Ethereum Targets Quantum-Resistant L1 by 2029 Deadline

The Ethereum Foundation has released ratings for 62 proposals as part of its Hegotá network upgrade, which is planned for 2027. However, the Protocol Cluster has set a new deadline to make the Layer 1 network resistant to quantum attacks by December 2029.

The ratings were collected from about 60 protocol specialists across nine teams, who provided 397 assessments of the proposals. The list includes proposals related to censorship resistance, native account abstraction, privacy, validator economics, and gas pricing.

Fredrik Svantes, who leads protocol coordination at the Ethereum Foundation, said that the cluster is 'aggressively targeting' a quantum-resistant L1 by 2029. This commitment affects which proposals are recommended for Hegotá and how they assess other protocol work.