Ethereum’s EEZ and the Attempt To Rebuild One Ethereum

Ethereum developers are introducing the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) to address the growing fragmentation of the ecosystem resulting from the proliferation of layer-2 rollups. The EEZ aims to re-establish Ethereum as the central hub, maintaining Ether (ETH) as the primary gas token and settlement layer, and enabling seamless cross-rollup smart contract interactions. This initiative comes as Ethereum reassesses its rollup-centric roadmap, recognizing that economic value has shifted away from the base layer to rollups, creating a potentially “parasitic” relationship. While similar unification attempts have had mixed results, proponents believe the EEZ can improve liquidity, reduce reliance on bridges, and simplify operations for users and protocols. The proposal differs from previous attempts like Cosmos’ Atom Economic Zone by focusing on synchronous composability and leveraging Ethereum’s existing hierarchy, rather than shared security models.

(Source：Cointelegraph)