Ethereum's Ambitious Upgrades: Glamsterdam, Hegotá, and Beyond
Ethereum's roadmap is centered around scaling, privacy, faster finality, and protection against future cryptographic threats. The network will undergo successive upgrades that could significantly change its architecture by 2030.
The next major upgrade, Glamsterdam, is targeted for Q4 2026. It focuses on increasing Layer-1 processing capacity while keeping hardware requirements manageable for node operators. Key changes include Block-Level Access Lists (BALs) and enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation.
BALs provide information about which parts of Ethereum's state transactions will access, helping prepare the network for parallel transaction processing. Proposer-builder separation restructures responsibilities involved in producing blocks.
Hegotá is expected to arrive after Glamsterdam, targeting Q2 2027. Its planned feature includes Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL), designed to strengthen transaction inclusion and censorship resistance.