Starknetâs community voted to back research into becoming an independent, postâquantum Layerâ1, with a draft whitepaper expected in November. The nonâbinding, sevenâday poll drew about 3,200 votes and saw 93.52% of voting power in favor. StarkWare abstained from the vote and said the result allows it and the Starknet Foundation to proceed with research; any actual transition would need a separate binding governance vote.
The governance proposal keeps STRK as the native token and leaves existing bridges to Ethereum open. StarkWare formed a working group and points to a threeâphase quantumâresistance roadmap covering cryptographic upgrades, contract migration and Ethereumâdependent infrastructure. Its Quantum Hub says it processed an experimental transaction on Starknetâs live network, but the tech is still experimental and unaudited. CEO Eli BenâSasson set a 2027 target for quantum resistance and criticized Ethereumâs 2029 timeline as too late.