Crypto
Gnosis Chain Ditches Independence for Ethereum Rollup
Gnosis Chain is abandoning its life as an independent Layer 1 blockchain and transitioning into a zero-knowledge rollup settled on Ethereum.
The network's validator set, which grew to over 100,000 nodes after its Proof-of-Stake transition in December 2022, will be retired.
The decision was made through Gnosis Improvement Proposal 153, which passed with a 99.78% vote and met quorum.
The phased implementation is expected to begin late in 2026, but the xDAI gas token and chain state will remain intact.