Ethereum research group Ethlabs said on Wednesday it would withdraw its proposal to speed up the network’s block production from the planned Hegotá upgrade and called on core developers to prepare the network for quantum attacks by 2027.
On Wednesday the group sketched “pqai27,” a proposed roadmap aimed at protecting Ethereum from threats posed by quantum computing and increasingly powerful artificial intelligence. It said independent upgrades should be reconsidered.
Ethlabs previously supported Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-8198, known as Quick Slots, which would initially reduce Ethereum’s slot time from 12 seconds to 10 seconds. The group said it would redirect resources to pqai27 but would continue to pursue faster slots in 2028.
For Hegotá, Ethlabs said that FOCIL, a planned censorship resistance feature, should only be implemented if it does not threaten quantum readiness. The group cited frame transactions, which would enable more flexible account authentication, as central to the proposed transition.
It was said that Glamsterdam, the expansion off Hegotá, should go ahead as planned.
Ethereum core developers have not agreed to the proposal. The Ethereum Foundation published The roadmap for quantum resistance continues to target December 2029. At Devcon, researcher Justin Drake said he hopes to complete the transition in 2028.
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