Gnosis ¹

What is Gnosis?

The DAO infrastructure chain where gas costs a fraction of a penny and Gnosis Safe was born. First stable-dollar blockchain (xDAI as gas), now the only chain with built-in MEV protection via Shutter Protocol's encrypted mempool. If you're building DAO tools or need predictable costs over performance, this is your home.

Best for: DAO tooling, multisigs, governance systems, treasury management, apps needing stable $0.001 tx costs.

Technical: An Ethereum sidechain with full EVM compatibility, Proof-of-Stake consensus, and low gas costs. Prioritizes accessibility and stability over throughput or trust-minimization.

• Consensus & Finality

  • Beacon-style PoS with ~100k validators (4% run Shutter nodes for MEV protection).
  • ~5s block times, finality after ~6.5 minutes.
  • Not a rollup — pure sidechain with no Ethereum security guarantees.

• Performance

  • ~5 TPS typical, peaks around 80 TPS.
  • Finality slower than L2s.
  • Gas fees consistently low (~$0.001–0.01 per tx).

• Use Cases

  • Gnosis Safe origin: Where the dominant multisig wallet was developed and tested
  • DAO infrastructure: SafeDAO, GnosisDAO treasury (150k ETH, 8M GNO managed)
  • Shutter Protocol: First chain with encrypted mempool preventing MEV (live July 2024)
  • DeFi on stable gas: Spark Protocol, Curve, SushiSwap with predictable costs
  • RealT tokenization: Real estate tokens, POAP NFTs, low-value high-frequency txs

• Trade-offs

  • Finality is slow (~6 min) and not anchored to Ethereum.
  • Not suitable for high-frequency apps (games, DeFi protocols, real-time UX).
  • Validator set is large but governance is still GnosisDAO-coordinated.
  • No fraud/fault proofs or trustless bridge guarantees.

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