Ethereum Hegotá Upgrade Priorities Put Faster Blocks First, Ethlabs Confirms Crypto News

on August 18, 2026
  • Ethlabs gives Quick Slots S-tier status, targeting shorter Ethereum slots to improve confirmations and censorship resistance.
  • FOCIL remains Hegotá’s headliner, while Frame Transactions could bring native account abstraction and broader wallet functionality.
  • Ethlabs backs new data-pricing and Block Access List proposals to expand Ethereum Layer 1 capacity and efficiency.
Ethlabs has outlined its priorities for Hegotá, Ethereum’s next planned upgrade after Glamsterdam. The eight-week-old nonprofit R&D lab recommends stronger censorship resistance, faster blocks, native account abstraction, and continued Layer 1 scaling. The recommendations come as Hegotá enters its second scoping phase, with FOCIL already selected as the upgrade’s headliner.

Faster Blocks Lead Ethlabs’ Priorities

According to Ethlabs, Quick Slots, or EIP-8198, should receive S-tier status in Hegotá. The proposal would reduce Ethereum’s 12-second slot time, with Ethlabs targeting 10 seconds initially.

The group said faster slots could improve transaction confirmations, onchain market pricing, finality, and censorship resistance. It also said Hegotá could begin a longer move toward shorter slots.

Ethlabs also supports FOCIL, or EIP-7805, which has already received SFI status. FOCIL is Hegotá’s headliner and focuses on strengthening transaction censorship resistance.

Native Accounts Get Broad Support

Ethlabs placed Frame Transactions, EIP-8141, in its A-tier ranking for native account abstraction. The proposal could support passkeys, sponsored transactions, ERC-20 gas payments, transaction batching, and privacy tools.

However, Ethlabs cited adoption risks because account abstraction affects clients, wallets, Layer 2 networks, RPCs, and developer tools. The lab also placed Keyed Nonces and SETDELEGATE in A-tier.

It gave the post-quantum signature proposal EIP-8355 an A-tier ranking. Ethlabs said Hegotá should establish a credible path toward post-quantum account security.

Scaling Proposals Target Ethereum Capacity

For continued Layer 1 scaling, Ethlabs gave EIP-8131 and EIP-8279 S-tier status. The proposals address data pricing and aim to improve accounting for transaction and Block Access List bytes.

Ethlabs also placed Block Access List Sidecars, EIP-8146, in A-tier. The proposal would propagate Block Access Lists separately, helping execution clients begin state prefetching earlier. Meanwhile, the Hegotá scoping process moved into its second phase after the August 6 deadline.

Ethlabs noted that proposed EIPs remain subject to client review and testing. Proposals currently move through PFI, CFI, and SFI stages before possible inclusion. Ethlabs said most proposed EIPs do not ultimately enter a final upgrade.

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