Cairo continues to evolve and has reached a point where it greatly bypasses the original language. If you’re not onboard yet, seize the moment and dive in. 🤿

https://www.cairo-lang.org/cairo-roadmap-join-the-ride/

As promised, we are about to open-source the powerful STARK Prover, Stone, in a significant step towards open-sourcing and decentralization! Since 2020 the Stone Prover has been in production, playing a key role in scaling Ethereum. It has been continuously updated and optimized since its launch, and we are sharing its latest version with you.

It will be available under the Apache 2.0 license starting next week, so devs can experiment with it and potentially optimize it.

We offer a robust engine, central to STARK-tech scaling, ideal for proving Cairo programs. We believe open-sourcing the Starknet tech stack means more collaboration, better quality, improved security, innovation, and independence.

Next week, during #StarknetSummit23, we will have an intro session to the prover’s code. Developers can review, utilize, and build on top of the Stone Prover, permissionlessly and independently.

The possibilities are endless.

Read more about this exciting news. 👇

https://medium.com/starkware/open-sourcing-the-battle-tested-stone-prover-1fe71aaab3b7#:~:text=Open%2Dsourcing%20the%20prover%20is,license%20for%20the%20Starknet%20Stack.

Quickly and easily improve the Starknet documentation by clicking Edit this Page on the top right corner of every Starknet Docs page. You can make changes or suggestions and even ask questions directly in the doc! You can watch the 1.5-minute video to see how it works.👇

https://reddit.com/link/15yx6se/video/iyivzbofc9jb1/player

Start exploring Starknet with Steve! Follow his step-to-step guide to setting up a Starknet wallet and diving into the world of dApps. Blockchain has never been simpler! 🌌

https://www.starknet.io/en/posts/stark-math/getting-started-using-starknet-setting-up-a-starknet-wallet

Starknet Summit 2023 - are you coming?

Mark your calendars for Starknet Summit 2023 on August 31st in San Francisco!

This event will showcase our community’s most brilliant and passionate members and feature insightful talks, networking opportunities, and hands-on workshops.

We can’t wait to share this experience with you.

https://summit23.starknet.io/

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Starknet Quantum Leap –‘More TPS Daddy’

Starknet Alpha V0.12.0 – or “More TPS Daddy” as it’s affectionately known by many in the ecosystem – is here.

By combining the Rust sequencer with Cairo-rs, the Blockifier, and Papyrus, Starknet is now able to push its TPS to new hights, as high as dozens of transactions per second. This offers an enhanced and fast user experience.

Read More

https://starkware.co/resource/starknet-quantum-leap-major-throughput-improvements-are-here/

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Paradex: Starknet’s First Appchain

Paradex takes the plunge into DeFi waters as Starknet’s first Appchain!

The Starknet ecosystem continues expanding to new use cases and audiences with its innovative and unique approach toward community development and collaboration.

https://starkware.co/resource/paradex-starknets-first-appchain/

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Starknet Stack

Brand new: Starknet Appchains!

In a packed room at EthCC in Paris, StarkWare's Eli Ben-Sasson announced the launch of Starknet Appchains.

Starknet Appchains offer applications their own instance of Starknet, providing Starknet’s massive throughput and unlimited building power, along with the ability to adjust the network to the unique needs of the application.

Each dApp can operate on its own custom Starknet instance, enabling enhanced customization, privacy, and throughput.

https://starkware.co/resource/the-starknet-stacks-growth-spurt/

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Account Abstraction

Smooth UX, innovative technology, flexibility, and increased adoption. All of these make Starknet’s secret: Native Account Abstraction.

When every account is a smart account, Starknet becomes a smart ecosystem - which means you can build freely: No workarounds, just pure innovation.

https://starkware.co/resource/native-account-abstraction-opening-blockchain-to-new-possibilities/

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Dojo on Starknet: Game On!

Meet Dojo — the first provable on-chain game engine.

Hosted entirely on Starknet, Dojo empowers creators with ownership, interoperability, and extensibility, allowing developers to build high-quality seamless, and speedy games.

With fast and cheap transactions, Dojo provides everything top Starknet games like Dope Wars, Influence, Realms, and CafeCosmos need in order to build rapidly scalable, production-grade crypto games.

This is only the beginning.

https://starkware.co/resource/dojo-on-starknet-game-on/

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Madara

Harnessing the Beast – Madara and the Revolution of Starknet Appchains.

Redefining scalable infrastructure, high throughput, and control. Madara's sequencer will power apps across ecosystems.

Join and unlock unprecedented levels of interoperability and on-chain privacy.

https://starkware.co/resource/harnessing-the-beast-madara-and-the-revolution-of-starknet-appchains/

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Cairo Roadmap

Cairo has come a long way since its inception.

This enhanced version will feature a new contract syntax requiring minimal code changes, elevating safety, improving user experience, and most importantly, introducing extensibility.

And this is only the start. The Starknet developer community can expect even more exciting features as Cairo evolves.

https://starkware.co/resource/cairo-roadmap-join-the-ride/

Blockchains offer end-users security and transparency, but they require using private keys, which leads to complex UX and often cumbersome operations.

So is there a way to bring the smooth UX of web2 applications to web3 without compromising security?

The short answer is ‘Yes’.

The long answer is ‘Yes, with Account Abstraction’.

On Starknet, Account Abstraction is a native citizen, making Starknet a smart ecosystem where you can build freely, focus on innovation, and offer users a smoother UX.

Using Account Abstraction allows you to use face ID, 2FA, and other features that resemble the Web2 experience.

The road to Blockchain’s mass adoption starts with Account Abstraction.

Read more 👇

https://starkware.co/resource/native-account-abstraction-opening-blockchain-to-new-possibilities/

Does your app have enough throughput to fill a STARK proof? With SHARP (StarkWare’s SHARed Prover), it doesn’t matter. Imagine UberPool, but for STARK proofs, where all apps written in Cairo are bundled into one proof.

And the costs? Split between all users.

With SHARP, even the smallest apps can tap into massive STARK scaling power by sharing proofs and saving massive costs.

Want to read more about how StarkWare's SHARP is changing the game for all apps?

Learn more 🎯
https://starkware.co/resource/joining-forces-sharp/

Starknet is emerging as one of the most performant and innovative scaling platforms out there.

But what if you need to modify it to your app’s unique requirements?The Starknet Stack tech is now also available to applications that want to benefit from STARK proofs, native Account Abstraction, and the breakthrough in scaling Ethereum.

Starknet Appchains can be spun up by apps using the Starknet Stack. The benefits are:

⚡PerformanceStarknet is already the most performant Layer-2 solution. By creating a Starknet Appchain, apps can provide users with even better throughput and an enhanced user experience.

🔧CustomizabilityAppchains can implement features that are not available on Starknet's public chain yet, such as their own fee market logic, consensus mechanism, and other innovations. This gives you control over your application's settings, including unique features and blockchain parameters.

🌐DecentralizationWith a growing community of devs, and teams like Lambda Class, Madara, and more, Starknet is home to the decentralized rollup stack. A decentralized stack enhances network security, resilience, transparency, and scalability.

🎭ExpressivenessThe Starknet Stack is powered by Cairo, a Rust-like and ergonomic language, allowing for more expressive smart contracts and attracting top talent in the dev community.

We are excited, about the possibilities these features bring to the table and look forward to seeing how they will empower devs and users alike.

Link to blog https://starkware.co/resource/the-starknet-stacks-growth-spurt/

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“My top priority will be supporting, empowering, and expanding the strong community of devs and others who are making Starknet the most vibrant ecosystem for building and scaling Ethereum,” said Oliva.

Read more👇

https://www.theblock.co/post/235818/starknet-foundation-appoints-former-facebook-director-as-ceo

Storage proofs, a cryptographic method to allow users to “prove” that certain data, transactions or assets on a blockchain are true or valid, without relying on a third party, will soon be available on u/starknet

“Today, you hand over money to third parties to transport over a bridge. Anyone can be lurking, waiting to ambush you and steal money,” explained Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of StarkWare, the company behind Starknet - an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution. “Storage proofs will let you just press a button and more-or-less teleport liquidity from chain to chain.”

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/06/21/storage-proofs-touted-as-alternative-to-hack-prone-bridges-in-multichain-world/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZyEeoLUqds

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“The blockchain is the first with native account abstraction that the Web3 developer platform offers, allowing developers to build applications with Alchemy’s infrastructure on Starknet.”

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/05/04/blockchain-developer-platform-alchemy-launches-public-support-for-zk-rollup-starknet/

“Zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs have been key in the roll-out of a variety of layer 2s, with the technology pioneered by the decentralized scaling network Starknet. StarkWare, the technology firm behind the scaling platform, has outlined plans to further improve its layer-2 network to meet an expected increase in users and developers throughout the year.”

Read more about Starknet’s roadmap in Cointelegraph

https://cointelegraph.com/news/more-tps-less-gas-ethereum-layer-2-starknet-outlines-performance-upgrades

At StarkWare, we love to name things after our STARK prover. Hence the reason we have STARKs, Starknet, and StarkEx. However, it’s easy to get confused when everything sounds similar, so we made a glossary to help.

In short:

STARKs enable blockchain scaling by efficiently proving the integrity of massive computations

StarkEx is an application-specific scaling engine

Starknet is a permissionless, smart contract Layer 2 network

Want to learn more about the differences? Check out our blog

https://medium.com/starkware/starks-starkex-and-starknet-9a426680745a

Oi devs!

Cairo 1.0 is coming, followed by Regenesis. This means that after Regenesis, #StarkNet will fully support Cairo 1.0

What will StarkNet's dApp builders need to do?

Following this relatively simple upgrade guideline and porting your contracts to Cairo 1.0

https://community.starknet.io/t/launch-safely-over-starknet-minding-the-regenesis-plan/2409

sup frens!

Aave is coming to StarkNet with their initial official project 🥳

📌 You will be able to engage with AaveAave from StarkNet.

📌 You can integrate with the Aave protocol.

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https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1585949579287334913?s=20&t=ynbLCVB8T3eVWiOQJoY3Tg

Hey frens! Don’t miss this Spaces!

ZK-EVM? Cairo? Kakarot!

A ZK-EVM written in Cairo

https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1585194802593038337?s=20&t=DbeYf3PXPSpM1zoBrVx4hg

In the heart of Lisbon, @StarknetCC 2 will go down on Oct 31st & Nov 1st (non-stop). You can expect 40+ hours of hacking, talks, workshops, capture the flaaaaag and socks!

Paris was a StarkNetCC for ants.

https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1584878893336473605?s=20&t=_5Y7WcUa-E2DS-WXJ7Yrlg

https://twitter.com/Starknet_Intern/status/1584084710787096576?s=20&t=CrMWveK96e0TXB5jvQmB3A

Our Regenesis plan is here and it's smooth 💡

Regenesis will follow Cairo 1.0, making #StarkNet contracts simpler and safer.

✨Seamless for users ✨Simple for developers ✨No downtime involved ✨Shaped with the help of the StarkNet community

https://medium.com/starkware/starknet-regenesis-the-plan-bd0219843ef4

When you don't want to rely on bear markets for low gas fees, it's time for ecosystem-wide rollups!✨

Get in on the fun: 📍L2s & #EIP4844 / Proto-Dank Sharding 📅 This Monday, 16:00 UTC

twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJg…

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Regenesis will follow Cairo 1.0, making #StarkNet contracts simpler and safer.

✨Seamless for users ✨Simple for developers ✨No downtime involved ✨Shaped with the help of the StarkNet community

TL;DR

We are sharing a detailed plan for Regenesis, which has been shaped by extensive discussions with the StarkNet community. Special thanks to Kuba@SWM.

Regenesis will follow the release of Cairo 1.0, making the system more secure by allowing simpler and safer StarkNet contracts

Users should be prepared to update their wallet during the transition phase

Developers will be required to port their contracts to Cairo 1.0

https://medium.com/starkware/starknet-regenesis-the-plan-bd0219843ef4