Starknet community votes 93.5% to research post-quantum L1 path

Starknet's non-binding community poll has concluded, with 93.5% of voting STRK holders backing a proposal to research whether the network should leave Ethereum and become an independent post-quantum L1. A joint StarkWare × Starknet Foundation working group is now leading that research and will publish a paper in the coming months, with the vote explained in a video walkthrough from the Starknet team.

• The vote was exploratory and advisory — no decision to exit Ethereum has been taken, and the research phase is just beginning.
• Part of Starknet's broader quantum-resilience push, alongside post-quantum account signing on testnet and the Falcon-512 verifier challenge.
• The proposal frames self-sovereignty and post-quantum security as a potential long-term direction for the network.