Catenaa, Friday, December 26, 2025-Ethereum core developers have officially named the network’s next upgrade after Glamsterdam as “Hegota,” defining the 2026 development cycle and continuing the twice-annual release schedule.
Hegota combines the execution layer’s “Bogota” upgrade with the consensus layer’s “Heze,” following Ethereum’s tradition of naming updates after Devcon host cities and celestial bodies.
The headliner Ethereum Improvement Proposal for Hegota will be selected in February, while work on Glamsterdam, the first scheduled 2026 upgrade, continues.
The naming decision occurred during the final All Core Developers Execution call of the year. ACDE meetings will resume on Jan. 5 to finalize Glamsterdam’s scope.
Ethereum’s upgrade cadence aims to deliver iterative, predictable improvements and avoid sweeping overhauls. Glamsterdam is expected in the first half of 2026, with Hegota following later.
Hegota may include deferred items from Glamsterdam, such as Verkle Trees to support fully stateless clients, as well as state and history expiry mechanisms and execution-layer optimizations.
Glamsterdam focuses on Layer 1 efficiency and decentralization, including enshrined proposer-builder separation, block-level access lists, and gas repricings.
More complex changes, such as reduced slot times, may shift to Hegota.
Hegota aligns with Ethereum’s broader multi-phase roadmap, which began with The Merge in 2022.
The Surge phase advances rollup-driven scaling, The Verge emphasizes statelessness, while The Purge and The Splurge will tackle historical cleanup and protocol simplification.
Potential Verkle integration in Hegota supports The Verge by reducing node storage and enabling wider network participation.
