In a November 12, 2026 report, PANews said independent nonprofit research organization Ethlabs had posted a proposal on the Ethereum Magicians forum calling for Ethereum to become resistant to quantum-computing and AI-related threats by 2027. Ethlabs called the goal “pqai27.” It is a proposal, not an activated network upgrade.
According to PANews, Ethlabs argued that AI capabilities are growing rapidly, the expected timeline for quantum computing is moving forward, and AI is accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities. The group called for fewer cryptographic assumptions, formal verification and client diversity to strengthen Ethereum against increasingly capable attacks.
PANews’s headline also referred to delaying plans for faster block production, but the supplied report gave no details about that aspect of the proposal.
Original report: PANews · Published November 12, 2026, at 11:19 a.m. (UTC+8).