Hegota Upgrade - Whitepaper Reading Club at EdCon
Important Note: This session takes place inside the main EDCON 2026 venue. Please register for EDCON first to join. Register here:
Hegota Upgrade
Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade introduces EIPs to improve censorship resistance, transaction speed, and network efficiency. We’ll focus on
FOCIL (EIP-7805), which uses validator-enforced inclusion lists to prevent block builders from censoring transactions,
Quick Slots (EIP-8198), which explores reducing Ethereum’s 12-second block time to improve transaction confirmation speed.
(Maybe) Optional Execution Proofs (EIP-8025), which explores using cryptographic proofs to verify block execution
Ethereum’s governance process, including how EIPs are evaluated, prioritized, and selected for network upgrades.
We'll also disucss general Hegota Upgrade thoughts. Bring your ideas and questions :)
EIP Sources: https://forkcast.org/upgrade/hegota
Format:
Short introduction and context setting to start.
A short walkthrough of the paper and its key ideas.
Questions and discussion grounded in the original source.
Moderator-led discussion with no promotions.
Session Guide: Lodestar Team (Chainsafe)
Bing and NC, protocol engineer from Lodestar, an Ethereum consensus client written in TypeScript.
Lodestar is an open-source Ethereum consensus client developed. Exploring the cutting edge of Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake consensus works, why client diversity matters for network resilience, and how Lodestar is using TypeScript and Zig to build faster, more reliable Ethereum infrastructure.
Thank you
KSK (ETHKL) and the Geode Labs for hosting us at EdCon.
Shout out to Jennifer from Fluidkey
About Whitepaper Reading Club
We are a community of founders, researchers, and builders across Singapore, Malaysia, San Francisco, Bangkok, New York, Lagos, Taipei, and Hong Kong. We meet in person every month to read, discuss, and pressure-test the latest blockchain papers, protocols, and technical ideas.
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We create detailed, easy-to-understand summaries for each paper and have held 80+ sessions since June 2023, covering Account Abstraction, Parallel Chains, EIPs, the Bitcoin ecosystem, and AI x Crypto. We are ecosystem-agnostic, not for profit, and focused on projects with technical, product, or social innovation.