Ethereum developers are now working through the scoping process for Hegotá, the next major network upgrade, with 66 proposals under discussion and only FOCIL currently scheduled for inclusion, according to an Ethereum Foundation blog post outlining the upgrade timeline.
The scope discussion suggests Hegotá is still in an early consolidation phase rather than a finalized release package. Several proposals are being weighed for what they could add to the protocol, including privacy-related functionality and transaction-handling changes, but the upgrade has not yet been locked down beyond the one confirmed item.
A narrow confirmed core, with broader proposals still under review
Among the items being discussed, FOCIL — short for Fork-choice enforced inclusion lists — is the only proposal currently scheduled for Hegotá. According to the reporting, the mechanism is intended to give validators a way to force pending transactions into blocks, strengthening censorship resistance.
Other proposals mentioned in the scoping discussion include Frame Transactions, Keyed Nonces and Recent Roots for Frame Transactions. Those ideas have been described as potential building blocks for native privacy applications that would not need to rely on intermediaries, although their inclusion in Hegotá remains under review.
What the scoping phase signals for Ethereum’s roadmap
The broader picture is less about a single feature than about how Ethereum is managing upgrade complexity. A slate of 66 proposals points to a protocol still sorting through competing priorities around privacy, censorship resistance, account handling and related technical primitives.
For readers tracking Ethereum’s roadmap, the more meaningful signal may be process rather than speed: Hegotá is being shaped through selection and narrowing, with the final composition still open. That keeps the upgrade in the category of active protocol planning, not settled deployment.
The timeline referenced by the Ethereum Foundation indicates that the scoping work is intended to define which proposals move forward and which remain outside the upgrade bundle. For now, Hegotá appears to be a work in progress, with only one feature explicitly locked in and the rest still subject to technical judgment.