2 updates for Bitcoin Cash scheduled for next year
https://www.bitcoinabc.org/bitcoin-abc-medium-term-development1.We will schedule a protocol upgrade when Median Time Past reaches timestamp 1526400000 (May 15, 2018), and a subsequent upgrade for 6-months later when Median Time Past reaches 1542300000 (November 15, 2018).
2.We will finalize the code and features to be included in the upgrade by three months prior to the upgrade (Feb 15, 2018).
3.Some of the features tentatively planned for the next upgrade are:
-Increase default block-size limit, and move towards adaptive block size limit
-Move toward canonical transaction order, perhaps removing transaction ordering consensus rule as a first step.
-Improved Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm
-Re-activate some deactivated Opcodes, and move toward adding protocol extension points to facilitate future Opcode upgrades
Note that the specifics which features will be included is dependent on further discussion, implementation, and testing.