Scroll layoffs — Apr 14, 2026

Scroll cuts costs in governance overhaul on April 14, 2026 after protocol exit

Scroll, the Ethereum layer-2 network, said on April 14, 2026 that it will move to dissolve its decentralized Security Council and reduce DAO staffing as part of a cost-cutting effort. The company did not disclose the number of jobs cut or the percentage of workforce affected.

The downsizing follows the migration of Scroll’s top fee-generating decentralized application, crypto neobank Ether.fi, to Optimism’s OP mainnet. According to CoinDesk, the move drained nearly $160 million in total value locked and $13 million in annualized fees from Scroll’s network, affecting roughly 300,000 user accounts.

In a governance update, a Scroll core contributor said the Security Council was too expensive relative to its use. “After evaluating the Security Council’s cost relative to its actual usage over the past quarters, we believe continuation is no longer justified,” the post reads. The project said it plans to transfer control of the network to an account managed by an internal team, with the handover targeted for the next 10 days pending support from the current council.

Scroll said it will lay off several contributors within the DAO and reduce the capacity of its operational committees. The project also said all contract changes would be executed transparently and remain verifiable onchain.

Scroll is a layer-2 blockchain built to scale Ethereum. The cost-cutting move comes after a period of turbulence for the network, including a reported surge in network fees that appeared to be artificially manufactured rather than driven by organic demand.

Sources: CoinDesk