September on Ethereum: the roadmap now has a quantum deadline, and the SEC opened a path to public chains

Quick monthly recap: * **Hegotá got small on purpose.** EF wants a quantum-resistant L1 by 2029, so the fork is headlined by FOCIL + Frame Transactions. 28 of 62 EIPs declined, and the issuance burn proposal got pulled after 200+ comments. * **The SEC opened a path for tokenized stocks on public chains.** Venues stay permissioned, contracts must be public. ETH + L2s already hold $1.21B, more than any other chain. * **Faster everything.** Glamsterdam hit Sepolia on Oct 6, and validators can opt into a 200M gas limit (up from 60M). Fast confirmations land in \~12-24s instead of waiting \~13 min for finality. * **DeFi is leaning less on incentives.** Ethena ended USDe incentives, Balancer voted to wind down, and Abracadabra proposed shutting down MIM. Five forks by 2029, roughly one every seven months. Realistic? Full newsletter: https://localethereum.substack.com/p/quantum-deadlines-sharper-priorities