Ethereum Research Daily

January 28, 2026

• The account configuration AA EIP (EIP-8130) submitted
• stealth addresses and sub accounts for 7702 accounts
• zkFOCIL implementation and benchmarks
• Authorization Objects ERC-8139
• ERC-8004 nearing mainnet

chunter-cb submitted an EIP for account abstraction by account configuration: accounts configure signing keys with onchain verifier contracts, the protocol natively validates K1, P256, BLS and WebAuthn, and other algorithms run in sandboxed pure function contracts. An ethresear.ch post proposed stealth addresses and sub accounts for 7702 accounts. A zkFOCIL linkable ring signature implementation reported benchmarks.

January 27, 2026

• FOCIL formally proposed as a Hegotá headliner
• Vitalik on the scaling hierarchy
• per opcode proving time
• first accessed indices in BALs
• the BPO3 meta EIP

soispoke and coauthors formally proposed FOCIL (EIP-7805) as a Hegotá headliner. VitalikButerin laid out a scaling hierarchy: computation scales more easily than data, and data more easily than state. Nethermind research measured per opcode proving time. nerolation submitted first accessed indices for BALs.

January 26, 2026

• The EF publishes its 2026 L1-zkEVM roadmap
• ACDT #67 delays bal-devnet-2 a week
• ERC-8004 updated from community feedback
• FRI soundness formalized in Lean
• domain binding for ZK and post-quantum signatures

The EF zkEVM team published its 2026 L1-zkEVM roadmap with milestones for bringing zkEVM proofs into the core protocol. ACDT #67: EIP-7888 dropped its receipt field and bal-devnet-2 slipped to next week. ERC-8004 was updated from community feedback and merged. zksecurityXYZ formalized FRI soundness in Lean.

January 25, 2026

• The moat from moving EOAs to smart contract accounts
• a cell level deltas EIP for data column broadcast
• the state of quantum threats
• the BPO1 meta EIP thread
• several EIPs flagged stagnant

A quiet Sunday. zengjiajun_eth argued moving Ethereum from EOAs to smart contract accounts is not only a security and UX upgrade but deepens the moat, so EVM forks cannot lure users away at near zero switching cost. MarcoPolo submitted a cell level deltas EIP for data column broadcast.

January 24, 2026

• The EF forms a post-quantum team
• Ethereum is for quantum resistance
• WeissChannels cross chain execution for ERC-4337 accounts
• BPO1 and BPO2 meta EIPs
• Vitalik on institutions and cypherpunks

drakefjustin announced an inflection in the EF's long term quantum strategy: a new post-quantum team led by tcoratger, joined by Emile from the leanVM core team. eil-docbot submitted a cross chain execution ERC for ERC-4337 accounts (WeissChannels), with atomic cross chain execution from one signature. poojaranjan submitted the BPO1 and BPO2 hardfork meta EIPs.

January 23, 2026

• pq-devnet-2 reached with post-quantum signatures aggregated via leanVM
• Vitalik on taking back computing self sovereignty in 2026
• dYdX v3 exits still working 452 days after shutdown
• ERC-8137 cross chain execution for 4337 accounts
• Upgrade Nomenclature EIP-8133

leanEthereum said several teams reached pq-devnet-2, with leanCL clients now aggregating post-quantum signatures through leanVM. VitalikButerin said 2026 is the year to take back computing self sovereignty and shared the open source encrypted tools he switched to. donnoh_eth noted dYdX v3 users can still exit 452 days after shutdown because it is a Stage 1 rollup that passes the walkaway test.

January 22, 2026

• A first account configuration AA draft
• EIP-7981 counts access lists in the calldata floor and merges
• authorization data in the EIP-7623 floor
• ACDC #173 targets Glamsterdam for June to August
• a wallet gas limit override ERC

chunter-cb submitted first drafts of an account configuration AA EIP. nerolation submitted and merged EIP-7981, counting access list cost in the EIP-7623 floor, and the same day submitted an EIP adding authorization data to the floor. ACDC #173 set Glamsterdam mainnet for June to August with public testnets around May, with an option to ship without ePBS if it is not ready. ethereum featured Railgun.