- Ethereum developers have named the network’s second major 2026 upgrade “Hegota” and set tentative timing for the second half of 2026.
- Hegota will follow the Glamsterdam upgrade, currently expected in the first half of 2026.
- Developers plan more frequent, smaller upgrades; some features may roll from Glamsterdam into Hegota if they miss the earlier release.
- Initial discussion for Hegota includes implementing Verkle Trees, a data-structure change that could lower node hardware needs and improve decentralization.
Ethereum core developers agreed earlier this month on the name and rough timing for the network’s second major 2026 upgrade, choosing Hegota for a release tentatively scheduled in the second half of 2026. The upgrade will follow Glamsterdam, which is expected to roll out in the first half of 2026.
Developers said they are moving to a faster cadence of protocol updates, shipping changes more often rather than bundling many EIPs into yearly releases. The shift responds to criticism from some community members who argued that protocol development lagged behind network growth.
Teams expect to finalize the full scope of Glamsterdam at their next meeting in early January, so major Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) for Hegota are not expected to be announced before February. Work deferred from Glamsterdam often moves into the following upgrade, and developers said a similar pattern is likely this cycle.
Initial conversations about Hegota have focused on implementing Verkle Trees. Verkle Trees are a newer data structure that helps nodes store and verify large amounts of data more efficiently. If adopted, they could reduce hardware requirements for node operators and make running a node more accessible.
The upgrade name follows Ethereum’s convention of combining a Devcon host city with a star name: Hegota derives from Bogota (execution layer) and Heze (consensus layer). “Fusaka shipped PeerDAS in addition to a myriad of minor features and Glamsterdam’s major features will include Block-level Access Lists and enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation. Now we begin outlining the subsequent upgrade: Hegota,” said in a recent blog post.
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