Ethereum Researchers Drop Faster Block Plan to Prioritize Quantum Security

Ethereum researchers are proposing a major change to the network’s development priorities, stepping away from plans to introduce faster block production in favor of accelerating protections against quantum computing and artificial intelligence threats. Research group Ethlabs announced that it would withdraw its Quick Slots proposal from Ethereum’s planned Hegotá upgrade, redirecting its resources toward a new security roadmap called pqai27 . The initiative aims to make Ethereum’s core infrastructure and user accounts more resistant to emerging cryptographic threats by 2027. The proposal reflects growing concerns that advances in quantum computing and AI could eventually undermine the cryptographic systems protecting digital assets. Although no existing quantum computer can currently break Ethereum’s security, researchers argue that replacing the network’s underlying cryptography could take years.

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