Hegotá’s 2027 Scope Takes Shape
Ethereum developers are narrowing the scope of Hegotá, the network upgrade planned for 2027, as client teams weigh competing proposals covering censorship resistance, account abstraction, privacy, gas pricing, and validator economics. Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter said on Aug. 16 that 66 proposals were being considered across the broader Hegotá discussion.
That figure should not be read as 66 approved upgrade features. The official Hegotá proposal list currently lists FOCIL as the sole feature scheduled for inclusion, Frame Transactions as considered for inclusion, and dozens of other EIPs at earlier stages. Ethereum.org places Hegotá in 2027, after Glamsterdam in Q4 2026.
FOCIL: The Only Scheduled EIP
FOCIL, known as Fork Choice enforced Inclusion Lists, is currently Hegotá’s only scheduled EIP. FOCIL lets a committee of validators publish transaction inclusion lists that block builders are expected to honor, with attesters refusing blocks that improperly omit eligible transactions. The design targets censorship resistance as block construction becomes more specialized.
Privacy and Block Construction
As crypto.news previously reported, the proposal has drawn attention as large builders control much of block production. It has also become part of Ethereum’s wider privacy roadmap, because stronger inclusion guarantees can make it harder to censor privacy-related transactions.
Frame Transactions and Account Abstraction
Native account abstraction remains less settled. The proposed EIP-8141 would introduce Frame Transactions, allowing transaction validation, execution, and gas payment to be defined through programmable frames. Its stated goals include alternative signature schemes, key rotation, gas sponsorship, and a path away from mandatory ECDSA authentication.
Decision Timeline
Wahrstätter argued that Frame Transactions “should join” FOCIL, alongside Keyed Nonces and Recent Roots, as part of a native privacy stack. That remains his position rather than a core developer decision. At the Aug. 13 All Core Developers Execution call, teams agreed to compare EIP-8141 with EIP-8130 at an Aug. 25 breakout, with a decision targeted for the Aug. 27 ACDE meeting.
EIP-8250 and EIP-8272 are already listed among Hegotá proposals, but neither is scheduled for inclusion yet.
Gas Repricing Paves the Way for Larger Blocks
Several candidates focus on making larger blocks safer:
- EIP-8131 would impose a uniform transaction content floor of 64 gas per user-controlled byte.
- EIP-8279 would extend similar accounting to Block Access List data, closing a route through which blocks could become larger than intended as Ethereum raises its gas limit.
- EIP-8368 goes further by proposing to recalibrate state creation pricing as the block gas limit rises beyond the reference level used by Glamsterdam.
The EIP-8368 draft still contains unspecified parameters, but developers said during ACDE #243 that the work is aimed at preparing for a possible path toward 600 million gas. Glamsterdam itself is currently targeting a 200 million gas limit.
What Happens Next
Core developers said the Hegotá proposed-for-inclusion list should be finalized by late August. Proposals without an active champion can be removed from consideration, while execution client teams must submit ranked preference lists by Sept. 10.
Other ideas remain under debate, including eight-second slots under EIP-8198, anti-correlation validator penalties under EIP-7716, post-quantum cryptography, and proposed changes to ETH issuance. These are not confirmed Hegotá features. EIP-8198 remains a draft, while EIP-7716 is currently marked stagnant despite appearing on the Hegotá proposal list.
The next few developer calls will determine which proposals move into implementations and devnets. Until those decisions are made, FOCIL remains the only Hegotá feature formally scheduled for inclusion.
