Ethereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fix

TechEthereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fixDevelopers are narrowing the list for the Hegotá upgrade, including a package to change how wallets approve and pay for transactions, giving developers of privacy apps more of the tools they need inside Ethereum itself.By Shaurya Malwa|Edited by Sheldon Reback1 hr ago3 min readMake preferred on ShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailMake preferred on SummaryShowEthereum developers are weighing whether to include Frame Transactions in the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, a change that would let users customize how transactions are approved, executed and paid for.Together with two related proposals, Keyed Nonces and EIP-8272, Frame Transactions aims to reduce the outside infrastructure needed for private payments on the blockchain, while leaving ordinary ether (ETH) transfers as transparent as they are today.Only one change has been approved so far — a censorship-related measure called FOCIL — and core developers will decide in coming meetings which of the remaining 66 will advance.Ethereum developers are deciding whether the blockchain’s next major upgrade, Hegotá, should make it easier to build private transactions without relying on middlemen.As with other blockchains, all Ethereum addresses are permanent and hold a running balance, so anyone can read an address’s full history and see what it holds. That presents a problem for payroll, treasury operations or anyone who would rather not publish their finances.Dealing with that has been left to applications built on top of Ethereum. A package now under consideration would move part of the job into the network itself.The centerpiece is Frame Transactions, or Ethereum Improvement Proposal 8141 (EIP-8141), which would let an account define how a transaction is approved, executed and paid for, rather than forcing every user through the same setup. For an ordinary user, that could mean a wallet where someone else covers th…

Ethereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fix

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