#946 Ronin Completes Migration To Ethereum L2
Ronin completes its OP Stack L2 migration, Ben Edgington kicks off an Upgrading Finality series, and L2BEAT adds Gnosis Chain.
Ronin migrates to Ethereum L2.
Ethereum targets 10-second finality.
L2BEAT lists Gnosis Chain.
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Ronin, a gaming-focused blockchain home to Axie Infinity, completed its migration from an independent sidechain to an Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack. The transition was led by rollup infrastructure provider Conduit, with EigenDA for data availability. Ronin dropped annual RON emissions from 45 million to 5 million tokens per year, with rewards now flowing through a new Proof of Distribution system that allocates RON to builders based on network activity. The Ronin Treasury will earn sequencer fees and 1.25% of Ronin Marketplace fees.
Ben Edgington, a former Ethereum client developer and current finality researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, published the first edition of a new blog series outlining a practical path to reducing Ethereum's time to finality from roughly 1,000 seconds to under 10 seconds. The core strategy is decoupling finality votes from fork-choice votes. The Ethereum Strawmap places decoupled consensus as a headliner candidate for the I* fork, currently anticipated in late 2027.
L2BEAT added Gnosis Chain to its Ethereum L2 analytics tracker. Gnosis Chain is an Ethereum sidechain with over $300 million in assets secured through its canonical bridge. The listing comes amid growing interest in the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ), a proposed framework that could enable synchronous interoperability between EVM-compatible chains. L2BEAT noted that the Gnosis bridge is secured by two 4/7 multisigs and administered by an 8/15 multisig, with the central validator deposit contract also upgradable by the 8/15 multisig.
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L2BEAT Adds Gnosis Chain To L2 Tracker
L2BEAT lists Gnosis Chain, an EVM-compatible Ethereum sidechain with over $300 million in assets secured through its canonical bridge.
L2BEAT added Gnosis Chain to its Ethereum L2 analytics tracker. Gnosis Chain is an Ethereum sidechain with over $300 million in assets secured through its canonical bridge. The listing comes amid growing interest in the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ), a proposed framework that could eventually enable synchronous interoperability between EVM-compatible chains like Gnosis Chain.
L2Beat noted that the Gnosis bridge is secured by two 4/7 multisigs and administered by an 8/15 multisig. The central validator deposit contract, which escrows all staked GNO, is also upgradable by the 8/15 multisig. L2Beat highlighted Gnosis Chain's censorship resistance as it uses Ethereum's same single-proposer model. Gnosis is also piloting Shutterized Gnosis Chain Beta, an out-of-protocol, encrypted mempool implementation by Shutter Network.
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Ethereum Targets 10-Second Finality
Ben Edgington kicks off a new blog series laying out a practical path from ~1,000-second finality to under 10 seconds.
Ben Edgington, a former Ethereum client developer and current finality researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, published the first edition of a new blog series outlining a practical path to reducing Ethereum's time to finality from roughly 1,000 seconds to under 10 seconds. The core strategy is decoupling, which could alone deliver a meaningful initial speedup.
Currently, finality votes and fork-choice votes are bundled into a single attestation structure, which ties the finality process to the rhythm of individual slots. Separating the two would allow finality to operate on its own timescale, consuming otherwise-idle network bandwidth and removing the slot-length constraint.
Further incremental improvements will be designed to be deployable independently. Edgington notes that we must achieve fast finality without excluding home stakers or reducing validator set diversity. The Ethereum Strawmap places decoupled consensus as a headliner candidate for the I* fork, currently anticipated in late 2027.
Disclaimer: Content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, legal, or other professional advice. No representations or warranties are made as to accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. Use of this content is at your own risk, and you should consult a qualified professional before making decisions. No fiduciary or advisory relationship is created