The Ethereum Foundation has released its 2026 roadmap, setting ambitious targets for network throughput, usability, and long-term security. Following a highly productive 2025, which included the Pectra and Fusaka upgrades, Ethereum aims to continue scaling its base layer while preparing for future threats, including quantum computing. In 2025, Ethereum doubled blob throughput, raised validator balances, shortened onboarding times, and steadily increased the mainnet gas limit from 30M to 60M. The Pectra and Fusaka upgrades introduced features such as transaction batching, gas sponsorship, and peer-to-peer data ... (full story)