Core Insights - Ethereum is implementing a significant upgrade focused on enhancing censorship resistance through the introduction of Fork-Choice-Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) as part of EIP-7805, targeted for the Hegota network upgrade in H2 2026 [2][3][4] Group 1: Upgrade Details - FOCIL will require 17 randomly selected validators to submit inclusion lists of valid transactions for each block, ensuring that no single validator can control or censor the transaction list [3] - This upgrade will be accompanied by EIP-8141, which integrates smart contract wallets, multisigs, quantum-resistant wallets, and privacy tools into the Ethereum ecosystem [3] Group 2: Community Reactions - Vitalik Buterin supports the FOCIL upgrade, describing it as a return to the original ethos of Ethereum, emphasizing its importance for maintaining a non-censorable network [4] - Developer Ameen Soleimani expressed concerns about previous EIPs that allowed validators to impose constraints on transaction inclusion, highlighting potential risks to the network's integrity [5] Group 3: Importance of Censorship Resistance - Censorship resistance is crucial as it ensures that no external entity, including validators, governments, or exchanges, can dictate which transactions are processed on Ethereum [6] - The upgrade addresses broader concerns about financial systems that can freeze assets or block payments, reinforcing the need for a decentralized and censorship-resistant platform [6][8]

'Ethereum Is Going Hard': Vitalik Buterin Backs Censorship Resistance Upgradehttps://t.co/JueLri1AOM ...

There is also an important synergy between FOCIL and AA (EIP-8141, which is based on 7701):8141 makes not just smart accounts (including multisig, quantum-resistant signatures, key changes, gas sponsorship) first-class citizens, it also can do the same for privacy protocols (either indirectly via paymaster, or if we add 2D nonces, directly as a multi-tenant account). "First-class citizen" means that operations sent from that account can be included directly onchain as transactions, with no wrappers.FOCIL en ...

RT Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain)Ethereum researcher Thomas Thiery (soispoke) proposed Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL, EIP-7805) as the headline feature for the Hegota upgrade. FOCIL enables multiple validators to enforce transaction inclusion via the fork-choice rule, enhancing censorship resistance and reducing centralized builder influence. The proposal, previously deferred from Glamsterdam, is now core to Hegota, expected in 2026. https://t.co/i7PPLXFp5e ...

RT Devconnect ARG - the first Ethereum World’s Fair (@EFDevcon)“Why do we want Ethereum? Crediblilty, Censorship Resistance & Schelling point.”- Oskar Thoren from @ethereumfndn in the panel 'Ethereum Institutional Privacy' on the Privacy Stack stage at Devconnect ARG.Head to the XL Yellow Pavilion at La Rural for more privacy conversations. ...

Every centralized platform is a prison.Every kill switch will eventually be used.Infrastructure is the leverage.Own the rails, so they can’t shut downwhat no one controls.They can’t censorwhat can’t be deleted.They can’t stopwhat’s already everywhere.That’s all you need to understand about what we are doing in Polkadot.Polkadot (@Polkadot):JAM Vision LIVE @ Sub0 - Stream by Vbrick https://t.co/OOpD0k9RoE ...

the blockchain trilemma is wrongit is not that you have to pick two of security, scale, and decentralizationit is that you have to pick all three of censorship resistance, scale, and privacyneither two are enough without the third ...

Solana's mission is to become the trading venue of the planetany asset, anywhere, anytime — with just an internet connectionto do this, one must max both i) performance, ii) censorship resistanceand Solana is the only chain currently that at least attempts to max both simultaneouslythis is insanely underappreciatedthat engineers are actually trying to max both without giving up on the othersome chains aim for max decentralization at the L1 but sacrifice performance and usability, which makes them offload to ...

Core Mission - The project aims to create a web that is censorship-resistant, uncapturable, and uncontrollable [1] - Polkadot's goal is to prevent any single entity (states, boards, gatekeepers) from owning the web [1] Vision - The focus is on building a resilient and unstoppable system [1] - The project is geared towards long-term commitment and development [1]

this is actually insane lmao — we've crafted a system that is less censorship resistant than tradfi while being slower, more expensive, and more arbitraryincredible, literal theft ...