TREE NEWS update: Ethlabs has abandoned its push for 10-second blocks in the Hegota upgrade so its researchers can focus on quantum- and AI-resistant cryptography, with a target of making Ethereum quantum- and AI-ready by 2027. Core developers have yet to take up the plan, the company said.
Ethlabs Drops 10-Second Block Push to Focus on Quantum, AI Readiness by 2027
The reversal is notable less for the block-time debate than for what it signals: a private firm is setting a 2027 deadline for quantum and AI readiness that core Ethereum developers have not endorsed. That gap between a company-level roadmap and protocol-level consensus is the real story, since post-quantum cryptography ultimately requires network-wide agreement, not a single lab's priorities. Whether core developers engage with the proposal is the open question.
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