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Welcome to the 16th edition of my weekly comprehensive StarkNet summary. The previous update can be found here. 👇🏻
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Protocol & dev tool updates
Cairo written privacy feature gets updated with v8.2 allowing you to hide data OnChain temporarily by @gaetbout.
@lucidLuckylee is working on a bitcoin to ethereum relay using cairo for his thesis. Blocks are hashed and validated against the target right now. Currently working on the target changes and a relay contract.
Wanna verify if StarkNet contracts source code match deployed bytecode on the blockchain without relying on a block explorer? Look no more, introducing the alpha version of Uraeus - by @dimahledba.
OpenZeppelin Contracts Wizard is now available as an API for @CairoLang. Generate a custom ERC20 or ERC721 contract with a single line of code - by @ericglau.
Web3 Infrastructure Company @ChainstackHQ announces support for StarkNet, allowing smooth Node syncronization, battle-tested infra for mainnet and multi-hosting options.
@ametel01 implemented ERC4610 in Cairo, an extension of ERC-721 that aims to provide standardized token rental and loanable protocol for ecological applications such as blockchain games.
Media highlights
Asset management for everyone using StarkNet - twitter space between @imrgoyal from @JediSwap and @0xSacha from DeFi asset management platform @magnetyfi.
“Why we’re building on StarkNet” - article by zkLend.
@altzoneio compiled all questions and answers of their recent community event on their website.
@zkxprotocol are excited to kickstart their 'Back to Basics' series, where they break down the fundamentals behind @zkxprotocol. Their first blog covers the question: What are ZK-Rollups?
@magnetyfi and the on-chain asset management protocols market - article.
@OmniscientAsian with a thread highlighting the StarkGate bridge.
Ecosystem Highlights
Want to build on StarkNet? Check out this building on StarkNet page.
@udayj shares his idea about Vote-X, aDynamic Voting Protocol - public, non-anonymous, trustless - to be powered by Starknet L2.
Introducing @gizatechxyz, a StarkNet native Machine Learning platform dealing with scaling deployment automation solutions - by @franalgaba_.
Space strategy game Influence announced their first “Test-to-Earn” initiative and the first time the SWAY token can be earned. 1% (1.5 billion SWAY) of the total initial distribution of our token at launch will be given to participants of their TestNet. Article & guide, plus a review of how it went. Influence also shared a Sneak Peek at the upcoming L1 to L2 Bridge they’re building.
@PlayRedline drop some cool facts about their robots, and have announced they received a grant from StarkWare.
@xBankFinance announce the addition of their 'markets' page. With this update, users will be able to see an overview of lending markets & Lending pool specific insights & parameters.
Announcing Arcticium. Arcticium aims to create an ecosystem and a community for NFTs by solving real problems using Zk-Rollup technology built on StarkNet, beginning with ArcSwap. You will be able to trade NFTs and also trade your whitelist spots.
@LootRealms announce that the L2 wonder building competition has finished. 48k $LORDS from @BibliothecaDAO and 1.6 ETH from @StarkWareLTD
will be distributed amongst the 16 winners.
@zkLend announce a strategic partnership with the DeFi and NFT Analytics platform @nansen_alpha.
Starcombo went live on #Starknet testnet. Starcombo is your gateway to StarkNet's DeFi ecosystem. Using a simple Drag & Drop mechanism, you can easily interact with several DeFi protocols on StarkNet.
@matchbox_dao grantee @forereth will be having the first actual decentralized game of chess (assuming no bugs left) playing against @shotaronowhere.
@yagi_fi: Trustless L2-native yield has arrived on StarkNet, happy to announce Yagi Vaults using the new ERC4626 standard.
Introducing cartridge.gg - a StarkNet gaming console (gaming wallet). Teasing early access this summer. Also: Announcing full node json-rpc providers. They’re excited to publicly host theirs: https://starknet.cartridge.gg, https://starknet-goerli.cartridge.gg. Give voyager a breather. Get up to 25x faster avg response times + access to event filters.
Continually updated list of projects building on StarkNet. 🏗️
Ecosystem stats
Weekly StarkNet stats: last week: 201k txs on Goerli,
17.6k txs on Mainnet. To date: 3.5m txs on Goerli, 109k txs on Mainnet. Contracts deployed last week: 17k on Goerli, 11k on Mainnet.
Warp transpiler stats: - v1.0: 25,000 downloads so far (150 per day!) - >500 stars on Github - v2.0: faster, better & coming in June.
@ZkpadAnalytics updated their ecosystem chart with over 120 projects building on StarkNet.
You can now see volume and TVL stats about the StarkNet Ecosystem on the @l2beatcom website. StarkNet is making its first steps climbing up the TVL rankings.
There is now also a Dune dashboard covering StarkGate bridge stats - by @0xfennec.
StarkNet Community & Shamans Highlights
StarkNet Community Call #13 - Cairo v0.8.2 & education
Account keys and addresses derivation standard
The objective of this proposition is to allow for some interoperability between StarkNet wallets by standardising the relation between a unique secret and a sequence of accounts such that the addresses of the accounts can be deterministically recovered from the secret.
Depending on the account implementations it might also create a deterministic relation between the secret and the sequence of keys controlling these accounts.
Useful links & articles
A document and diagram about how the Cairo VM works by @federicocarrone & co.
The tech lead of StarkNet’s full node Juno @maceo_eth introduces himself.
Developer resources
@0xevolve drops some random cool repos to look at if you’re building on Starknet.
The guys from the Cairo dev onboarding project @OnlyDust_xyz published a clear comparison between Nile & Protostar in case you're not sure which framework you nee to build your project on StarkNet.
A StarkNet odyssey: overview and developer toolkit of one of the most anticipated @ethereumL2 solutions by @StarkWareLtd - by @uF4No.
A quick thread on how Ape Framework's latest layer 2 ape-starknet & ape-cairo plugins work and how-to interact with smart contracts by @AdobePup.
Dates and Events
With DevConnect Amsterdam and the StarkWare hackathon concluded, things are getting a bit more relaxed again.
next community call May 24th: Open for presentation, roadmap update by StarkWare team.
San Francisco StarkNet Meetup #1 is booked! When: Friday, May 20, 6-9pm Where: Spark Social SF - Learn about #CairoLang & #StarkNet Development - Hear Developer Presentations - Meet Other Builders,
Announcing @avihu28 as a speaker at this year's @EthPrague event, 10-12 June 2022.
StarkNet Summit: TBD
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Special thanks to odin_free, @0xNurstar and starkwhale for helping me source some of the information! 🔍
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