Stark @Starknet has gotten way too big for its boots and is spectacularly stabbing Ethereum in the back.
Starknet has loudly announced on X that it is considering breaking away from Ethereum and building its own L1, with the goal of making Starknet the first fully quantum-resistant network.
Starknet’s founder and driving force, @EliBenSasson, published a lengthy post openly taking shots at Ethereum, implying that Ethereum L1 is a bottleneck on Starknet’s path to post-quantum security. The interesting thing is that, after reading the entire post, there’s not a single practical, actionable proposal for achieving quantum resistance—it’s all just empty slogans and hot air.
So, does Starknet’s behavior count as a betrayal of Ethereum?
Without a doubt. Starknet’s fundraising narrative, security, liquidity, and STRK valuation are all built around being an “Ethereum ZK Rollup.” Without that deep connection to Ethereum, Starknet would just be another obscure chain that nobody uses.
Even today, Starknet continues to wear the Ethereum L2 badge and benefit from Ethereum’s settlement security. But that doesn’t stop it from using the shortcomings of its host chain—and of the entire public blockchain sector—as marketing fodder.
It’s fair to say this is an especially ugly way to behave.
#STARKNET $STRK
Starknet has loudly announced on X that it is considering breaking away from Ethereum and building its own L1, with the goal of making Starknet the first fully quantum-resistant network.
Starknet’s founder and driving force, @EliBenSasson, published a lengthy post openly taking shots at Ethereum, implying that Ethereum L1 is a bottleneck on Starknet’s path to post-quantum security. The interesting thing is that, after reading the entire post, there’s not a single practical, actionable proposal for achieving quantum resistance—it’s all just empty slogans and hot air.
So, does Starknet’s behavior count as a betrayal of Ethereum?
Without a doubt. Starknet’s fundraising narrative, security, liquidity, and STRK valuation are all built around being an “Ethereum ZK Rollup.” Without that deep connection to Ethereum, Starknet would just be another obscure chain that nobody uses.
Even today, Starknet continues to wear the Ethereum L2 badge and benefit from Ethereum’s settlement security. But that doesn’t stop it from using the shortcomings of its host chain—and of the entire public blockchain sector—as marketing fodder.
It’s fair to say this is an especially ugly way to behave.
#STARKNET $STRK