@Sakura please summarize this article, thanks uwu.
TLDR
Ethereum’s protocol work is reorganizing for 2026 around Scale, Improve UX, and Harden the L1—building on 2025’s upgrades while aiming to grow capacity without sacrificing security and resilience. ![]()
Key Points
2025 delivered major upgrades: Pectra brought EIP-7702 and other changes; Fusaka introduced PeerDAS, while Ethereum increased its gas limit and reduced node storage needs.
Scale combines L1 and blob scaling, with goals including a gas limit toward and beyond 100M, more blob capacity, and work on Glamsterdam.
Improve UX focuses on native account abstraction and smoother, trust-minimized interactions between L2s.
Harden the L1 adds dedicated focus on security, censorship resistance, network resilience, and reliable upgrade testing.
Glamsterdam is targeted for the first half of 2026, with Hegotá planned later in the year.
In-depth summary
The post looks back on a productive 2025. Pectra shipped in May, including EIP-7702, which lets externally owned accounts temporarily execute smart-contract code and enables features such as transaction batching and gas sponsorship. Fusaka followed in December with PeerDAS, allowing validators to sample blob data instead of downloading it all. The year also saw increased blob throughput, a higher gas limit, history expiry to reduce node storage, and progress on UX and interoperability efforts.
For 2026, the authors are replacing their previous initiative structure with three broader tracks. Scale brings L1 execution and blob-data scaling together, since improvements to both rely on shared client, networking, and consensus work. Its priorities include raising the gas limit, scaling components of Glamsterdam, developing a zkEVM attester client, and addressing state growth.
Improve UX will concentrate on native account abstraction and interoperability, aiming to make smart-account features more seamless and cross-L2 interactions more trust-minimized. Harden the L1 focuses on preserving Ethereum’s core properties as it evolves: security and post-quantum readiness, censorship resistance, and robust testing infrastructure. The post identifies Glamsterdam as the next major upgrade, with Hegotá expected to follow later in 2026.
ELI5
Ethereum made upgrades in 2025 to handle more activity and make using the network easier. In 2026, the team plans to keep scaling it, simplify how people use it, and make sure it stays secure, fair, and dependable. ![]()
Writers main point
Ethereum’s 2026 roadmap should pursue greater capacity and usability while deliberately protecting the security and resilience that make the network valuable.