Ethereum Year-End Technical Conference Sets Tone: Retain Payment Solutions and Launch a New Round of Upgrade Plans

2025-12-12 11:44:12

【Blockchain Rhythm】Ethereum developers have recently been flooded again with upgrade roadmaps.

At the 171st Ethereum consensus layer core developer meeting on December 12, the development team made several important decisions regarding the upcoming technical direction. The most notable is the embedded proposer-builder separation (ePBS) proposal in the Glamsterdam upgrade — after discussion, the team decided to retain the trust payment mechanism as a core component of this scheme. Meanwhile, the previously controversial forced inclusion list (FOCIL) for fork choice was officially removed.

The good news is that the network is running smoothly. The Fusaka upgrade was successfully launched on the mainnet on December 3, and the subsequent blob parameter hard fork was activated as scheduled on December 9, with the entire process proceeding smoothly.

In addition to these implemented updates, the meeting also focused on several proposals in the pipeline — EIP 7688, 8061, and 8080 were discussed. Even more interesting, developers are already preparing for the Heka upgrade scheduled for January next year, and are even considering giving it a star name that complies with the standards of the International Astronomical Union. Such attention to detail is quite thoughtful.

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MiningDisasterSurvivor

· 11h ago

Once again, making grand promises. Does ePBS retain trusted payments? To put it simply, it's still a centralized compromise. I've seen too many of these "core decisions" back in 2018, and in the end, they all turned into jokes. --- Fusaka launches smoothly? That’s because nothing significant has actually happened yet. When real risks occur, you'll understand what systemic risk really means. --- Removing FOCIL is just admitting that the previous solution had issues. This pattern is the same as before project teams run away—first deleting features, then moving on. --- Constant upgrades, always upgrading. When will we finally solve the headache of gas fees? It's probably better to think more about how to prevent the next round of mining disasters. --- Ethereum development is really not panicking. I’ve experienced projects like EOS and TRON; they also claimed to be technically invincible at the time. And what happened? Now only tombstones are speaking.

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GasOptimizer

· 11h ago

ePBS retention payment mechanism? Alright, anyway FOCIL has been cut, so it's considered a stopgap. Fusaka and blob's upgrades are quite stable, let's see what new tricks these proposals can bring about.

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