Overview
- The governance poll, which closed Oct. 22, recorded 93.52% support from about 3,200 votes to fund research into a standalone, quantum‑resistant layer‑1 but did not approve leaving Ethereum.
- StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation immediately formed a working group to develop technical proposals and plan a November draft whitepaper that will outline possible architectures and next steps.
- The research focuses on replacing Ethereum dependencies that are seen as quantum risks, specifically bridge messaging that uses elliptic‑curve cryptography and blob data availability that relies on KZG commitments.
- Starknet has already deployed experimental post‑quantum features such as Falcon‑based accounts and a demonstrated post‑quantum transaction, but those implementations remain experimental and lack independent security audits.
- For now STRK remains the native token and existing Ethereum bridges are expected to stay open, and any actual migration would need additional technical plans and at least one binding governance vote that could affect wallets, developer tools and liquidity.