In a report published on November 12, 2026, Foresight News said Ethlabs had posted a proposal on Ethereum Magicians calling for Ethereum to achieve post-quantum and AI security by 2027. Ethlabs called the goal pqai27 and framed it as a way to reinforce Ethereum’s role as a decentralized root of trust and ETH’s role as a programmable store of value.
Ethlabs argued that post-quantum security alone would not address risks from AI-accelerated cryptanalysis and software vulnerabilities. It proposed making pqai27 the highest priority, reassessing the Hegotá hard fork, removing nonessential features such as quick slots from the plan, and prioritizing post-quantum paths for consensus and accounts. It described pqai-scaled as a stretch goal.
These are Ethlabs’ proposals, not changes the report says have been approved or activated.
