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Ethereum Core Devs Pin 'Hegota' Upgrade on 2026 Roadmap

Hegota is scheduled to follow the impending Glamsterdam upgrade.

Dec 19, 2025 • 1 min read

Ethereum developers charting the network’s 2026 roadmap have come to consensus that “Hegota” shall be the upgrade to follow “Glamsterdam.”

What's the Scoop?

Next Upgrade: During the final All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call of 2025, "Hegota" was selected to be the name for the upgrade following "Glamsterdam," Ethereum’s next major upgrade. Glamsterdam is expected to be ship within the first half of 2026, with Hegota likely to fall later in the year.
Naming Convention: Ethereum upgrades names are created using a combination of Devcon host cities and stars. Hegota is derived from execution layer upgrade "Bogota" (city) and consensus layer upgrade "Heze" (star).
Unclear Scope: Neither the Glamsterdam or Hegota upgrades are finalized. Developers hope to establish Glamsterdam's complete scope at their next meeting on January 5, and are not expected to announce a headline EIP for Hegota until February. Potential Hegota upgrades may include: deferred items from Galmsterdam; state and history expiry mechanisms; and additional execution-layer optimizations.

Ethereum developers named the post-Glamsterdam 2026 upgrade “Hegota,” combining execution-layer Bogota and consensus-layer Heze. Hegota will follow Glamsterdam later in 2026 as part of Ethereum’s twice-yearly upgrade cadence, with potential focus areas including Verkle Trees,…
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) December 19, 2025

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