Starknet aims to achieve Stage 2 decentralization, a fully community‑governed and autonomous state that only three small layer‑2 platforms have reached so far

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“Our goal is for the training wheels to come off completely and to reach Stage 2 decentralization on Ethereum, and simultaneously steam forward with our work on Bitcoin too,” said Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, the developer behind Starknet.

Stage 2 decentralization will be when the network becomes completely community-governed and autonomous. So far, only three small Layer-2 platforms have managed to attain this milestone.