This bull cycle’s biggest disappointment might actually be Ethereum

The team is updating its roadmap.

Developers have named the second major hard fork after Glamsterdam Hegota a combination of Bogota on the execution layer and Heze on the consensus layer.

At first glance, Hegota may look like “no new features,” but for $ETH investors, it includes several critical improvements.

These upgrades are not designed to pump the price. They aim to reduce node operating costs, control state growth, and make the network sustainable in the long run.

Key topics like Verkle Trees and state expiry are specifically meant to prevent Ethereum from becoming a network where only large players can afford to run nodes. This directly strengthens decentralization.

Moving to a two hard forks per year model also reduces uncertainty. In the past, the approach was “let’s fit everything into one upgrade.” Now, development is more predictable and lower risk.

This is also an important signal for institutional players.

In the past, many people expected price action from upgrades and forks but times have changed.

Hegota is similar: it probably won’t create short-term hype, but it strengthens the infrastructure behind Ethereum’s long-term value thesis.

They’re focusing on resilience and reliability, not price.

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