Starknet Opens Seven-Day Vote on Independent Post-Quantum Layer 1

This is a signalling exercise, not a product decision: the poll asks whether to research a separate post-quantum chain, not whether to build one, and it commits to no architecture, schedule or funding path. That matters because quantum risk is a long-horizon concern that most networks have addressed only at the cryptographic-primitive level, so a major rollup treating it as a possible standalone L1 — rather than an upgrade to its existing stack — hints at how costly retrofitting post-quantum signatures onto a live chain may be. STRK holders carry the vote, but the practical impact lands on developers and users who would face a fragmented ecosystem if such a chain ever shipped. Whether the research question converts into anything concrete is the open question.