Обновление Hegota: новое слово в эволюции Ethereum, ожидаемое во второй половине 2026 года Translation: Update Hegota: a new chapter in the evolution of Ethereum expected in the second half of 2026.

The Ethereum developers have chosen a name for the upcoming upgrade following the Glamsterdam hard fork. The upgrade is called Hegota, with its release scheduled for the second half of 2026.

Hegota combines the name of the city Bogotá (in honor of the Devcon venue) and the star Heze. This decision was made during the final All Core Developers Execution meeting held this year. The next developer meeting is set for January 5.

The network has adopted a rhythmic schedule for releasing improvements—twice a year. After the hard forks planned for 2025, namely Pectra and Fusaka, Glamsterdam is anticipated in the first half of 2026. Hegota will follow in the latter half of the year.

This approach enables gradual and predictable changes, avoiding rare and extensive protocol overhauls, as emphasized by experts.

The main improvement proposal for Hegota will be selected no earlier than February. The leading candidate is the implementation of Merkle trees—data structuring algorithms in the protocol, similar to Merkle trees.

There are discussions on mechanisms for expiring historical data and states, as well as additional optimizations at the execution level. The issue of network «bloating» is becoming increasingly relevant for node operators.

Work on the first upgrade of 2026 is ongoing. Proposed innovations include:

Complex changes, such as reducing slot time, have been deferred to later dates. If any elements from Glamsterdam prove to be too labor-intensive, they will be included in Hegota, as reported by the developers.

On December 3, the Fusaka upgrade was successfully launched on the Ethereum mainnet, with the complete integration finishing on December 5.