Ethereum developers are narrowing the scope of Hegotá, the network upgrade planned for 2027, as client teams weigh competing proposals covering censorship resistance, account abstraction, privacy, gas pricing and validator economics.
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- FOCIL is currently Hegotá’s only scheduled EIP, while dozens of other proposals remain under review.
- Execution client teams must submit Hegotá proposal preference lists by September 10, core developers agreed.
- The developers continue to consider frame transactions, comparing EIP-8141 with EIP-8130 as a native account abstraction.
- Ethereum’s official roadmap places Glamsterdam in Q4 2026, followed by Hegotá sometime during 2027 currently.
- If Ethereum’s gas limits are raised beyond the current reference levels, EIP-8368 will recalculate state-growth prices.
Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter said on Aug. 16 that 66 proposals were being considered across the broader Hegotá discussion.
This figure does not include 66 features that are approved for upgrade. Official Hegotá Meta EIP FOCIL, Frame Transactions, are currently the only features scheduled for inclusion. Ethereum.org places Hegotá in 2027, after Glamsterdam in Q4 2026.
FOCIL is already Hegotá’s main scheduled feature
EIP-7805, known as Fork Choice enforced Inclusion Lists, is currently Hegotá’s only scheduled EIP. FOCIL allows validators to create transaction inclusion lists which are then published by a committee. Block builders will be expected to adhere. This design targets resistance to censorship as the block-building process becomes more specialized.
As Crypto.news has previously reported. FOCIL is intended to strengthen Ethereum transaction inclusion When large block producers control most of the production. This has become a part of Ethereum’s privacy strategy, as stronger guarantees for inclusion can make it more difficult to censor transactions that are privacy-related.
Frame Transactions will be decided in August
Native account abstraction remains less settled. EIP-8141 Frame Transactions would be introduced, which allows transaction execution, validation and payment of gas to defined by programmable frames. Its goals are to include alternate signature schemes, key rotating, gas sponsorship, and an alternative authentication method.
Wahrstätter argued that Frame Transactions “should join” FOCIL is included in a privacy stack that includes Keyed Roots and Recent Roots. This is his opinion and not a decision made by core developers. Teams agreed at the All Core Developers Execution Call on August 13 to compare EIP-8141 and EIP-8130 in a breakout session scheduled for Aug. 25, with a final decision planned for the ACDE meeting of Aug. 27,
As crypto.news reported, Ethereum’s account abstraction roadmap is increasingly tied to privacy. EIP-8250 and EIP-8272 are already listed among Hegotá proposals, but neither is scheduled for inclusion yet.
Proposals for gas pricing that target further Layer 1 Scaling
A number of candidates have focused their efforts on making blocks larger safer. EIP-8131 imposes a uniform floor for transaction content of 64 Gas per user controlled byte. EIP-8279 extends similar accounting to Block Access List Data, closing a way through which blocks can become larger than planned as Ethereum increases its gas limit.
EIP 8368 proposes to go further and recalibrate the state creation price as the gas block limit exceeds the Glamsterdam reference level. While the parameters of this draft are still not specified, it was stated by developers at ACDE #243 during ACDE that they were working to plan for an eventual path leading up to 600,000,000 gas. Glamsterdam has set a limit of 200 million gases.
This article is related to: Glamsterdam is already testing major Layer 1 scaling changesGas pricing is extensive and includes access levels at the block level.
What happens next for Hegotá
Core developers said the Hegotá proposed for inclusion list should be finalized by late August. Projects without a champion are removed from consideration. Client teams must also submit preference lists for execution by the 10th of September.
There are still other ideas that remain in debate. These include eight-second slots as per EIP-8198; anti correlation validator sanctions under EIP 7716; post quantum cryptography, and changes proposed to ETH issuance. These are not confirmed Hegotá features. EIP-8198 remains a draft, while EIP-7716 is currently marked stagnant despite appearing on the Hegotá proposal list.
During the developer calls, it will be determined which of these proposals make their way into devnets or implementations. Until those decisions are made, FOCIL remains the only Hegotá feature formally scheduled for inclusion.
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