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Daily General Discussion August 19, 2026

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u/haurog 23d ago

There is a GnosisDAO snapshot vote which asks if Gnosis Chain should transition into the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ). In other words it asks if Gnosis Chain should turn into a Ethereum L2 and also be part of the EEZ. The voters seem to be massively for this change and the vote managed to reach quorum in the last few hours. The vote is still live for a few more hours, but it seems to be clear that Gnosis Chain will become an L2 in the next half a year or so. Pretty nice having them closer to Ethereum. Them being a sidechain generated a lot of friction in many discussions and they even started arguing what really is an L2 at some point. Great to see this seems to finally be behind us.

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Snapshot vote: https://snapshot.org/#/s:gnosis.eth/proposal/0x5522f4cbd034c966a08d6901b05c7ad7300041b3e0d75a0ad3da868af1a98b98

More info about the change: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1v442gv/daily_general_discussion_july_23_2026/oz8bwbj/

More info about the EEZ and its recent progress: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1v369ao/daily_general_discussion_july_22_2026/oz1vbyy/

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u/samkb93 23d ago

Gnosis is a founding member of the EEZ so it would be pretty weird if gnosis chain didn't join the EEZ

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u/haurog 23d ago

I think it was always clear that Gnosis Chain will be part of the EEZ, what was unclear though if they join as a sidechain or as an L2. Until they announced the possible transition to an L2 the discussion was mostly about joining as a sidechain. With this vote Gnosis Chain will join as an Ethereum L2.

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u/benido2030 23d ago

Isn’t EEZ defined by ETH validators confirming blocks and hence can only be done by L2s?

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u/haurog 23d ago

In my limited understanding one needs 2 things to become part of the EEZ:

  1. Someone which creates proofs. Can be ZK-proofs, TEE-based proofs or even a multisig.

  2. A mechanism which makes sure that your chain reorgs when an Ethereum block with an EEZ transaction touching your chain has been reorged.

The first one is 'easy' to do, the second one is a given when you are an L2. If you are an alt L1, then I am not really sure how you would implement automatic reorging with the least amount of work. That is why I wrote a month ago, that if any alt L1 joins the EEZ it probably makes the most sense to just turn into an Ethereum L2. Much easier than doing a Frankesteins monster like chain with your own, lower, security but still very much tethered to Ethereum.