Ethereum developers are currently reviewing 66 proposals to narrow them down as part of scoping for the next major Ethereum upgrade, Hegotá, with several aimed at bringing more privacy capabilities to the protocol.
FOCIL is currently the only Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) scheduled for inclusion in the upgrade. Frame Transactions (EIP-8141), Keyed Nonces (EIP-8250) and Recent Roots for Frame Transactions (EIP-8272) also “unlock native privacy, allowing privacy apps to operate without relying on intermediaries,” wrote Ethereum Foundation contributor Tony Wahr on Sunday. post.
FOCIL, short for Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion List, seeks to allow a committee of validators to force pending transactions into blocks to increase the network’s resistance to censorship, while other proposals could provide protocol primitives for privacy applications.
Core developers aim to ship Hegota upgrades next year. The next Ethereum Core Developer Calls will shape a significant part of Ethereum’s development trajectory for 2027. Proposals that do not make the cut for Hegotá may be reconsidered for subsequent upgrades
The next Ethereum Developer Call is scheduled for Monday at 2:00 pm UTC
Meanwhile, Ethereum developers are preparing to ship the first Glamstardom, one of the most consequential upgrades this year. According to Ethereum’s public roadmap, Glamsterdam is designed to improve scalability, harden layer-1 and make the network easier to use, with a mainnet launch expected sometime in the second half of 2026.
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