EIP-8182 Proposed to Add Native Privacy Transfers to Ethereum via Hegotá Hard Fork

Tom Lehman, co-founder of Facet, created EIP-8182 on March 3, 2026, a draft proposal for introducing native privacy transfers to Ethereum's planned Hegotá hard fork. The proposal would establish a protocol-managed shielded pool allowing users to transfer ETH and compatible ERC-20 tokens without exposing sender, recipient, or transaction amount on-chain.

The system uses a UTXO-based note model with zero-knowledge proofs and a split-proof architecture to validate transfers without revealing the transaction graph. Rather than introducing new opcodes, EIP-8182 would install a system contract at fork activation, avoiding admin-controlled upgrades. If adopted, the feature would make private payments a standard wallet capability, addressing Ethereum's long-standing limitation on private base-layer transactions. The proposal remains under evaluation by core developers, with no inclusion guarantee.