The Ethereum Foundation has singled out two proposals as essential for the Hegotá network upgrade. EIP‑7805, known as FOCIL, aims to let users submit eligible transactions without relying on centralized block builders, bolstering resistance to transaction censorship. EIP‑8141, called Frame Transactions, would add native account abstraction and lay groundwork for post‑quantum authentication.
The selection follows a ranking of 62 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) that incorporated feedback from roughly 60 researchers and engineers within the Foundation’s Protocol cluster. This is the first time the cluster has released a unified view rather than separate team opinions.
FOCIL and Frame Transactions are designated as the consensus‑layer and execution‑layer headliners, respectively. Their "must‑ship" status means they define the core of the Hegotá upgrade; if either faces significant risk, the upgrade timeline could be adjusted.
Beyond the two headliners, the Foundation placed 15 proposals in an "A‑tier," indicating they are expected to ship unless development or testing constraints intervene. Eight proposals remain candidates, seven are below the line but not excluded, and 28 were declined. Two proposals are still unranked pending mainnet data from the preceding Glamsterdam upgrade, which focuses on scalability and base‑layer robustness.
The Foundation expects client teams to begin implementing Hegotá in late 2026, after Glamsterdam is completed. The last major upgrade, Fusaka, launched on Dec. 3 2025 and introduced PeerDAS, a feature that reduces rollup data load for nodes and expands capacity for layer‑2 networks.
