Hugo Feiler
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From Roadmaps to Results: A look ahead at 2026 from CEO @HugoFeiler : minima.global/post/minima-fr…
Now that ZKEVMs are at alpha stage (production-quality performance, remaining work is safety) and PeerDAS is live on mainnet, it's time to talk more about what this combination means for Ethereum. These are not minor improvements; they are shifting Ethereum into being a fundamentally new and more powerful kind of decentralized network. To see why, let's look at the two major types of p2p network so far: BitTorrent (2000): huge total bandwidth, highly decentralized, no consensus Bitcoin (2009): highly decentralized, consensus, but low bandwidth - because it’s not “distributed” in the sense of work being split up, it’s *replicated* Now, Ethereum with PeerDAS (2025) and ZK-EVMs (expect small portions of the network using it in 2026), we get: decentralized, consensus and high bandwidth The trilemma has been solved - not on paper, but with live running code, of which one half (data availability sampling) is *on mainnet today*, and the other half (ZK-EVMs) is *production-quality on performance today* - safety is what remains. This was a 10-year journey (see the first commit of my original post on DAS here: github.com/ethereum/resea… , and ZK-EVM attempts started in ~2020), but it's finally here. Over the next ~4 years, expect to see the full extent of this vision roll out: * In 2026, large non-ZKEVM-dependent gas limit increases due to BALs and ePBS, and we'll see the first opportunities to run a ZKEVM node * In 2026-28, gas repricings, changes to state structure, exec payload going into blobs, and other adjustments to make higher gas limits safe * In 2027-30, large further gas limit increases, as ZKEVM becomes the primary way to validate blocks on the network A third piece of this is distributed block building. A long-term ideal holy grail is to get to a future where the full block is *never* constituted in one single place. This will not be necessary for a long time, but IMO it is worth striving for us at least have the capability to do that. Even before that point, we want the meaningful authority in block building to be as distributed as possible. This can be done either in-protocol (eg. maybe we figure out how to expand FOCIL to make it a primary channel for txs), or out-of-protocol with distributed builder marketplaces. This reduces risk of centralized interference with real-time transaction inclusion, AND it creates a better environment for geographical fairness. Onward.
Today, we’re launching the Integritas AI Agent for ChatGPT, bringing verifiable data integrity into AI-assisted workflows. For the first time, users can create cryptographic proofs of authenticity for documents, files, logs, and AI-generated outputs - and anchor those proofs to the Minima blockchain - without leaving ChatGPT. Full Announcement: minima.global/post/ntegritas… Overview 👇
Cross-border payments still run on rails built decades ago. Slow settlement. Intermediaries everywhere. Data exposed at every hop. ThunderPay changes that. 👇
MiniMask Beta: Browser-Based Minima Transactions Are Now Live for Testers! 👉 minimask.org We’re excited to open up the MiniMask Beta, a major step toward making Minima accessible directly from your Chrome browser. MiniMask is our new Chrome extension that provides a lightweight wallet and core Minima transaction capabilities inside a clean, browser-native experience. 🧵
Minima has reached a milestone the blockchain industry has discussed for more than a decade, but never truly delivered: a fully functioning Layer-1 blockchain node running directly on embedded hardware, without reliance on cloud infrastructure, heavyweight runtimes, or specialised servers. Today, Minima runs on the Arm processor subsystem inside an FPGA board, with custom cryptographic accelerators. Minima’s deterministic architecture, combined with a purpose-built C++ code, positions Minima as the first blockchain genuinely engineered to live inside autonomous machines, not merely alongside them. This is not a concept or a speculative roadmap. It is working now. Read on for the overview, or over this link for the full update: minima.global/post/minima-ac…
Privacy isn't a feature. It's an architecture. If a chain has sequencers or producers, it has surveillance points. Minima doesn't. Zero chokepoints. Every phone a full node. Structual privacy from the ground up, not scrabbling to patch your way there. This is what the privacy narrative is actually about.
New milestone for Minima: in addition to @arm, we’re teaming up with @unisouthampton and @Siemens to pioneer the world’s first blockchain-on-chip drones. This is where embedded blockchain meets real-world autonomy. Here’s why it matters 👇 🔗 minima.global/post/universit… 🧵
