Ethereum developers cancelled the second and final Glamsterdam testnet after security firm ChainSecurity found bugs in EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 that could affect at least 13 DeFi contracts, according to Cointelegraph’s Hodler’s Digest for the week ending October 25. This article summarizes that report, which was published earlier than today’s news.
Researchers at Ethlabs and the Ethereum Foundation then set up a GitHub-based message board where their AI agents coordinate scans for contract vulnerabilities. A second board now examines EIP-8198, known as “Quick Slots,” for the following Hegota fork. Derek Chiang of Ethlabs said the issues were found “very late in the process,” causing everyone “to scramble to deal with the fallout.”
Elsewhere in the digest, Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade went live on mainnet, cutting finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150 milliseconds. Starknet voters backed research into post-quantum security for the base layer, with 93.52% of voting power in favor.
The digest also covered the “Steal My Bitcoin” challenge, a PHP puzzle with a bitcoin prize that was solved within a day by a participant called KillerBoi. The wallet key did not open the advertised address, and organizer James Pavur acknowledged the mistake and said the funds would be transferred.
The episode shows how late-stage audits and AI-assisted tooling are becoming part of Ethereum’s upgrade process, and why testnet schedules can shift at short notice.
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