Ethereum users will soon be able to work with the blockchain in ways that were previously impossible. According to co-founder Vitalik Buterin, native smart accounts – a feature that has been in the works for more than a decade – are now expected to arrive later this year as part of Hegota’s upcoming network upgrade.
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Privacy tools benefit the most
For privacy-conscious users, this change may be more important than most people realize. Protocols like Railgun have long depended on intermediaries called “public broadcasters” to complete transactions. These switches have been a constant source of headaches for users.
Reports say Buterin wants to remove them entirely by replacing that system with a shared memory pool—cutting out the middleman and putting more control in the hands of the user.
His words were direct: “Disintermediation is a basic tenet of Ethereum’s ugly slatepunk – the most you can do even if the entire infrastructure of the world, except the Ethereum chain, shuts down.”
This is a strong statement. And this shows how seriously the Ethereum team takes self-sustainability at the protocol level.
Now, abstract calculation.
We’ve been talking about account abstraction since early 2016, see the original EIP-86: https://t.co/HYLSTLHgWH
Now, we finally have EIP-8141 ( https://t.co/jYqeS55j6P ), an omnibus that sums up and solves all the remaining problems that were AA…
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) February 28, 2026
A decade in the making
Buterin admitted that it was a long way to get here. He noted that the abstraction of the account is being considered since the beginning of 2016. Now, with the EIP-8141 strapped to Hegota’s rod, the goal is to finally fix every problem the concept was originally intended to fix — and then some.
The Ethereum Foundation’s public roadmap, called the “Strawmap,” places the abstraction of the mother account in the second half of 2026.
The proposed technical approach focuses on what Buterin calls “frame transactions.” Instead of a transaction being a single action, it becomes a series of frames.
Each frame can refer to other data, and each can authorize the sender or payer of the gas. One framework handles signature verification. The other one is performing. It is modular in design and built to be useful for expansion.
This also means that it becomes possible to pay transaction fees without holding ETH. Users can pay with other tokens through a payer contract or special exchange that provides ETH on the spot – no third party needed.
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Quantum resistance is also within
Hegota’s innovation doesn’t stop at smart accounts. Buterin also laid out a separate roadmap for quantum resistance earlier in the week, identifying four areas of concern: validator signatures, data storage, user account signatures, and zero-knowledge proofs.
Existing accounts are expected to migrate to the new framework seamlessly, gaining access to batch operations and transaction sponsorship along the way.
After 10 years of promises, the pieces are finally falling into place.
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