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Ethereum Researchers Withdraw Faster Block Proposal
Ethereum researchers, led by Ethlabs, have withdrawn their proposal for faster block production in Ethereum's planned Hegotá upgrade. Instead, they are redirecting resources to a new security roadmap called pqai27, which aims to enhance quantum security and AI resistance by 2027. The pqai27 proposal focuses on making Ethereum's core infrastructure and user accounts more resistant to emerging cryptographic threats, while the existing Quick Slots proposal, which would reduce block production interval from 12 seconds to 10 seconds, has been withdrawn in favor of the new roadmap.