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Developers from Gnosis and Zisk have proposed the Ethereum Economic Zone. The Ethereum Foundation backs it. The goal: fix the chaos across Ethereum&#x27;s layer-2 rollups.
More than 20 active L2 networks are running right now. They secure nearly $40 billion in value, according to<a href="https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> L2BEAT data</a>. They don&#x27;t talk to each other well. The EEZ aims to change that.
The proposal would let smart contracts execute synchronously across rollups and Ethereum mainnet. All within single transactions.
Ethereum&#x27;s rollup-centric scaling strategy worked. It boosted capacity by pushing activity to L2 solutions. But it created a new problem.
Liquidity got scattered. Users got scattered. Applications got scattered across parallel execution layers. It&#x27;s a coordination nightmare. Not a cohesive ecosystem.
Applications could share infrastructure across layer-2 networks. Everything still settles on Ethereum. No external bridges needed.
Bridges add friction. They add security risks. The EEZ eliminates that dependency.
Different rollups would behave like a unified Ethereum environment. Not isolated islands.
Gnosis is leading the effort. They&#x27;re a long-established Ethereum infrastructure builder. Zisk is co-leading. It&#x27;s a zero-knowledge proving project led by Jordi Baylina. He created Polygon zkEVM.
The proposal includes forming the EEZ Alliance. It&#x27;s a coordination body. Ecosystem participants will define interoperability standards there. They&#x27;ll drive adoption across rollups, wallets, and DeFi platforms.
The initiative responds directly to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. He recently stated that &quot;the original L2 vision no longer makes sense.&quot;
Buterin&#x27;s been criticizing centralized sequencers. He&#x27;s called out trusted bridges as vulnerabilities. His remarks sparked debate among builders. That includes Optimism&#x27;s Karl Floersch and Arbitrum&#x27;s Steven Goldfeder.
Current L2 fragmentation hurts users. Networks like Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism don&#x27;t play nice together. Liquidity becomes less efficient. Developers face complexity nightmares trying to deploy cross-rollup applications.
Technical specifications for the EEZ are expected soon. Ethereum researchers are collaborating. Infrastructure providers are involved. <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/defi/defi-yield-protocol/" data-wpil-monitor-id="420">DeFi protocols</a> are working on shared standards.
The EEZ is a concrete attempt to fix this. It preserves the scaling benefits of rollups. It restores a more coherent execution environment.
The proposal addresses real tension. Ethereum wants decentralization. The multi-rollup landscape demands practical coordination. Those two goals haven&#x27;t aligned well.
The architecture evolved beyond initial assumptions. The EEZ tries to catch up.

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Ethereum Economic Zone Proposal Aims to Fix L2 Fragmentation

Gnosis and Zisk propose Ethereum Economic Zone to unify 20+ L2 rollups securing $40B. Learn how EEZ solves liquidity fragmentation across networks.