Starknet Vote Backs Research Into A Post-Quantum Layer-1 Future

TL;DR: A non-binding Starknet governance poll ended with 93.52% supporting research into an independent post-quantum L1; no chain migration has been approved. Starknet's community has backed a potentially far-reaching research project, but not the actual move that would make it a different kind of blockchain. A non-binding governance poll closed Thursday with 93.52% of voting power supporting work on whether Starknet could become an independent, post-quantum-secure layer-1 network. The Starknet Foundation's account of the vote makes the limit explicit: it gives researchers a mandate to study the proposal, not permission to execute a migration. Why an Ethereum layer-2 is considering independence Starknet operates as a layer-2 network connected to Ethereum. That relationship helps it inherit important settlement and security properties, but it also ties parts of Starknet's ultimate security picture to Ethereum's cryptography, bridge and data availability. The Foundation argues that STARK proofs rely on hash-based mechanisms with characteristics that could be useful in a future threatened by powerful quantum computers. It also points to Starknet's programmable accounts as a way to ado...