåberget testnet launched or was announced</h3><blockquote class="ag-dispute__pos"><p>The Ethereum Foundation urged developers to test their systems on Plataberget, a public testnet launched on August 13 and designed to run for several months.</p><p><cite><a href="https://crypto-economy.com/ethereum-foundation-issues-caution-ahead-of-glamsterdam-saying-some-tools-might-stop-working/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Crypto Economy</a> 2026-08-18 19:32</cite></p></blockquote><blockquote class="ag-dispute__pos"><p>On August 17, the Ethereum Foundation announced Platåberget, a public testnet for the Glamsterdam upgrade, where wallet, dApp, and Ethereum infrastructure development teams can test changes early before they are deployed to Sepolia, Hoodi, and eventually mainnet.</p><p><cite><a href="https://nftevening.com/ethereum-21000-gas-limit-glamsterdam-upgrade/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=ethereum-21000-gas-limit-glamsterdam-upgrade" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NFTevening</a> 2026-08-19 04:49</cite></p></blockquote><blockquote class="ag-dispute__pos"><p>In its Aug. 17 announcement, the Ethereum Foundation said the network is intended to run for several months before Glamsterdam moves to longer-lived testnets.</p><p><cite><a href="https://blockchainreporter.net/ethereum-plataberget-testnet-glamsterdam/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BlockchainReporter</a> 2026-08-19 15:00</cite></p></blockquote><p class="ag-dispute__resolve"><b>What would settle it:</b> The Ethereum Foundation's original Platåberget announcement post or its published timestamp/changelog.</p></div><h2 id="what-to-make-of-it">What to make of it</h2><p>Treat the Aug. 20 Glamsterdam fork date and the gas-model/state-gas changes as established across all three reports; the exact date Platåberget itself launched or was announced (Aug. 13 vs. Aug. 17) remains unresolved until the Foundation's own announcement timestamp is checked.</p></div><p>Treat the Aug. 20 Glamsterdam fork date and the gas-model/state-gas changes as established across all three reports; the exact date Platåberget itself launched or was announced (Aug. 13 vs. Aug. 17) remains unresolved until the Foundation's own announcement timestamp is checked.</p><p>Originally reported by <a href="https://altcoingordon.com/sources-disagree-plataberget-testnet-launch-date/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">AltcoinGordon</a>, written by Grace Mitchell. Republished with permission.</p><p><a class="tcr-g-cta" href="https://altcoingordon.com/sources-disagree-plataberget-testnet-launch-date/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">View the original on AltcoinGordon →</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/sources-disagree-on-plataberget-testnet-launch-date/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Sources Disagree on Platåberget Testnet Launch Date</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TheCoinrise.com</a>.</p>

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