Ethereum Foundation Locks In Must-Have Proposals for Hegotà Upgrade

The Ethereum Foundation has finalized its ranking of proposals for the upcoming Hegotá upgrade. After reviewing 62 candidate EIPs, informed by input from roughly 60 researchers and engineers across its Protocol cluster, the Foundation designated two proposals as 'must ship'.

These proposals, FOCIL (EIP-7805) and Frame Transactions (EIP-8141), are positioned as the upgrade's consensus and execution-layer headliners. FOCIL targets a more censorship-resistant path by reducing reliance on centralized block builders for eligible transactions. Frame Transactions introduces native account abstraction and a route toward post-quantum authentication, with potential protocol building blocks for privacy applications.

The Foundation expects client teams could begin implementing Hegotá in late 2026 following Glamsterdam mainnet data. This sequencing underscores a practical engineering approach: rather than committing fully to everything at once, the protocol team is using the preceding upgrade's results to reduce uncertainty for later design decisions.