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STRK Surges 25% as Starknet Votes on Ethereum 'Divorce' for Quantum Security

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The crypto project Starknet , which was originally created as a technical add-on for scaling Ethereum, has announced plans to become a fully independent blockchain . The StarkWare team has put a radical question to a community vote: should the project break free from the control of the main altcoin network and move to the status of an autonomous Layer 1? The market reacted to the prospect of this "divorce" as a powerful financial trigger. In the first weeks of October, the native STRK token had already soared 200%, then pulled back along with the rest of the industry. But today, right on the day the official vote launched, the charts went up again, with the price gaining 25% at one point.

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