Roadmap tracks
The Ethereum roadmap, like Ethereum itself, doesn't have a single person or group in charge. One interpretation comes from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's 2022 vision, with development shaped by contributions from across the Ethereum community.
Beacon chain launch
SHIPPED
Warmup fork (Altair)
SHIPPED
Merge! No more PoW
SHIPPED
Distributed validators
SHIPPED
Withdrawals
SHIPPED
Per-slot participant selection
RESEARCH
SSF specification
RESEARCH
Implementation
IDEA
Single slot finality (SSF)
RESEARCH
Secret leader election
RESEARCH
Increase validator count
RESEARCH
Increase validator count
EIP-4844 specification
SHIPPED
EIP-4844 implementation
SHIPPED
Basic rollup scaling
SHIPPED
peerDAS
RESEARCH
Efficient DA self-healing
RESEARCH
Full rollup scaling
RESEARCH
Q-safe, no setup commitments
Improve cross-rollup standards + interop
RESEARCH
Optimistic rollup fraud provers
STAGE 0 & 1
ZK-EVMs
STAGE 0
The Verge
SNARK for L1 EVM
MEV Track
Staking economics / experience track
Extra-protocol MEV markets
SHIPPED
Explore ePBS
RESEARCH
Inclusion lists
RESEARCH
Explore MEV burn in ePBS
RESEARCH
Distributed block building
RESEARCH
Explore execution tickets
RESEARCH
Explore execution tickets
RESEARCH
App-layer MEV minimization
RESEARCH
Explore pre-confirmations
RESEARCH
Raise max effective balance
SCHEDULED
Improve node operator usability
RESEARCH
Explore total stake capping
RESEARCH
Explore solutions to liquid staking centralization
RESEARCH
The Verge
Verkle trees
EVM simplification track
Ban SELF-DESTRUCT
SHIPPED
Simplify gas mechanics
RESEARCH
Precompiles -> EVM impls
RESEARCH
EIP-4844 specification
SHIPPED
EIP-4444 implementation
RESEARCH
History expiry (EIP-4444)
RESEARCH
P2P history (eg. Portal)
SHIPPED
Beacon chain fast sync
SHIPPED
Eliminate most gas refunds
SHIPPED
The Splurge
Endgame EVM
Address space extension
RESEARCH
State expiry
RESEARCH
LOG reform
RESEARCH
Remove old Tx types
RESEARCH
Serialization harmonization
RESEARCH
Most serious EVM DoS issues solved
SHIPPED
Basic light client support (sync committees)
SHIPPED
SNARK-based light clients
RESEARCH
SNARK for consensus state transition
IDEA
SNARK for Verkle proofs
IDEA
Verkle trees
RESEARCH
Transition spec + impl
RESEARCH
Verkle trees spec + impl
RESEARCH
Code chunking + gas cost update
RESEARCH
SNARK for L1 EVM
IDEA
Fully SNARKed Ethereum
RESEARCH
The Scourge
Improve operator node usability
SNARK / STARK ASICs
RESEARCH
Explore EVM verification precompile
IDEA
Quantum-safe SNARKs (eg. STARKs)
EVM Improvements Track
EOF
RESEARCH
Big modular arithmetic
RESEARCH
Futher EVM improvements
RESEARCH
Endgame EVM
RESEARCH
Account Abstraction Track
ERC-4337 rollout
SHIPPED
Voluntary EOA conversion
SCHEDULED
In-protocol enshrining
SCHEDULED
Endgame account abstraction
SCHEDULED
EIP-4337 specification
SHIPPED
Endgame EIP-1559
RESEARCH
EIP-1559
SHIPPED
Explore delay-encrypted mempools
RESEARCH
VDFs
RESEARCH
Explore deep-crypto (eg. obfuscation)
RESEARCH