Gnosis Joins Forces to Build the Ethereum Economic Zone and End L2 Fragmentation

TLDR:

• • Gnosis is a founding contributor to the Ethereum Economic Zone alongside Jordi Baylina and the Ethereum Foundation.
    
  • EEZ rollups allow smart contracts to call Ethereum mainnet contracts atomically within a single transaction.
    
  • Protocols on EEZ rollups access Ethereum’s native liquidity directly without wrapping, bridging, or extra delays.
  • Gnosis plans to define the role of GNO token and its validator set in any future EEZ implementation with its DAO.

Ethereum Economic Zone is the framework Gnosis is co-building to address Layer 2 fragmentation on Ethereum. Gnosis, active as a Layer 1 blockchain for seven years, is a founding contributor to this initiative.

Jordi Baylina, founder of ZisK and creator of Circom, also joins as a founding contributor. The Ethereum Foundation is also co-funding the entire development effort.

The framework centers on synchronous composability, enabling rollups to interact with Ethereum mainnet without bridges.

A Framework Built Around Composability

Ethereum scaling delivered on its core promise in recent years. Transactions became cheaper and network throughput increased steadily. However, the process fractured the ecosystem into disconnected chains rather than one unified economy.

Each rollup operates with its own liquidity, bridges, and tooling. Builders must redeploy the same products across multiple chains to reach all users. Users also face expensive bridging costs and assets scattered across chains they barely track.

Gnosis noted on X that Ethereum had scaled into fragmented islands rather than a unified economy. The Ethereum Economic Zone is designed to resolve that at the infrastructure layer. The framework allows rollup smart contracts to call Ethereum mainnet contracts within one transaction.

Calls between different rollups within the same execution are also supported. This is what developers call synchronous composability. It removes the need for bridges, wrapping, or waiting on finality.

Protocols on EEZ rollups access Ethereum’s existing liquidity directly without bridging or wrapping. A protocol can use a Uniswap mainnet pool atomically, with the same L1 guarantees. These rollups also inherit Ethereum’s full validator security with no new trust assumptions added.

What the Ethereum Economic Zone Means for Gnosis Chain

Gnosis acknowledged that its neutral blockspace thesis did not develop as expected. Blockspace became largely commoditized across the industry over time. Running a standalone Layer 1 requires constant rebuilding of DeFi infrastructure and liquidity bootstrapping.

Synchronous interoperability changes the competitive dynamic for chains like Gnosis. Projects inside a composable Ethereum domain no longer need to replicate an entire ecosystem. They can rely on shared liquidity and canonical infrastructure instead.

That shift frees up capital and engineering bandwidth for differentiation. Gnosis plans to invest more in user experiences and products like Gnosis Pay and the Gnosis App. Real-world financial integrations also become more practical under a unified model.

The Ethereum Economic Zone also connects to Gnosis’s mission of giving every person financial access. A stablecoin can now compose with a lending protocol on another chain without a bridge. A consumer app can also access the best rates across the ecosystem without workarounds.

Gnosis noted that the GNO token and validator set may have a role in a future EEZ implementation. Those details will be worked out with the Gnosis DAO community over the coming months. Technical architecture, developer tooling, and integration guides are also planned for release soon.

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