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 to the EIPs that get implementations, devnets, testnets, and a realistic chance of shipping in 2027. What doesn't make the cut has to wait for the fork after, so these decisions matter a lot.
FOCIL is already set as a headliner for Hegotá. I think Frame Transactions (EIP-8141) should join it. Together with Keyed Nonces (EIP-8250) and Root References (EIP-8272), they unlock native privacy, allowing privacy apps to work without having to rely on intermediaries.
Then there is the repricing bundle: data (EIP-8131 and EIP-8279) and state growth (EIP-8368) need to be priced properly if we want to keep increasing the gas limit towards 600M. It's maybe less exciting on the surface, but probably some of the most important scaling work we can do in the short-term.
And there is a lot more: Shorter slots (EIP-8198), Issuance (EIP-8363) and anti-correlation penalties (EIP-7716), EVM improvements and simplifications, and the first zkEVM and post-quantum EIPs entering fork discussions.
The thing is, we can't do everything at once and still expect to ship on time.
Today, we're 256 days into Glamsterdam and want to ship it by the end of this year. Hegotá will need to ship in 2027, and that's what makes the next few decisions so important.
A fork can't be a wishlist by the community or core devs jamming on what Ethereum should eventually become. Instead, we have to decide what Ethereum should become next, and what has to wait. Most EIPs will need to be rejected, even though many of them make sense.
Core devs will talk to their teams and discuss the tradeoffs before eventually arriving at a priority (tier) list. Community input matters too, and core devs listen to the arguments brought to them, or posted publicly.
So, if you think an EIP should (not) ship in Hegotá, now is the time to make the case for (or against) it.
Tier list builder:
forkcast.org/rank/