Ethereum Narrows Proposals for Hegotá Privacy Upgrade

Summary

• Ethereum developers are narrowing 66 proposals for the Hegotá upgrade to add privacy and transaction features at the base layer.
• Glamsterdam activation moves to the Platåberget testnet on August 20 with changes that may affect wallets and gas tools.
• A 200 million gas block limit increase follows Glamsterdam mainnet activation as part of capacity planning.

Ethereum developers are narrowing 66 proposals for the Hegotá upgrade. They aim to add privacy and transaction improvements straight into the protocol. The target remains a possible 2027 release. Core teams will trim the list during upcoming developer calls.

They focus only on EIPs they can actually ship.

This effort follows the Glamsterdam shift to Q4 2026. The new schedule gives teams breathing room to tackle reliability and base-layer privacy before the later fork.

Context

Developers moved Glamsterdam's mainnet target to late 2026. That opened room for focused Hegotá planning. The change shows stronger emphasis on protocol-level privacy fixes and steadier transaction behavior.

Ethereum's upgrade cycle now puts Glamsterdam capacity work ahead of Hegotá's wider scope. Teams can test gas changes first while they refine privacy proposals for the next release.

Details

The 66 proposals cover privacy boosts and transaction fixes. Coverage from cryptonews.net and crowdfundinsider.com reported the details. Core developer calls will shrink the list next. No final set exists yet.

Glamsterdam changes the old 21,000-gas assumption for some ETH transfers. It hits the Platåberget testnet on August 20. Wallets, indexers, and gas tools may need updates because of these shifts. A 200 million gas block limit increase follows right after Glamsterdam reaches mainnet.

"Ethereum's next year's upgrade, Hegotá, is being scoped right now. 66 proposals are on the table and over the next few core dev calls, this list will be narrowed down."

, cryptonews.net (Source)

Outlook

Developers will keep trimming the list in future calls. Glamsterdam testnet results should shape the final Hegotá choices ahead of the 2027 mainnet window.