PANews reported on February 19th that the Ethereum Foundation released a 2026 protocol priority update, outlining a three-track approach:

Scaling up (integrating L1 execution and Blob scaling)

Improve user experience (focusing on native account abstraction and cross-chain interoperability)

Strengthen Layer 1 (enhancing security, censorship resistance, and network resilience)

Furthermore, the Ethereum Foundation stated that it will continue to push for an increase in the Gas Limit to 100M and above, advance ePBS and further adjust the Blob parameters, advance the zkEVM attester client, and work on censorship resistance and post-quantum security. The next major upgrade to Glamsterdam is targeted for the first half of 2026, and Hegotá plans to follow up later this year.