Gnosis Chain Plans Transition to Ethereum Economic Zone ZK Rollup, Genesis Block Targeted for January 2027

According to Gnosis DAO Governance Proposal GIP-153, Gnosis Chain is seeking community consensus to transition from an independent Layer 1 to an Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) ZK Rollup, with voting targeted for August-September 2026 and genesis block launch in January 2027. The proposal, authored by Friederike Ernst and others, states that Gnosis Chain's positioning as an independent L1 has failed and proposes shifting to a 2-second block time with state proofs settled to Ethereum L1, enabling cross-contract calls within single transactions—a capability absent in current 100+ L2s.

The transition will unlock approximately 350,000 staked GNO tokens (27% of circulating supply), with sequencing managed by Gnosis Ltd and former validators transitioning to Prover nodes. GNO staking rewards will shift from inflation-based incentives to fee capture from network activity. Token economics details will be presented in subsequent governance proposals. Complete EEZ specifications, including bidirectional composability, are expected to roll out throughout 2027.