StarkNet roundup #53
Weekly summary of all things StarkNet
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Protocol & dev tool updates
@dimahledba - StarkNet alpha v0.11.0 coming to Integration next week - Integration: Wednesday 22/02 - Testnet: Wednesday 08/03 - Mainnet: Wednesday 15/03
@StarkscanCo - Announcing the Starkscan API - Fast, Accurate, and Reliable StarkNet data. Now available on @Starknet
@0xvoyageronline - Latest feature additions, fresh out of the lab - Improved bridge transactions - Event decoding - Identifying as many contracts as possible
@bartekryba - We've released an initial version of Starknet SDK for Swift language - You can use it in your ios and macos apps
@cairopractice - Shout out to the @StarkscanCo team, who build a dashboard to monitor Cairo 1 adoption throughout the ecosystem - https://starkscan.co/cairo-one
Media highlights
@zkxprotocol - ZKX x Crew3: Launching Contributor Program - AMA between @zkxprotocol and @crew3xyz to present the launch of the ZKX contributor program on Crew3
@crypto_gurkha - Insider secrets: COO of ZKX reveals shocking updates on their DEX exchange and community program - Checkout the @crypto_gurkha interview with @olitsar (COO of @zkxprotocol)
@galronx - Let's recap ✨🦈 StarkTank 🦈✨- We had 14 pitches by early-stage startups across DeFi, gaming, and ZK infrastructure - Watch the pitches on the thread
@JediSwap - StarkEx and Starknet in 2023 - AMA between @StarkWareLtd, @JediSwap, @Immutable and @rhinofi
@argentHQ - Argent Community Call #1 - @argentHQ first community call
@0xNurstar - StarkNet Twitter Space Jam #12 - Some of the best StarkNet-Related Twitter Spaces/Podcasts/Videos of the Week
@0xNurstar - Top of the STARKs #40 - The Top 10 StarkNet related tweets and threads taken from the Recaps of the previous 7 days
@argentHQ - The latest issue of Last week in Starknet is now out - @argentHQ publishes its latest newsletter edition
@argentHQ - With the growth of our @Starknet newsletter, we wanted to do a little something to give back to the teams building the ecosystem - @argentHQ is offering free advertising for dapps
@zkLendIntern - Here's a quick thread on the latest news this week - Starknet weekly update 2 by @zkLendIntern
Ecosystem Highlights
@zkxprotocol - The ZKX @crew3xyz quests are open for everyone - The @zkxprotocol community incentive campaign is now open to all
@AstralyXYZ - The Astraly Labs team is taking a new turn. We're now focused on building core ZK infrastructure and are leading @EmpiricNetwork full-time - The @AstralyXYZ team takes over the @EmpiricNetwork project and ends its own project
@myBraavos - Get ready for our exclusive NFT campaign - Win 1 of 100 limited edition "Braavosians’ Helmet - Level 1" NFTs - To participate, click here and follow the steps
@starkswap - Starkswap V1 is launching on the StarkNet testnet - The dApp is completely redesigned from the ground up, featuring new contracts, a new frontend and much much more
@ClassLambda - We're teaming up with @matchbox_dao and @nethermindeth to build a fully on-chain competitive game - Stay tuned for more updates on the project
@nostrafinance - Here’s last week’s recap - @nostrafinance publishes its last week's recap
@influenceth - The Phase 3 Creator Competition has ended, and the results are in - All submissions and winners can be found in the link
@influenceth - Testnet Phase 3: Mission Accomplished - Stats, what's next and rewards per testers
@NestedFi - We were at #StarkwareSessions learning more about @StarkWareLtd's technology - @NestedFi closely monitors Starknet’s development
@saddlefinance - We have been working on transpiling our Solidity code into the new Cairo language to prepare for our upcoming launch on @Starknet
@CarmineOptions - We are excited to announce that we will be releasing on mainnet soon - To ensure a successful launch, we need the support of our community, traders, and liquidity providers
@matchbox_dao - If you were laid off or are in search of a new adventure - we are hiring at @matchbox_dao - @matchbox_dao is currently hiring for Sr. Defi/smart contract developer (more info on the job reqs in the thread)
@briqNFT - All 200 ducks have been distributed to their respective owner, the briq team and @OutSmth - @briqNFT concludes the auction of its new collection
@Carbonable_io - Check out the details of our latest project funding distribution - Here are the highlights and the key stats
@Starknet_id - You can see new logos in the integration section on http://starknet.id
Ecosystem stats
@StarkWareLtd - Ethereum scales - StarkEx minted 96M NFTs since June 2020 - with no effect on gas prices
@StarkscanCo - @Starknet Weekly Roundup 1 - Feb 13th - Feb 19th Week Average: TVL: $6.73M (+6%) - TPS: 0.13 (-9%) - Volume: $874K (+14%) - Active Accounts: 3.85K (-7%)
@OrbiterResearch - The TOP 5 rollups with the new accounts in 7 days - 1. @arbitrum - 2. @optimismFND - 3. @Immutable - 4. @StarkWareLtd - 5. @zksync
@OrbiterResearch - The TOP 5 dapps ranked by new users in 7 days on Starknet - @10KSwap, @Starknet_id, @JediSwap, @MintSquareNFT and @mySwapxyz
StarkNet Community & Shamans Highlights
StarkNet Community Call #33 | Papyrus - Starknet's new full node
Delegate Onboarding announcement
Hi StarkNet, my name is Deven Matthews. As a member of the StarkNet Foundation Governance Committee, I’ve been intimately involved in the planning of StarkNet Governance. I’m an acting Governance Facilitator for StarkNet Foundation, and most importantly been managing everything around Delegation in StarkNet Governance. I’m so excited to finally announce StarkNet is ready to invite community members to become Delegates for StarkNet Governance!
Some brief background on myself: I’m a mechanism design researcher at Nethermind 5; and previously lead the Governance department for Blockchain at Berkeley 5 a team that participates as delegates across many Ethereum Defi DAOs.
For any questions about Delegation or Governance, please post in this thread; you can reach out to me on twitter @DevenMat 28, telegram @deven_riley_matthews 7, email deven.matthews@StarkNetFoundation.org, or through my StarkNet forum account.
TL;DR
StarkNet’s Governance mechanism implements Delegation of voting power
Delegation enables a system in which where token-holders who take economic stake in the network, elect Delegates who take social stake in the community
All are welcome to receive delegation and participate in governance as a StarkNet Delegate: to signal your willingness to receive delegation, please post your delegate profile on the linked Delegate profile thread 275
Token-holders are encouraged to select a delegate from the Delegate profile thread 275 to delegate to if they do not plan to vote themselves
Information about delegate responsibilities can be viewed on the Delegate expectations post 30
More information coming
Heavily discussed StarkNet Improvement Proposals
Delegate Profile Thread
Delegate Onboarding announcement
Regenesis state migration - Current suggestion
Starknet Decentralized Protocol - Introduction
StarkNet Decentralized Protocol - Candidate for Leader Elections
Starknet Decentralized Protocol - Consensus
Starknet Decentralized Protocol - Proofs in the Protocol
Starknet Decentralized Protocol - Checkpoints for Fast Finality
[SNIP] Naming convention: ‘Starknet’, not ‘StarkNet’
Useful links & articles
@paulemmanuelng - A thread on Yakuza, the community initiative by @zkxprotocol
@zkxprotocol - Welcome to the 5th edition of Trader's Digest
@Starknet_OG - Here are all the dApps live on the Starknet Testnet - Map of projects in testnet and thread about each project sector
@Starknet_OG - Following my previous thread about the Starknet testnets, here is the map of the Starknet mainnets - Map of projects in mainnet and thread about each project sector
@StarkNetEco - Today, we're diving into the world of @aspectdotco the NFT marketplace
@0xSpaceShard - Introducing SpaceShard’s Founder & CEO - Edi Sinovčić
@StarkNetEco - Today we dive into the science behind layer 2s
@zklend - How DeFi lending rates are set differently than in TradFi
@Starknet_OG - Many StarkNet OGs and some @StarkWareLtd team members have a @TheEverai NFT in their pfp - You may be wondering why and what this collection is - An explanatory thread about this subject
Developer resources
@dimahledba - Starknet builders, We're looking for passionate contributors to help build out Papyrus full node - If you're a Rust lover, now's your chance to make your mark in a meaningful way
@StarkNetAfrica - Getting Started w/ Cairo - STARK Devs Twitter space with @m_a_y_o_w_a, @codingcas and @Baser_jew
@0xSpaceShard - The good people from @KakarotZkEvm created a discussion page to track their findings and learnings during the migration - Cairo 1.0 migration journey
@ClassLambda - We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Lambdaworks - An open source library for people interested in learning how to do SNARKs and other cryptographic stuff
@federicocarrone - 5th day day of work, we did this today : FRI, FTT/Interpolation, Poseidon/Pedersen, Merkle Tree
@jajakobyly - The second alpha of Scarb is out - Building Starknet contracts, scarb fmt command
@ClassLambda - Next month we’ll be hosting a STARK101 workshop at our offices in Barcelona, Spain - If you are interested and wish to take part or help them out, contact @ClassLambda
@p_e - Cairo 1.0, the most advanced smart contract language to date, is coming - here's a master thread on everything you need to know
@StarkNetAfrica - Interacting with Cairo smart contracts using starknet-react - A step by step guide by @codeWhizperer
@standa_t - Pleased to announce that the materials of Hypervisor 101 in Rust🦀is now public
@door_labs - Door Labs’ blockchain dev @hkw00011 just started to write & translate medium posts related to StarkNet in Korean language - The purpose of this medium is to give more resources to the Korean dev communities
Dates and Events
@StarkNetAfrica - StarkNet Nairobi Bootcamp - A 2-weeks Cairo class and a hackathon at the completion of the class - Date : Date: 27th Feb - 10th March
@ClassLambda - Do you want to understand the functioning of STARKs in a practical way? Join us in our workshop - Sign up here - Date : Monday, February 27th at 6:30 PM (GMT-3)
@LouthingE - StarkNet Paris Meetup #7 (Special edition with the Starkware crew) - Date : March 1st 2023 between 18:00 and 23:00 CET
@StarknetHouse - Announcing STARKDenver. Organized by @StarkWareLtd, @StarknetHouse, @topology_gg, @nethermindeth & @argentHQ - Date : March 3, 2023, 12PM - 5PM MST
@0xWiktoria - Glad to inform you guys that the first Starknet meetup will take place in Warsaw in the next few weeks - Date : TBA
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