# Checkpoint #9: Apr 2026

DevFeed: [Checkpoint #9: Apr 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/checkpoint-9-apr-2026-17218.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/04/10/checkpoint-9>)

Author: EF Protocol Support

Published: 2026-04-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [compatibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compatibility.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [consensus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consensus.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [scheduled](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduled.md>), [state](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

This checkpoint summarizes Ethereum core development. Glamsterdam implementation is progressing, but ePBS, gas repricing, and Block-level Access Lists remain technically complex. Hegotá has selected FOCIL as a major feature and plans work on Account Abstraction as a minor feature, while developers prepare additional devnets.

## Source excerpt

Ethereum's All Core Developer calls can be a lot to keep up with, so this "Checkpoint" series aims for periodic high-level updates, depending on what's happening in core development. See the previous update here. !image...