Ethereum’s Next ‘Hegota’ Upgrade Weighs 66 Proposals With Privacy in Focus

Ethereum developers are sorting through proposals for the blockchain’s next major upgrade, known as Hegota, with privacy enhancements emerging as a central issue among 66 items under review.

CoinDesk reported on August 17 that developers are defining the scope of Hegota, which is targeted for deployment in 2027 after the “Glamsterdam” upgrade scheduled for release later this year. The 66 proposals are set to be narrowed through a series of upcoming core developer meetings to items that can actually be implemented and deployed on testnets.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter wrote on X that Hegota’s scope is being decided now. He added that 66 proposals are under discussion and will be narrowed at future core developer meetings to items that could realistically ship in 2027.

At the center of the discussion is “Frame Transactions,” or Ethereum Improvement Proposal 8141. Ethereum currently makes the transaction history and balance of every address public, creating challenges for users who do not want financial information exposed in situations such as payroll payments or corporate treasury management. EIP-8141 would let each account set how transactions are approved, executed and paid for, enabling private transactions without third-party relay services. That would allow, for example, someone else to pay the fee, multiple actions to be bundled into a single payment, or encryption methods to be changed without switching account addresses.

Two companion proposals are also under discussion. EIP-8250, known as keyed nonce, would introduce a separate counter to address delays that can arise when multiple users conduct private transactions through the same account and transactions are not processed in order. EIP-8272 would allow transactions to be validated using recent cryptographic records instead of relying on information that may change while a transaction is pending. If all three proposals are adopted, privacy applications could reduce some of the external infrastructure they currently require. Ethereum itself would not become a private network, and standard transfers between regular addresses would remain public.

Only one proposal has so far been formally approved for Hegota. Known as FOCIL, it is designed to address censorship by preventing a single block builder from arbitrarily excluding certain transactions and instead having multiple network operators jointly create a list of transactions that must be included. Other proposals under review include faster block production, changes to validator rewards and cryptography designed to resist quantum computing. The deadline for new proposals passed on August 6, and upcoming core developer meetings will decide which items make the final cut.