Ethereum Developers Target Major Privacy and Security Upgrades in Next Upgrade
Ethereum developers are considering significant changes to the network's next major upgrade, Hegotá, scheduled for 2027. According to Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter, the Protocol Architecture team wants to prioritize two proposals: Frame Transactions (EIP-8141) and Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists, or FOCIL (EIP-7805). These changes would give wallets more control over transactions and make it harder for censors.
Frame Transactions would enable privacy pools to pay their own fees without intermediaries, while FOCIL would provide protocol-level inclusion guarantees. The package also includes Transaction Assertions (EIP-7906), which would allow wallets to set conditions on what a transaction can do after submission. Wahrstätter described frames as a 'much more expressive transaction format' and a key building block for Ethereum's next-generation transaction experience.
The Frame Transactions package is among 66 proposals under consideration for the 2027 upgrade, with FOCIL currently confirmed for Hegotá. Wahrstätter cautioned that developers can't do everything at once while still expecting to ship on time, noting that they are 256 days into Glamsterdam and want to ship it by the end of this year.