Gnosis and Zysk launch Ethereum Economic Zone to stop L2 split
TLDR
Gnosis and Zysk launched EEZ at EthCC Cannes in March 2026 at the Ethereum Foundation.
The EEZ framework allows for synchronous integration between the Ethereum mainnet and the connected L2 coils.
Zisk's real-time ZKVM can verify Ethereum blocks in real-time, making the aggregation capability technically feasible.
Founding members include Aave, Titan, Beaver Build, Centrifuge and xStocks, a Swiss not-for-profit structure.
Gnosis co-founder Friedrich Ernst and Zysk founder Jordi Beilina unveiled the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEE) at EthCC in Cannes on Sunday.
Co-sponsored by the Ethereum Foundation, this initiative introduces a package framework that enables synchronous integration between the Ethereum mainnet and associated Layer 2 networks.
Founding members include Aave, blockchain builders Titan and Beaver Construction, real-world asset platform Centrifuge and token stocks project xStocks.
EEZ targets Ethereum's growing fragmentation problem
The Ethereum Economic Zone was created to solve a persistent problem in the ecosystem. Each new L2 chain that starts creates its own liquidity pool and bridge, effectively limiting users and assets. Ernst said this directly in his Cannes announcement.
“Ethereum doesn't have elasticity, it has fragmentation,” Ernst said. “Each new L2 is another enclosure starting with its own liquid pool and its own bridge.”
The EEZ framework enables smart contracts to invoke contracts on the mainnet on connected coils. These calls carry the same guarantees as those deployed on Ethereum. ETH serves as the default gas token, and no additional bridging infrastructure is required.
By 2024, according to The Block, a new Ethereum L2 appeared approximately every 19 days. Block 2026's L2 view also shows that most new chains have become ghost towns after the incentive cycles are over. Movement is concentrated around a few ecosystems and fragmentation is intensifying.
The EEZ enters the field of mutual aid competition. Optimum's superchain, Polygon's Aglier, and the Ethereum Foundation's own Interplanet — which will be announced in November 2025 — are all pursuing similar goals. of = nil; Foundation is working on a system based on zkSharding on chain coordination.
Real-time ZK promotes technical issues.
What sets EEZ apart, according to its founders, is that it ensures zero-knowledge in real time. Beylina created the Circom programming language and co-founded Polygon zkEVM before moving the team to Zisk last June. Its authentication stack is the core enabling technology behind the framework.
Baylina made a direct case for the maturity of the technology during the EthCC presentation. “We spent two years building ZKVM, which can verify Ethereum blocks in real time,” he said.
“Synchronous integration between bundles is no longer theoretical.” This sets the EEZ technically apart from competing integration proposals.
GnosisDAO administration records from February 2026 show that the community was already negotiating a six-month R&D collaboration with Baylina.
The goal was to explore converting Gnosis Chain to a native integrated Ethereum L2. The EEZ appears to be a direct result of that process.
The Ethereum Foundation's decision to co-fund the project is noteworthy given its recent cost cuts. The foundation Pause the open aid program in mid-2025 and reduce the burn rate to 5% per year.
Co-directors Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz K. Stańczak have named L2 interaction as a priority, making EEZ a natural fit. The project is non-profit based in Switzerland and all software is released as free and open source.
