ETH news: Ethereum’s next big upgrade has 66 proposals, including a major privacy fix

Private payment systems on Ethereum can already hide information using cryptographic proofs, but getting those transactions onto the blockchain still takes extra infrastructure, and some designs route users through relayers, outside services that submit the transaction on their behalf.

Frame Transactions is one of 66 proposals on the table for Hegotá, expected to follow this year's Glamsterdam release and ship in 2027, and developers will now consider what they can realistically build, test and release on time.

Two accompanying proposals handle what breaks when many people transact privately through the same account. Keyed Nonces, or EIP-8250, would let transactions use separate counters instead of queueing behind a single one, so a delayed transaction no longer holds up everything behind it.

Separately, EIP-8272 would let a transaction prove itself against a recent cryptographic record without depending on information that might change while it waits.

Together, the three would remove some of the outside infrastructure privacy applications currently need.

Ethereum itself would not become private, however. Sending ETH between two normal addresses would stay as visible as it is today. The hiding is still done by the applications, which would simply need less outside machinery to do it.

Frame Transactions is not guaranteed to ship. While it has been marked as considered for Hegotá, that falls short of approval, to progress.