Ethereum Devs Narrow 66 Hegotá Privacy Proposals

Summary

• Ethereum developers are narrowing 66 proposals for the ethereum hegotá upgrade to prioritize privacy features at the protocol level.
• The upgrade timeline slipped to late 2026, requiring alignment with the 2027 roadmap as of August 2026.
• The ethereum glamsterdam upgrade introduces gas limit changes that risk breaking existing wallets, indexers, and gas estimators.

Ethereum devs are narrowing those 66 proposals for the hegotá upgrade. They aim to build privacy tools straight into the base protocol. Core teams held calls on August 16 to sort the priorities.

A delayed timeline pushed the target to late 2026. This squeezes the review window.

Context

Ethereum has chased upgrades for better scale, security, and protections. The hegotá push moves privacy features from add-ons into the core layer. Sources including yellow.com and cryptorank.io report that 66 EIPs sit under review.

Earlier Glamsterdam work laid groundwork with gas tweaks. Those moves also raised compatibility flags for tools that rely on the chain.

Details

The 66 proposals target protocol privacy. One example lets privacy pools cover gas fees without leaking user details. Cryptobriefing.com notes these changes would live inside Ethereum itself. Core devs eye a 200 million gas block limit in Glamsterdam as a key step.

Glamsterdam breaks the old 21,000-gas rule for some transfers. Crypto.news reports this shift may trip up wallets, indexers, and gas tools once testing hits the Platåberget testnet on August 20. Developers called out the risks in recent calls.

"A 66-proposal Hegotá review is forcing Ethereum developers to prioritize items that can be implemented on schedule."

, Attribution (yellow.com)

Developers must lock the final list in the next two weeks. They keep the privacy upgrade as the top goal.

Outlook

Core teams will keep scoping sessions to settle the hegotá proposals. Glamsterdam testnet work serves as the next checkpoint before wider rollout.