The Funding Question Behind Ethereum's Next Fork

In this episode, Christine and Nixo discuss the timeline for the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade and next steps for scoping out Hegotá. Nixo shares her expectations for a mainnet Glamsterdam activation in December and her views on how client team funding may impact the size of future Ethereum forks. This episode was recorded on September 9, 2026. Timestamps: (1:15) Nixo’s career before crypto (3:47) How to prepare for Glamsterdam (6:48) Glamsterdam mainnet ETA (15:49) The Hegota fork scoping process (23:14) The status of Frame Txs in Hegota (33:39) Client team funding impacts on Hegota Show links: Ethereum public testnets overview (https://forkcast.org/networks/) Song Credits: Special thanks to Calios for the music featured in this episode. You can listen to the full track, “Our Lives,” and other songs by Calios on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qs62.... Enjoying this content? Subscribe to the newsletter: https://christinedkim.substack.com/ Follow on X: https://x.com/ready4merge Interested in sponsoring the show? inquiry@protocolwatch.com