Ethereum developer Toni Wahrstätter recently announced the latest details regarding 66 improvement proposals (EIPs) currently lined up for the Hegotá upgrade. The network update, scheduled for 2027, targets a massive jump in capacity, including a potential gas limit of up to 600 million. However, behind this long list of proposals, the selection remains fluid and far from final.
Out of the 66 proposals, the only one officially scheduled for the Hegotá upgrade is EIP-7805, also known as FOCIL (Fork Choice enforced Inclusion Lists). This rule puts new power in the hands of the validator committee, granting them the right to publish transaction inclusion lists that block builders must respect. The goal of this proposal is clear: to reduce transaction censorship vulnerabilities to keep the network neutral.
September Decision
One of the major proposals whose fate remains undecided is Frame Transactions (EIP-8141). Its current status is only “considered for inclusion,” and it is not yet officially scheduled. The final decision on this proposal will be made at the core developer (ACDE) meeting on August 27, exactly two days after a deep comparison session between EIP-8141 and its rival, EIP-8130, to be held on August 25.
Client development teams are now racing against time. They are required to submit their ranked preferences of the proposals by September 10 at the latest. The rule is strict: any proposal without a champion or active supporter will be immediately removed from consideration.
Beyond the Glamsterdam Limit
According to the Ethereum.org roadmap, Hegotá will only roll out after the network completes the Glamsterdam upgrade in the fourth quarter of 2026. Glamsterdam itself targets a gas limit of 200 million. When it is Hegotá’s turn, this capacity could potentially skyrocket to 600 million gas.
This drastic jump triggered EIP-8368, a proposal to recalibrate state creation costs when the gas limit exceeds the Glamsterdam reference threshold. In addition to gas capacity, the remaining Hegotá proposals are also marked by debates on various technical topics. These include cutting slot time to 8 seconds via EIP-8198, penalties for anti-correlated validators in EIP-7716, post-quantum cryptography preparations, and discussions on changing new ETH issuance.
Multi-layered Filtering
The narrowing down of 66 proposals into a final list will shape the architecture of Ethereum for years to come. The September deadline draws a clear line for proposal authors to prove their ideas are ready for implementation, rather than just concepts on paper.
Reported from crypto.news.
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