Key Takeaways
The Ethereum Foundation has released a new long-term development plan called 'Strawmap', providing a clear vision for the protocol's evolution. The roadmap aims to significantly upgrade network capacity and functionality through a series of planned hard forks over the next several years.
- New Roadmap Unveiled: On February 25, 2026, Ethereum Foundation member Justin Drake presented the 'Strawmap', which details seven planned forks through 2029.
- Major Scalability Goals: A primary objective is to achieve 1 Gigagas per second in throughput, drastically increasing transaction processing capacity to lower costs and improve performance.
- Native Privacy Integration: The plan includes a goal to implement native privacy for ETH transfers, building confidentiality directly into the protocol to address user and developer demand.
