If we collectively decide to ship FOCIL, Ethereum will make history. It will become the first L1 to rely on a committee of proposers to deliver unmatched inclusion guarantees, making it the most reliable and credibly neutral place to transact onchain. With real-time zkVMs, the protocol can safely start scaling towards gigagas per second, letting sophisticated prover-builders go beast mode while keeping them in check and making it extremely difficult to arbitrarily censor public transactions. FOCIL also gives the protocol a clean foundation for the future of nodes, where validators can chose to specialize as includers, attesters, and execution proposers. This clean separation of roles protects consensus participants from MEV-related risks, and unlocks crucial issuance-curve changes . Institutions can trust that competitors can’t quietly bribe or pressure a handful of service providers to stop their transactions from landing onchain. For RWAs and global payments, FOCIL provides the reliability these systems depend on. Stablecoin issuers, tokenized assets, and remittance networks gain predictable inclusion across geographies and market conditions. L2s can shorten their withdrawal windows, offering smoother UX and stronger interoperability. That means faster exits, cheaper bridging, and lower costs for cross-chain swaps. At the same time, L2s can improve their forced-transaction mechanisms and minimize differences with L1 clients, reducing code complexity and maintenance. Everyday users buying ETH with stablecoins get the same protocol-level inclusion guarantees as large funds rebalancing their portfolios. Borrowers on Aave can rely on Ethereum to include their transactions when it matters most, without fearing someone can block them from topping up collateral to avoid liquidation. No one can slow down your crypto payment at a local café, your donation to a cause you deeply care about, or your vote on how your favorite DAO spends its treasury because of who you are or where you live. Everyone shares equal, protocol-level access to Ethereum blockspace. FOCIL lets Ethereum return to its core strength: credible neutrality secured by protocol rules, not trust. Job is not done. FOCIL for Glamsterdam.

Useful links (remove brackets): - FOCIL EIP: eips[.]ethereum[.]org/EIPS/eip-7805 - Scaling Ethereum with zkEVMs (lean execution): blog[.]ethereum[.]org/2025/07/31/lean-ethereum - FOCIL and interop: notes[.]ethereum[.]org/[@]rudolf/interop-16 - FOCIL for devs: github[.]com/jihoonsong/focil-for-implementors/wiki/FOCIL-for-Implementors - Other FOCIL resources: meetfocil[.]eth[.]limo