<span class="acf-media-credit"><span class="acf-credit"><span class="acf-credit">Unsplash</span></span><span class="acf-credit"> | <span class="acf-credit"><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-bathroom-with-a-green-light-in-the-corner-geJHvrH-CgA?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank"> Shubham Dhage</a></span></span></span>The Ethereum Foundation Protocol cluster published a tier list evaluating 62 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) for the upcoming Hegotá upgrade, and set a December 2029 target for quantum resistance.
The Hegotá list rated two items as S-tier, or "must-ship," as they define the fork and the upgrade schedule is adjusted around those items.
On the consensus layer, FOCIL (Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists, EIP-7805) is the headliner. The proposal would strengthen censorship resistance by allowing a validator committee to force inclusion of valid public-mempool transactions, so that one dominant builder cannot easily censor them.
On the execution layer, Frame Transactions (EIP-8141) was given the must-ship label. This proposal is designed to make account abstraction native to Ethereum to improve security and post-quantum readiness. It proposes splitting a transaction into programmable "frames" for validation, gas payment, and execution. This way, wallets can use custom signatures, sponsored gas, and batched actions without relying on offchain operators.
