Gnosis Chain Approved as First EEZ Rollup, Enabling Mainnet Access

GnosisDAO has approved Gnosis Chain's transition from a standalone layer-1 network to an Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) rollup. The proposal, known as GIP-153, received 123,158 GNO in support and exceeded the required quorum of 75,000 GNO with a turnout of 123,425 GNO.

The update would enable Gnosis Chain-native smart contracts to call Ethereum and use the result in the same transaction, giving it access to Ethereum mainnet assets and liquidity. This capability is not currently available on existing layer-2 (L2) networks.

Gnosis Chain would become the first production EEZ instance, while retaining its existing applications, balances, and xDAI gas token. The EEZ framework was developed by Gnosis and ZisK with funding from the Ethereum Foundation, aiming to unify Ethereum's fragmented L2 ecosystem.