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Ethereum developer Toni Wahrstätter posted on the X platform that Ethereum core developers are planning the next annual upgrade "Hegotá," with 66 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) currently on the candidate list. Future core developer meetings will screen these proposals to finalize the upgrade content that can be implemented, tested on the development network, deployed on the test network, and has the potential to go live in 2027. Proposals that do not make it into Hegotá will be postponed until the next hard fork, making the current screening process significantly impactful for Ethereum's future development direction.Currently, FOCIL (Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists) has been identified as one of the important upgrade contents for Hegotá. Developers believe that combining framework transactions (EIP-8141), keying Nonce (EIP-8250), and root references (EIP-8272) will help build native privacy capabilities, allowing privacy applications to operate without relying on third-party intermediaries. Additionally, enhancing scalability is also a crucial direction for Hegotá. Developers propose that it is necessary to prepare for a future increase in the Gas limit to 600 million by repricing data resources (EIP-8131, EIP-8279) and state growth costs (EIP-8368). Although these improvements are not as intuitive as privacy features, they are considered key work to promote Ethereum's scalability in the short term.Other candidate upgrades include shorter block times (EIP-8198), adjustments to the issuance mechanism (EIP-8363), anti-correlation penalty mechanisms (EIP-7716), EVM optimization and simplification, as well as discussions on the first EIPs related to zkEVM and quantum-resistant cryptography. It is reported that Hegotá cannot incorporate all the features the community expects, and the core team needs to make trade-offs between "future vision" and "near-term deliverable upgrades," with most candidate EIPs likely not making it into this upgrade. Currently, it has been 256 days since the launch of the current Glamsterdam upgrade, with the goal of completing deployment by the end of this year. Hegotá is planned to go live in 2027, and in the coming months, core developers and the community will discuss the priorities of various EIPs. Community opinions will still play a role in the screening process, and participants who support or oppose a certain EIP entering Hegotá can present their views to the core development team through public discussions.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Ethereum developers have officially set the mainnet launch date for the Pectra upgrade to May 7, 2025.This upgrade is the largest system update since March 2024, featuring 11 improvement proposals (EIPs), with a focus on wallet contract functionality (enhancing usability and recovery) and EIP-7251 (increasing the single-node staking limit from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH). The upgrade has successfully run on the Hoodi testnet.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim summarized the 197th Ethereum Core Developers Execution (ACDE) conference, discussing and coordinating changes to the Ethereum Execution Layer (EL). Developers agreed to advance the Pectra upgrade within a limited scope, currently only including 8 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) on Devnet 3. They also agreed that a set of 4 EIPs related to the Ethereum blob fee market might be included in Pectra during the upgrade planning process, with Vitalik expressing support for increasing blob capacity in Pectra, while other developers voiced opposition, and no conclusion has been reached yet.Other blob-related EIPs include EIP 7762 (increase MIN_BASE_FEE_PER_BLOB_GAS), EIP 7623 (increase calldata costs), and EIP 7742 (separate blob counting between CL and EL).Beiko confirmed that the next upgrade after Pectra will indeed be named Fusaka, which will include PeerDAS and EOF. Fusaka may also incorporate additional EIPs, provided that further progress can be made on the implementation of these two EIPs. Finally, Beiko stated that a new EIP for EL upgrades will be opened after Osaka, named "Amsterdam," and the EIP originally considered for inclusion in Osaka, namely Verkle, will be carried over to the new Amsterdam EIP.

ChainCatcher message, the 125th Ethereum Core Developers Consensus Meeting (ACDC) has concluded. The main topics discussed include the Cancun upgrade testnet, as well as whether EIP-7002, EIP-6110, EIP-7251, SSZ--ification, EIP-6404, EIP-6465, EIP-6466, EIP-6914, EIP-7549, etc. will be included in the Electra upgrade. The 126th meeting will be held on January 25th at 22:00 Beijing time.

ChainCatcher message, the Ethereum Foundation officially announced the launch of the Ethereum Execution Layer Specification (EELS) after more than a year of development. EELS is a Python reference implementation of the core components of the Ethereum execution client, focusing on readability and clarity, making it more programmer-friendly and keeping in sync with the post-merge forks. EELS provides a complete snapshot of the protocol at each fork, making it more convenient to execute compared to the "just change" specifications of EIPs and the production clients with "unified code paths appearing in multiple forks." The Ethereum Foundation hopes that EELS will become the default way to specify core EIPs.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy Research Vice President Christine Kim stated that on July 27, Ethereum core developers gathered on Zoom for the 114th All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call. The ACDC call, hosted by Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan, is held bi-weekly, where developers discuss and coordinate changes to the Ethereum Consensus Layer (CL). This week, developers discussed updates on the Deneb test work and two EIPs that may be considered for inclusion in the next CL upgrade after Deneb, now referred to as Electra.Last week, developers conducted a shadow fork of the Sepolia test network and are currently updating tools in preparation for the launch of Devnet #8. Devnet #8 is expected to be launched later this week or early next week. Ethereum Foundation researcher Hsiao-Wei Wang is preparing a new version of the CL code specification for Devnet #8, which will be ready for client teams before Monday, July 31.The next update will also include two EIP upgrades, namely EIP 6914 and EIP 6110. EIP 6914 introduces a method for reusing the validator index number of validators that have fully exited the beacon chain. By ensuring that there are no large gaps in the validator index when nodes process withdrawals and scan the validator set, unnecessary computational burdens on CL nodes can be prevented. EIP 6110 changes will attach new validator deposits to EL blocks, so that the responsibility for including and validating deposits is handled by EL rather than CL. This transfer of responsibility will bring several benefits, including: reduced complexity in Ethereum client software design; improved security of validator deposits; and enhanced user experience for validators.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum developers have decided to consider incorporating 8 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) into the upcoming network hard fork named "Shanghai." The hard fork upgrade will unlock ETH withdrawals staked on the Beacon Chain (EIP-4895), and may include proposals to address scalability issues (EIP-4844) and other proposals aimed at improving the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) (EOF implementation-related proposals EIP-3540, EIP-3670, EIP-4200, EIP-4570, EIP-5450).Other proposals also include adding BLS precompiles EIP-2537, which would allow Ethereum to create more secure cryptographic proofs and enable better interoperability with the Beacon Chain.Letting EIPs be "considered for inclusion" (CFI) means that developers will commit to developing these proposals and will test them through the developer network (Devnet). However, there is no guarantee that all these proposals will ultimately be included in the Shanghai upgrade. Additionally, there is currently no consensus on the timing of the Shanghai hard fork upgrade. (Source link)