Overview
- A non-binding seven-day governance poll closed with 93.52% support to research an independent layer-1, and roughly 3,200 votes made it the network’s largest governance participation on record.
- The vote does not authorize leaving Ethereum and only approves further study; any actual migration would need additional technical proposals and a binding governance vote.
- StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation have set up a joint working group and plan to publish a draft whitepaper in November to map out technical options for consensus, data availability, and bridge cryptography.
- StarkWare frames the push as driven by post-quantum security concerns because parts of Starknet still depend on Ethereum systems such as bridge messaging and blob-based data availability, and the company targets quantum resistance by 2027.
- STRK would remain the native token and existing Ethereum–Starknet bridges are expected to stay open, but a standalone chain would require new validator roles, a fresh security model, and careful migration steps that could affect developers, liquidity, and user operations.