# EF Protocol: Current and Emerging Priorities

DevFeed: [EF Protocol: Current and Emerging Priorities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ef-protocol-current-and-emerging-priorities-17236.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/09/07/protocol-priorities>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation Protocol Cluster

Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Post-Quantum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/post-quantum.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [post-quantum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-quantum.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>)

## AI overview

The EF Protocol cluster outlines Ethereum Protocol priorities through 2029, including scoping the Hegotá upgrade and preparing Ethereum L1 to become quantum-resistant across the execution, consensus, and data layers by December 2029. The plan uses an intentionally aggressive assumption that Q-day could occur as early as 2030, with the deadline to be reassessed in January 2027.

## Source excerpt

In May, the Protocol cluster welcomed a trio of new cluster coordinators and promised updates to follow. After months of settling in and aligning with contributors cluster-wide, across the EF and across the Ethereum ecosystem, we are now happy to share Protocol's priorities: what Protocol is for, the commitments...