# Ethereum Researchers Push Encrypted Mempools as Core Developers Line Up 10-Second Slots

A new proposal removes the batching requirement that made encrypted transaction pools impractical, while EIP-8198 strips the hardcoded 12-second block assumption out of the clients.

- Published: 2026-09-19T05:45:26.147Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-19/ethereum-researchers-push-encrypted-mempools-as-core-develop
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/towards-encrypted-mempools-from-threshold-ibe-without-batching/26040</source), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Ethereum Research (futarchy staking)](https://ethresear.ch/t/staking-rewards-as-venture-capital-governed-by-futarchy/26030</source)

Ethereum's research agenda is turning toward two things users feel directly: how long a block takes, and who can read a transaction before it is included. A new Ethereum Research post sketches an encrypted transaction pool built on threshol…

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