The Ethereum Foundation has released an update outlining its protocol priorities for 2026. The Foundation has grouped Ethereum’s technical roadmap under three main headings: scaling, improving user experience (Improve UX), and strengthening mainnet resilience (L1).
According to the shared plan, the Ethereum developer ecosystem will continue its efforts to increase the network’s transaction capacity by pushing the gas limit above 100 million. This step aims to reduce congestion, especially during peak periods, by allowing more transactions to be processed on L1.
On the scaling side, further development of the ePBS (encrypted Proposer-Builder Separation) mechanism and further increases in blob parameters are also on the agenda. Increasing blob capacity could reduce costs in Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem, including allowing rollups to publish data more cheaply.
Another notable point of the update was the planned development of a zkEVM attestation client. This approach is seen as an important step toward deeper integration of zero-knowledge proofs into the Ethereum infrastructure.
In the area of security, the foundation has prioritized censorship resilience and post-quantum preparedness. This aims to provide Ethereum with a stronger foundation against current threats and future risks.
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