EEZ Framework Aims to Unify Ethereum's Layer-2 Ecosystem

The Ethereum community has been debating its scaling model for some time now, and a recent proposal called the EEZ (Ethereum Economic Zone) Framework aims to address this issue. The framework is designed to connect Ethereum's isolated layer-2 networks, allowing different networks to interact with each other and with the mainnet within a single transaction.

Friederike Ernst, co-founder of Gnosis, explained that the problem with current scaling solutions on Ethereum is not scalability itself, but rather fragmentation. 'Ethereum doesn't have a scaling problem,' she said. 'It has a fragmentation problem.' The current model has created multiple parallel networks, each with its own liquidity and user activity.

The EEZ Framework proposes to allow smart contracts on different rollups to execute synchronously across networks. This would enable applications to share infrastructure across chains while settling back to Ethereum. The system would continue to use Ethereum as the primary token for fees, without introducing a new token.