Overview
- A non‑binding governance poll closed on Thursday with 93.52% support from about 3,200 votes to fund research on moving Starknet toward a standalone, quantum‑resistant layer‑1.
- The vote does not authorize a migration and leaves STRK as the native token while existing Ethereum bridges are expected to remain open during the research phase.
- StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation will form a joint working group and aim to publish a draft whitepaper in November to present technical options and security models.
- Key technical gaps the research must address include replacing Ethereum’s KZG blob data commitments and bridge messaging, designing consensus and validator security, and preserving censorship resistance and liquidity.
- The decision has already affected the ecosystem, with one major protocol moving roughly $120 million off Starknet and sharp drops in TVL and STRK price that underscore the economic risks any future migration could trigger.