Gnosis Chain has introduced Ethereum’s Fast Confirmation Rule (FCR) on its official xDAI bridge and Omnibridge, reducing Ethereum-to-Gnosis deposit confirmation from about 13 minutes under full finality to roughly 13 seconds. The rollout went live on October 8, 2026, several weeks ahead of the end-of-October target. Earlier project reporting described the faster confirmation as about 12 seconds, while the latest account gives approximately 13 seconds. The change requires no wallet, contract or configuration updates. Bridge validators process blocks marked safe by their nodes rather than waiting for finalized blocks, although validator processing and signature collection can add time. Transfers from Gnosis Chain to Ethereum continue to use the existing finality process, which research puts at roughly five minutes. The deployment supports Gnosis’ broader roadmap toward synchronous composability within the Ethereum Economic Zone, including planned atomic cross-chain calls.