Hegotá Ethereum Upgrade Timeline
The proposal period for Hegotá Headliner EIPs will start January 8, 2026. Core devs will then discuss the headliners starting with the February 5th ACD call.
Hegotá upgrade timeline.
Fileverse Social ZKovery.
L2Beat outlines EIL.
First based-appchain on Celo.
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The Ethereum Foundation outlined the tentative timeline for Hegotá, the second Ethereum upgrade in 2026, following Glamsterdam. The proposal period for Headliner EIPs, which provide flagship features that define the upgrade's scope, will open January 8, 2026. There is typically only one headliner EIP per layer. Core developers will discuss Headliner EIP candidates starting with the February 5th ACD call, aiming for a final selection by February 26th. Then, a 30-day window will follow for non-headliner EIPs. FOCIL (EIP-7805), a censorship-resistance feature deferred from Glamsterdam, is already considered for inclusion in Hegotá.
Fileverse, an onchain file-sharing platform, introduced Social ZKovery, a new account recovery mechanism. Social ZKovery is privacy-enhancing and serverless, leveraging Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs and smart contracts, to allow users to regain access to their Fileverse account. To set it up, users add two trusted individuals to their recovery set; in the event of lost access, both individuals must act to initiate the recovery. The feature is now live across dDocs and dSheets products.
L2Beat outlined the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL), a proposal designed to unify Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem into a single, cohesive user experience. By making the user the primary executor of transactions, the EIL design prioritizes security and eliminates the need for trusted intermediaries like the solvers and relayers. The EIL provides greater censorship resistance, improved liveness, and overall safety. It also introduces cross-chain Liquidity Providers (XLPs), which replace traditional relayers by supplying liquidity directly to destination smart contracts. L2BEAT is developing its new interoperability risk framework, noting that the EIL may be one of the first designs likely to achieve a perfect safety rating.
Spire Labs, cLabs, and Self Protocol introduced The Human Appchain on Celo, a synchronous composability appchain that allows applications to verify human identity natively. Synchronous composability enables apps to instantly view and interact with shared data during a single transaction, removing the need for multiple steps. A demo is now live, allowing users to mint a commemorative Human NFT verifying their identity. The Human App aims to serve as an identity layer, unlocking bot-resistant experiences for airdrops, DeFi, and stablecoins. The app leverages Spire’s Pylon platform and Self Protocol’s Proof of Humanity protocol.
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UNIfication Onchain Vote Goes Live
Voting ends Dec 25. If approved, the UNI burn and fee switch will activate following a two-day time lock.
UNIfication onchain vote goes live.
EF prioritizes L1 zkEVM security.
Coalition defending stablecoin rewards.
Shutter proposes EIP-8105.
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Uniswap's UNIfication proposal, which introduces the protocol fee switch and a UNI burn mechanism, is now live for an onchain vote on Agora. The voting window closes in six days on December 25th. If the proposal passes, it will execute the proposal following a two-day timelock. Once triggered, the execution will activate eight key actions, including an immediate 100 million UNI token burn, the activation of protocol fees for Uniswap v2 and v3, and the approval of a 40 million UNI growth budget for the next two years. The proposal also moves Foundation staff to Uniswap Labs and eliminates the current Uniswap interface fee.
The EF zkEVM team published a blog post outlining a shift in L1 zkEVM development, transitioning focus to long-term cryptographic security. Having already achieved real-time proving, the foundation now aims to establish a "mainnet-grade" security. By securing the L1 zkEVM layer, Ethereum can safely increase the gas limit and support native zk-rollups while maintaining censorship resistance. By the Glamsterdam upgrade, slated for May 2026, the target is 100-bit provable security and a 600 KiB proof size limit. The Foundation is pushing to achieve 128-bit provable security with proofs compressed to 300 KiB by the Hegotá upgrade.
The Blockchain Association and a coalition of 125+ industry leaders, including Gemini, Coinbase, PayPal, and Uniswap, sent a letter to Congress to defend the GENIUS Act against new lobbying efforts by the banking industry. The coalition argues that the Act’s current structure, which allows third-party platforms to offer rewards, was a deliberate bipartisan compromise, not a "loophole." The letter asserts that the rewards are essential for competition, allowing consumers to capture yields that banks currently keep as profit. It also cites independent research to debunk bank claims that stablecoin rewards threaten community bank deposits, warning that reopening the law now would stifle innovation and create uncertainty.
Shutter Network introduced EIP-8105, a proposal for a native Universal Enshrined Encrypted Mempool aimed to protect users against malicious MEV at the protocol level. The implementation introduces a new transaction type that keeps transaction details hidden from block builders and bots until ordering is finalized. It also features a neutral onchain registry for Key Providers and a fast sub-slot mechanism to ensure decryption doesn't delay block production. Proposed for activation in the Hegotá upgrade, EIP-8105 brings an in-protocol solution that protects Ethereum users by default.
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Hegotá Ethereum Upgrade Name
Ethereum developers officially named the H* Ethereum upgrade following Glamsterdam as Hegotá.
Ethereum upgrade named Hegotá.
EigenLayer proposes Incentive Council.
Sponsor an Ethereum core dev.
SoFi launches SoFiUSD on Ethereum.
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During ACDE call #226, Ethereum developers officially named the H* Ethereum upgrade following Glamsterdam as Hegotá. The name combines the Execution Layer's Bogotoa upgrade, named after a Devcon host city, and the Consensus Layer’s Heze upgrade, named after a star. The headliner EIP for Hegotá will be chosen in February. There will be no ACD calls taking place over the next two weeks. Developers aim to finalize the scope for Glamsterdam by January 5th, when ACD calls resume.
The EigenFoundation published ELIP-012, a proposal to create an Incentive Council designed to transition from a programmatic rewards system to a flexible value-driven framework. Operating under the oversight of the Protocol Council, the new council will have the authority to adjust incentive allocations in weeks rather than months. The proposal redirects rewards from idle stake toward productive stake. The incentives will prioritize assets that are actively securing services through slashable or redistributable positions. The proposal introduces significant revenue-capture mechanisms with proceeds allocated to a fee contract intended for token buybacks.
The Protocol Guild, a collective supporting Ethereum core protocol contributors, introduced Sponsor a Core Dev, a new initiative that allows corporations, DAOs, and individuals to directly fund core developers to close a $160,000 annual compensation gap. Sponsors receive recognition through leaderboards and public visibility.. Sponsorships start at $160k and can be made using tokens, ETH, or stablecoins, which will be vested over one year to a curated pool of audited members. While this program focuses on direct gaps, the Protocol Guild still recommends the 1% Pledge for projects launching new tokens.
Fintech firm SoFi Technologies launched SoFiUSD, its native U.S. dollar stablecoin on Ethereum. SoFi is positioning itself as a stablecoin infrastructure provider, with the asset issued by its nationally chartered bank, SoFi Bank, N.A. While currently used for internal settlements, SoFiUSD will soon be available to SoFi members and enterprise partners. The launch makes SoFi the first nationally chartered retail bank to issue a stablecoin on Ethereum.
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