Ethereum Locks In FOCIL for 2026 as Foundation Moves $6.8M ETH to Staking

Ethereum just made two important moves: the FOCIL proposal and the Ethereum staking move. Developers confirmed that FOCIL, a proposal aimed at strengthening censorship resistance, will be included in the Hegota upgrade planned for the second half of 2026. The change targets centralized block builders by forcing validators to include certain transactions, tightening the base layer against filtering.At the same time, t…