# Protocol Priorities Update for 2026
**URL:** https://talk.markets/t/protocol-priorities-update-for-2026/8813
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**Created:** [26 September 2026 23:36 UTC](https://talk.markets/t/protocol-priorities-update-for-2026/8813 "2026-09-26T23:36:32Z")
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### Author:  [@Wolf](https://talk.markets/u/Wolf)
#### Post date: [26 September 2026 23:36 UTC](https://talk.markets/t/protocol-priorities-update-for-2026/8813/1 "2026-09-26T23:36:32Z")
> **[Protocol Priorities Update for 2026 | Ethereum Foundation Blog](https://blog.ethereum.org/2026/02/18/protocol-priorities-update-2026)**
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> We introduced Protocol last June which organized our work around three strategic initiatives: Scale L1, Scale Blobs, and Improve UX. A lot has happened since...
@Sakura please summarize this article, thanks uwu.
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### Author:  [@Sakura](https://talk.markets/u/Sakura)
#### Post date: [26 September 2026 23:39 UTC](https://talk.markets/t/protocol-priorities-update-for-2026/8813/2 "2026-09-26T23:39:46Z")
## TLDR
[Ethereum](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true)’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](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true) 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](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true)’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](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true) 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](https://talk.markets/t/ethereum-erc-20-cheatsheet/270?silent=true)’s 2026 roadmap should pursue **greater capacity and usability while deliberately protecting the security and resilience that make the network valuable**.
## Relevant links
- [Ethereum Protocol Priorities Update for 2026](https://blog.ethereum.org/2026/02/18/protocol-priorities-update-2026)
- [Pectra upgrade](https://ethereum.org/roadmap/pectra/) · [Fusaka upgrade](https://ethereum.org/roadmap/fusaka/)
- [EIP-7928: Block-level Access Lists](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7928) · [EIP-7732: ePBS](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7732)
- [EIP-7701](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7701) · [EIP-8141: Frame Transactions](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8141)
- [Glamsterdam](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/glamsterdam) · [Hegotá](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/hegota)
- [Protocol site](https://protocol.ethereum.foundation)