Ethereum Foundation seeks protocol feedback to sharpen EIP development

Ethereum’s governance machinery is getting a tune-up. The Ethereum Foundation’s App Enablement team is reaching out to protocol teams to collect feedback on Ethereum Improvement Proposals and Layer 1 constraints, an effort designed to make sure the core protocol’s roadmap actually reflects what application developers need. The broader context for the App Enablement team’s outreach is the EF Protocol Cluster’s work on the Hegotá upgrade, expected in 2027. On September 7, 2026, the Protocol Cluster published its first-ever tier list for the upgrade, covering 62 EIPs. The evaluation drew on feedback from approximately 60 researchers and engineers spread across nine separate teams, generating a total of 397 individual grades. Two proposals reached S-tier, the top of the ranking: EIP-7805, known as FOCIL, and EIP-8141, called Frame Transactions. S-tier designation means these are considered must-ship components of the Hegotá core, the proposals without which the upgrade loses its central purpose. FOCIL is a fork-choice enforced inclusion list proposal aimed at improving censorship resistance at the validator level. Frame Transactions, EIP-8141, relates to account abstraction improvement...