Anthony Sassano

FOCIL in Hegota, Core Dev Priorities and More - The Daily Gwei Refuel #859 - Ethereum Updates

The Daily Gwei Refuel #859 announced that the long‑awaited Fossil upgrade will be baked into the Hegota hard fork, marking the next step in Ethereum’s censorship‑resistance hardening. The host also outlined the Ethereum Foundation’s refreshed 2026 protocol agenda, which builds on 2025’s scaling and UX work. Fossil (EIP‑7805) forces builders to include censored transactions, reducing the worst‑case inclusion delay from minutes to a single block even if 90 % of validators attempt censorship. EPBS, slated for the Glamsterdam fork, will expand the execution window and mitigate MEV‑boost externalities, while blob‑scaling upgrades aim to raise the gas limit safely. Vitalik Buterin’s recent tweet underscored the three pillars—scale, user experience, and hardening—highlighting block‑level access lists, gas repricing, and account abstraction as concrete deliverables. He also pointed to post‑quantum readiness, trustless RPCs, and privacy research as the “gritty” work that will secure Ethereum’s future. If delivered on schedule, these upgrades will cement Ethereum’s lead in decentralised infrastructure, reassure developers of transaction reliability, and differentiate the network from competitors that lack comparable censorship‑resistance guarantees. The combined effect is a more resilient, scalable platform poised for broader enterprise adoption.