#EthereumFoundationUnveilsItsStrawmap

The Ethereum Foundation just dropped the "Strawmap" (a play on "straw man" and "roadmap"), and it's essentially a massive, decade-defining vision for where the network is headed through 2029.

Rather than a rigid set of rules, it’s a draft framework intended to coordinate developers across seven major hard forks. Here is the breakdown of the "North Stars" and technical shifts they’ve outlined:

The 5 "North Stars"

The Strawmap identifies five core objectives to make Ethereum the "backbone of the digital economy":

Fast L1: Reducing slot times from 12 seconds down to 2 seconds. The goal is "near-instant" finality (shrinking from 16 minutes to roughly 6–16 seconds) using a new consensus mechanism called Minimmit.
Gigagas L1: Aiming for a mainnet throughput of 10,000 TPS (transactions per second) by integrating zkEVM directly into the base layer.

Teragas L2: Creating enough data bandwidth (1GB/s) to support Layer 2 networks handling 10 million TPS.

Native Privacy: Introducing "shielded transfers" at the base layer to allow for private ETH transactions without needing third-party mixers.

Quantum-Proofing: Implementing post-quantum cryptography to protect the network against future specialized computing threats.
The 2026 Timeline

While the Strawmap looks ahead to 2029, the immediate next steps for this year are:

Glamsterdam (H1 2026): The first major fork under this new model, focusing on initial speed improvements and EIPs for better user experience.

Hegotá (H2 2026): Expected to follow six months later, continuing the push toward faster finality and censorship resistance.

💡 Why "Strawmap"?

The name is intentional. By calling it a "Strawmap," researchers like Justin Drake and Vitalik Buterin are signaling that this is a "straw man" proposal—a starting point for the community to critique, tear apart, and refine. It moves away from the "one big upgrade" model toward a predictable, six-month heartbeat of protocol improvements.
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