The Ethereum Foundation has published a technical document titled Strawmap outlining a long-term vision for Ethereum protocol upgrades through 2029.
The Strawmap was posted on X by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake on behalf of the EF Protocol team, highlighting a decade-scale development perspective for Layer 1 enhancements.
Designed for researchers, developers, and governance participants, the document presents a unified visual timeline of proposed upgrades across the consensus, data, and execution layers. The framework sketches roughly seven forks by the end of the decade, based on an estimated cadence of one fork every six months.
The Strawmap outlines five core goals for Ethereum’s base layer: faster transaction finality within seconds, throughput of about 10,000 transactions per second, massive scaling at the Layer 2 level, post-quantum security to protect the network long term, and built-in privacy through shielded ETH transfers.
The document began as a discussion starter at a January 2026 Ethereum Foundation workshop and is framed as a coordination tool rather than an official roadmap or prediction.
