Ethereum Foundation Pins Hegotá Upgrade on FOCIL and Frame Transactions

The Ethereum Foundation has identified two 'must ship' proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, prioritizing censorship resistance and more flexible account authentication. The ranking evaluated 62 proposed Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), drawing on input from roughly 60 researchers and engineers across the Foundation's Protocol cluster.

The two must-ship proposals are EIP-7805, known as FOCIL, and EIP-8141, or Frame Transactions. FOCIL is designed to give users a path to have eligible transactions included without relying on centralized block builders, strengthening Ethereum's resistance to transaction censorship.

Frame Transactions would introduce native account abstraction and create a path toward post-quantum authentication. Together with two companion proposals, the change could also provide protocol-level building blocks for privacy applications.

The 'must ship' designation means the two proposals effectively define the upgrade. If either is at risk, the Foundation said Hegotá's schedule should adjust before the proposal is dropped.