Odaily Planet Daily report: The Ethereum Foundation has released the "strawmap" roadmap, outlining seven planned hard forks between 2026 and 2029, focusing on post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, privacy-enhanced ETH transfers, and improved transaction finality. Key highlights include:
1. Second-level transaction finality: L1 finality is reduced from 16 minutes to as low as 8 seconds through the new Minimmit consensus mechanism with a single-round vote.
2. Significantly increased throughput: L1 targets 10,000 TPS (“gigagas”), while L2 networks such as Arbitrum and Optimism aim for approximately 10 million TPS (“teragas”).
3. Reduced block interval: Slot time will gradually decrease from 12 seconds to 8, 6, 4 seconds, and potentially even 2 seconds, with each adjustment made while ensuring network security.
4. Privacy and Security: Introduce shielded transfers to enable private ETH transactions; deploy post-quantum cryptography solutions to enhance protection against quantum computing threats. (CoinDesk)