Ethereum’s New Upgrade: Hegota? Sounds Like a Disco!

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Key Highlights

  • Ethereum names its post-Glamsterdam upgrade “Hegota,” combining Bogota and Heze, aiming to boost efficiency, state handling, and execution-layer performance. 🤡
  • Key EIPs for Hegota, including repricing and gas optimizations, move forward, while some proposals are deferred for benchmarking and client consensus. 🤷
  • Vitalik Buterin proposes a gas futures market, letting users prepay fees to avoid spikes and plan transactions more predictably on Ethereum. 🚨

Ethereum developers have finally given a proper name to post-Glamsterdam 2026, calling it “Hegota.” The name is a combination of Execution-Layer Bogota and Consensus-Layer Heze, and it is expected to arrive shortly after Glamsterdam in 2026. Good luck pronouncing it-my cat does it better. 😼

Revealed in the All Core Devs Execution (ACDE) call on YouTube on December 18, this upgrade will increase the efficiency of the Ethereum network with solutions like advanced Verkle Trees, state, and execution-layer improvements. This update came after the Ethereum All-core Devs Execution meeting number 226, which took place on December 18, 2025. Who needs sleep when you can rebrand a hard fork? 🤪

This discussion within the call was also centered on hard fork decisions, holiday schedules, and the extent of future enhancements. Developers discussed Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), repricing initiatives, and timelines for finalizing Hegota’s implementation. Because nothing says “blockchain revolution” like arguing over calendar conflicts. 🗓️

Hard fork decisions and timeline

During the meeting, the team confirmed Fossil as a pre-CFI (Consider For Inclusion) proposal for Hegota. The seal site name was updated to “Jesu” following previous ACDE polls. However, the community input finalized the hard fork’s official name as “Hegota,” with no objections raised. Because democracy and confusing acronyms go hand-in-hand. 🤝

Nixo suggested a timeline for the selection of the EIP. Headliner proposals are set to start between January 8 and February 4, with discussions scheduled between February 5 and 26. Then, the submission for the non-headliner proposals will follow, with 30 days for evaluation. Sounds like a Netflix series where nothing gets done. 📺

Non-core proposals and contract sizes

The non-core proposals within the upgrade received staggered feedback. The memory repricing proposals of EIP-7686 and EIP-7923 were labeled DFI (Do Not Consider For Inclusion) for lack of support. Meanwhile the TTOR repricing proposal of EIP-7971 and the size-based storage pricing proposal of EIP-8032 were deferred for reassessment. Because why fix what isn’t broken? Or maybe just broken in a new way. 🧨

Both these proposals, Glamsterdam and Hegota, are due for evaluation on January 5. A consensus among the client teams remains a requirement for inclusion in any case. Because blockchain developers love consensus… and caffeine. ☕

Ethereum seeking growth path

The update comes on the heels of the recently proposed on-chain gas futures market by Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin. This would help users and developers to prepay for transaction fees, hedging against unpredictable spikes. Because nothing says “financial freedom” like betting on gas prices. 🎲

“A gas futures market would provide clearer market insights and let users plan ahead for future network costs,” Buterin explained. This idea could help developers and users handle unpredictable fees, especially during busy times, by letting them lock in prices in advance for more predictable costs. Because why pay $100 for gas when you can pay $100 in advance for gas? 🤯

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2025-12-19 17:10