Ethlabs has proposed making post-quantum security and resilience against AI-enabled attacks a top priority for Ethereum protocol development. In a proposal reported by Odaily on November 12, 2026, the team called the goal “pqai27” and urged a reassessment of the planned Hegotá hard fork. This is a proposed roadmap, not an activated upgrade.
Ethlabs argued that AI is accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities and solutions to mathematical problems, while the timeline for quantum-computing threats is moving forward. It proposed cryptography that relies on fewer security assumptions, stronger client security and formal verification.
Under its preliminary roadmap, Hegotá would introduce post-quantum consensus and account-signature schemes to make Ethereum capable of post-quantum operation. Signature aggregation and post-quantum data-availability schemes would follow to support operation at full capacity. Ethlabs described becoming “pqai-ready” in 2027 as the central goal; reaching “pqai-scaled” capacity is a more challenging stretch goal.
To prioritize that work, Ethlabs suggested reconsidering Hegotá features outside the pqai27 critical path. It also said it was withdrawing its earlier request for Quick Slots resources for Hegotá and redirecting those resources toward pqai27.
Original report: Odaily, published November 12, 2026, at 11:12:17 (UTC+8).