Gnosis Unveils Plan to Merge Chain with Ethereum Rollup

Gnosis has cleared the way for its Chain to transition into an Ethereum-based rollup, called the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ). The move aims to combine Gnosis's fast and low-cost environment with Ethereum's security and liquidity. This will introduce synchronous composability, allowing applications to interact across both platforms atomically.

The first version of the EEZ is targeted for launch around December 2026 or January 2027. It will produce two-second blocks, settle on Ethereum, and prove its state against Ethereum's block cadence. An interim proving system is expected initially before moving to real-time ZK proving.

Gnosis expects this transition to create a new business model, where the company operates EEZ instances and provides related infrastructure to financial institutions and fintech companies. This will also fundamentally change Gnosis Chain's security and economics, with Ethereum validators providing settlement security. Around 350,000 GNO currently staked would be unlocked.