Ethereum layer 2: Starknet votes 93.5 percent for research into an exit — how to check your position

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Assessment: Starknet let its token holders vote on whether the network should leave Ethereum as a layer 2. 93.52 percent came out in favour of researching it. What that means for your layer 2 tokens, which networks still carry weight today and how to tell the difference.An Ethereum layer 2 is a network of its own that executes transactions outside the Ethereum blockchain, bundles them and settles them on Ethereum in batches. It is faster and cheaper than Ethereum itself and hangs on Ethereum for exactly that reason: the security comes from below. Starknet put that dependency to a vote among its token holders last week. The record shows this: the vote ran from October 15 to 22, 2026, 93.52 percent of the voting power cast across 3,236 votes came out in favour of researching an exit from the layer 2 model, and a move is not thereby decided, because that would need a second, binding vote. Our assessment follows further below: two things matter for holders over the coming months, th...