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Ethereum Foundation Publishes First Unified Hegotá EIP Tier List

The EF Protocol cluster published its inaugural unified tier list for the Hegotá upgrade, evaluating 62 EIPs with 397 grades from 12 contributors

Published 2026-09-08 10:30:42 UTC

What the source reports

EF Protocol published its first unified tier list for Hegotá, evaluating 62 EIPs with 397 grades from 12 contributors across 16 contribution templates

result is 397 tier grades across 62 EIPs,

Two EIPs earned must-ship S-tier status: FOCIL (EIP-7805) on the consensus layer and Frame Transactions (EIP-8141) on the execution layer

FOCIL S 4 (7) Headliner Locked-in CL headliner.

Why it may matter

The unified tier list marks a departure from previous per-team grading approaches, consolidating feedback from roughly 60 researchers and engineers

What remains uncertain

Only the September 7, 2026 blog post was reviewed; per-team grade breakdowns were not published per the source Specific requirements for individual B-tier EIPs beyond the four noted for Quick Slots (EIP-8198) may exist but are not enumerated in this excerpt

Source record

Ethereum Foundation Blog

Source date: 2026-09-07

Retrieved 2026-09-08T10:30:00.777Z

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