GnosisDAO Votes to Retire Gnosis Chain for Ethereum ZK Rollup
Choosing to become a ZK rollup on Ethereum buys Gnosis synchronous composability with mainnet, but it also hands the sequencer to Gnosis Ltd. and frees ~350,000 GNO into liquid markets.
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Choosing to become a ZK rollup on Ethereum buys Gnosis synchronous composability with mainnet, but it also hands the sequencer to Gnosis Ltd. and frees ~350,000 GNO into liquid markets.
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