EIP-8182 proposes introducing Ethereum-native privacy transfers in Hegotá hard fork

FinanceFeeds reports that Ethereum developers are evaluating the EIP-8182 proposal, which plans to introduce native privacy transfers for ETH and ERC-20 tokens through a Hegotá hard fork. The proposal was created by Facet co-founder Tom Lehman on March 3, 2026 and belongs to the DraftStandards TrackCore EIP and has not yet been finalized or arranged to be included in the upgrade. Hegotá is the next upgrade since Glamsterdamm and is expected to focus on infrastructure and protocol layer improvements. The core of EIP-8182 is to create a standardized shielded pool system contract at the protocol level. Users can deposit ETH or ERC-20 tokens and use zero-knowledge certificates to spend the tokens. The system adopts the UTXO model instead of Ethereum's account balance model, uses a separate certificate architecture, and does not rely on administrator-controlled upgrade mechanisms or pause functions. The proposal aims to solve the problems faced by application-level privacy tools such as small anonymity sets and governance risks. If included in Hegotá, it would be one of the most significant privacy upgrades for Ethereum. Core developers still need to evaluate their encryption assumptions, status growth, denial of service risks, etc., and inclusion has not yet been determined.