On October 15, @Starknet opened a community vote for $STRK holders on whether to explore transitioning from an Ethereum L2 to an independent post-quantum Layer 1.
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Starknet opens a 7-day vote on exploring an exit from Ethereum as an independent post-quantum L1 — days after launching Shadow Accounts
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What happened
Starknet opened a 7-day community vote for $STRK holders on whether to explore transitioning from an Ethereum L2 to an independent post-quantum Layer 1. The vote is non-binding and only gauges whether developers should research the proposed changes further; it does not authorize any migration, and if approved the developers will continue research and submit new proposals. The same week, StarkWare introduced Shadow Accounts on Starknet: users can interact with public DeFi applications through separate persistent addresses while the link to their main wallet stays hidden, with accounts created inside the STRK20 privacy framework, funded from shielded balances, and a ShadowAccountAnonymizer contract breaking the on-chain link.
Why it matters
On October 15, Starknet opened a 7-day, non-binding community vote for $STRK holders on whether to explore moving from an Ethereum L2 to an independent post-quantum Layer 1 — the vote runs until October 22 and only authorizes further research, not a migration. Two days earlier, on October 13, StarkWare introduced Shadow Accounts on Starknet, letting users interact with public DeFi apps through separate persistent addresses funded from shielded balances inside the STRK20 privacy framework, with a ShadowAccountAnonymizer contract breaking the on-chain link to the main wallet. The vote is the development the most distinct tracked accounts are on this week; the Shadow Accounts launch sits right next to it because it is the same privacy/post-quantum push by the same team in the same week.
Observed reaction
Coverage is mostly explainer-style and promotional rather than skeptical: @cryptobullart posted both the Shadow Accounts explainer and the vote explainer, and @weirdamoto framed the Quantum Cat / $STRK pairing as a distribution experiment for the post-quantum narrative. A separate cluster of posts used Starknet mainly as price talk, with @jden_xx saying $STRK held an uptrend to $0.12 and flagging a 127 million STRK token unlock on October 15, and @krishna__web3 claiming $STRK surged almost 125% in five days.
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Where it started and who carried it
- First seen
- Oct 11, 00:18 UTC by @thenestintern
- Accounts
- 20 tracked · 8 elsewhere on X
- Communities
- airdrops farming (4), memecoins solana (4), general ct (4), ai crypto (2)
- Key accounts
- @tulipking, @pumpfuneco, @coinmarketcap, @0xandrewkeller, @solananew
Explainability
Evidence register
The vote is non-binding, lasts 7 days (until October 22), and does not authorize any migration — only further research.
[1]If approved, the developers will continue research and submit new proposals; otherwise they will not.
[1]On October 13, @StarkWareLtd introduced Shadow Accounts on @Starknet, letting users interact with public DeFi applications through separate persistent addresses while the link to their main wallet remains hidden.
[1]Shadow Accounts are created within the STRK20 privacy framework, funded from shielded balances, and use a ShadowAccountAnonymizer contract to break the on-chain link to the main wallet.
[1]@weirdamoto described a Quantum Cat that pairs every trade with $STRK as an interesting distribution experiment for the post-quantum narrative, and asked @EliBenSasson whether such cultural bridges are useful.
[1]@jden_xx said $STRK maintained an uptrend to $0.12 and that a 127 million Starknet token unlock was coming on October 15.
[1]@krishna__web3 said $STRK surged almost 125% in the last 5 days and framed it as a comeback story versus $NEAR.
[1]@krishna__web3 listed Starknet among 2024 airdrop distributions in a $20B year and argued the golden age of airdrops is over, with 2026 at $1.056B.
[1]Angles
- Timeline card: October 13 Shadow Accounts launch → October 15 vote opens on exploring an Ethereum exit → October 22 vote closes.
- What the vote actually does: non-binding, research-only, no migration authorized — separate that from headlines about 'leaving Ethereum'.
- Privacy stack explainer: STRK20 framework, shielded balances, ShadowAccountAnonymizer, and how persistent shadow addresses differ from one-off privacy tools.
- Post-quantum framing: hash-based STARKs as the pitch, plus the Quantum Cat / $STRK pairing as a distribution experiment aimed at @EliBenSasson.
- Ecosystem spotlight: @quantumcatSTRK named as Starknet community content, and Polyhedge cited twice in Starknet's privacy-stack discussions.
In the playbook for Wed, Oct 21 · goes stale fast
Formats in use
- explainer_thread
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- single_post
Risks
- The exit-from-Ethereum vote is explicitly non-binding and does not authorize any migration — only further research. Do not report it as a decision to leave Ethereum.
- Price claims in the posts ($STRK to $0.12, +125% in five days, 127M token unlock on October 15) are account claims; no market block was provided for this story, so they are unverified here.
- Some posts read as promotional, including the Quantum Cat / $STRK pairing post and the Hades/Polyhedge post; treat these as likely coordinated promotion rather than neutral coverage.
Observed content
Most-engaged posts
@hades_privacy being sub 1M makes no sense, Hades is building a privacy superapp for private onchain transactions + P2P/offramps >ex-Starknet team dev >built @polyhedge, officially listed in Starknet's privacy ecosystem >Starknet mentioned Polyhedge TWICE when talking about itOpen on X →
The moment Starknet Wolf starts pumping, it will mean that ethereum:0xca14007eff0db1f8135f4c25b34de49ab0d42766 has broken out. Starklana is real. Today, we buy the dip instead of selling out of fear. See you in a few days! https://t.co/EwZyJoWYXkOpen on X →
So you are saying if I invest elon musk $1T on starknet 1 month ago I would have $3T now? https://t.co/Q1i1yZxy5COpen on X →
Too lazy to degen on Starknet. https://t.co/2t1IQuZS5DOpen on X →
if you took a long on this you'd be up now. $STRK maintained the uptrend to 0.12$ also, there's a 127 million starknet token unlock coming on 15th october.Open on X →
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