Ethlabs Member Says Ethereum’s pqai27 Plan Still Awaits Governance Review

Ethlabs member Barnabé Monnot said the group’s pqai27 plan for Ethereum’s post-quantum and post-AI security remains a proposal, leaving its 2027 priority unconfirmed through the network’s governance process.

Monnot said pqai27 reflects Ethlabs’ view and that the parties involved have not all agreed. He said the All Core Devs - Consensus (ACDC) #191 meeting on Nov. 12 discussed the urgency of pursuing pqai27 resistance.

Monnot described the related threats as growing but uncertain. He said AI is accelerating progress on components needed for pqai27 resistance, which is why Ethlabs has made the work its top priority.

Ethlabs’ unconditional commitment is to withdraw Quick Slots from the Hegotá hard fork. The group still plans to pursue quicker slots in 2028. The same proposal calls for reconsidering features outside pqai27’s critical path, as described in our earlier coverage of the proposal.