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Protocol & dev tool updates
@StarkWareLtd - StarkNet is preparing for a regenesis on Ethereum Mainnet. After many updates and changes to the system, we will be relaunching a more mature version of StarkNet which will be as lean and secure as possible. Why? What? How? All the details in the post.
@ZigZagExchange - Introducing: InvisibL3! Our brilliant team of developers from @ZigZagLabs have been working on a Layer 3 ZK Rollup for private transactions on StarkNet, a feasible add-on to ZigZag Exchange. Read our technical introduction
@OpenZeppelin - The second release of OpenZeppelin Contracts for Cairo (v0.2.0) is now available! These are the highlights: Improved extensibility pattern; New Accounts; AccessControl; ReentrancyGuard. Read the full technical details here.
@StamblerLev - I am excited to say that we now have Bulletproofs on Cairo! We can support inner product zero knowledge proofs. See the repo.
@apibara_web3- We are open sourcing Apibara, our tool to build web3 applications.
@PapiniShahar - Skyro v0.2 just released! With Starknet support too! "This release features StarkNet support, enabling developers to write StarkNet contracts in Idris2."
@Pat_Ventuzelo - I'm really happy to share that @FuzzingLabs is currently working with @StarkWareLtd to provide a really good and advanced disassembling library for @CairoLang bytecode.
@LauriPelto - The first teaser from our upcoming StarkNet multi-signature wallet UI! And the name of the product is... Starsign!
Media highlights
@encodeclub- join us as we discuss the StarkNet Paris hack and building on StarkNet
@matchbox_dao - YouTube playlist with all Hackathon workshops and calls.
@l2beat - How L2s in general, and StarkNet in particular, create a paradigm when developing dApps for blockchains? This lecture by @OhadBarta from @StarkWareLtd has demonstrated this shift.
@topology_gg - presents what it means to build realities on #StarkNet during
@sylvechv - Second episode of StarkNet buildoors, July 7th, 3pm UTC. Learn about StarkNet tools from their builders: @0xs34n (@aspectdotco, starknet.js) @ceccon_me (@apibara_web3, react-starknet) and @martriay (@OpenZeppelin, Nile). Recording here.
@Astralytica - We are delighted to publish the first in our series of research articles about Starknet. This is an overview of Cairo and an analysis of its adoption through some relevant metrics.
@argentHQ - How do we get crypto into the hands of everyone? It starts by solving real problems
@AgoLajko - London Starknet meetup was a blast! Thanks @itamarl for presentation and @__geometry__ for location and @GuthL for wen tweet.
@JediSwap - Are you ready for this? - First JediSwap community call
@zkLend - We're pleased to unveil our updated GitBook section, 'Using zkLend' ahead of our DeFi offering, Artemis v0, testnet launch.
@zkLend - We're hosting @nethermindeth CTO @0xGreg_ on the next ZEND&FRIENDS infrastructure AMA!
@zkLend - We got you with this basic guide on wallets and test tokens
Ecosystem Highlights
Want to build on StarkNet? Check out this building on StarkNet page.
@zksparkofficial - We are excited to announce a new partnership with @JediSwap
@ZigZagExchange - Our brilliant team of developers from @ZigZagLabs have been working on a Layer 3 ZK Rollup for private transactions on StarkNet
@ninth_gg - The Ninth Quests on Crew³ Round 2 Launching. // It's time to meet our new character - Ancient Jellyfish!
@briqNFT - The briq team participated in @Ledger's recent hackathon! We didn't win but had a lot of fun. In 48h we built an end-to-end integration of the briq application on the Ledger Live through the "Discover" section. Here's how it works.
@zkLend - This Friday we're raffling 10 ARTEMIS TESTNET SPOTS on our Discord's Special Fridays!
@StarkDefi - Want to know more about us? Our Discord community has had a sneek peak of what’s in store for the rest of Q3
@eboadom - With Aave <> Starknet Phase 1 close to delivery (and Phase 2 warming up), it is time to vote for the final payment tranche on the Aave governance. Link to the vote. This proposal has passed.
@OnlyDust_xyz - We are excited to officially launch our first Call for Contributions! If you have a project on StarkNet, let’s talk.
@sami_mchala - The first ever Demux @yagi_fi triggered job. Setting a transaction with a delay! still a lot to do, but passed another milestone! next signatures/transact and then slap ui on top.
@StarkDefi - Want to know more about us? Our Discord community has had a sneek peak of what’s in store for the rest of Q3. Q3 Roadmap out now.
@donnoh_eth - here’s axelrod, a cairo contract to create and manage iterated prisoner’s dilemma tournaments built by @_derked and me :) it implements: - matchmaking logic - custom tables - history of matches - a template for Finite State Machine strategies. Github link.
@matchbox_dao - Hackathon is almost concluded. 1 day left to submit your code, video, & documentation. 1 week left until the winners are announced!
Continually updated list of projects building on StarkNet. 🏗️
Ecosystem stats
Weekly StarkNet stats: last week: 165k txs on Goerli,
6.7k txs on Mainnet. To date: 5m txs on Goerli, 195k txs on Mainnet. Contracts deployed last week: 14k on Goerli, 4.8k on Mainnet. (outdated, will update asap)
Over 440 ETH have been bridged to StarkNet so far (there’s a cap).
StarkNet Community & Shamans Highlights
Starknet Community Call #18 - Nethermind Warp
Standard storage for single signer accounts
Extending the standard account interface 5, this proposal aims to standardize storage variable names for accounts where there’s a single signer.
Right now there’s equivalent but not homonymous variables in different account implementations (
_signerin the Argent andAccount_public_keyin the OpenZeppelin one). This makes portability/upgrades unfeasible, since each implementation will look up for the same value in a different storage position. This proposal aims to define a standard variable name to account for it.Following OpenZeppelin’s extensibility pattern, I believe this variable name needs to be prefixed with
Account_to avoid namespace pollution, preventing clashes with other variables. Alternatively, if this proposal ends up being a SIMP/SIP, then it could also make sense to prefix the variable name with its SIM/P number.
Heavily discussed StarkNet Improvement Proposals
[SIMP] String standardization
[SIMP] Connect accounts to dapps
[SIMP] Wallet Multi Chain Support
[SIMP] Starknet Provider JavaScript API
[SIMP] Check Support for Starknet Provider JavaScript API
[informational SIMP] Comments in StarkNet contracts
Useful links & articles
@MagnetyIntern - Let's discover the DeFi landscape of Starknet.
@lordOfAFew - imagine if every public API in the world could talk with every other API in the world without going through middleware - this is the outcome when you put all your logic and state onchain We are building this reality with @LootRealms on StarkNet.
@0xNurstar - Cross Chain & OnRamp Flow on StarkNet. Let's analyze the "Magic Gates" of StarkNet.
@argentHQ - Account abstraction is a gamechanger for crypto's adoption.
@ConsenSys - The biggest community event in the StarkNet ecosystem is coming to Paris! Here are the panels/workshops you should look out for.
Developer resources
@micksabox - Multicall in StarkNet is awesome. By composing individual calls within a single invoke, you get: Better UX &Lower tx fees. In this ex, 3 distinct @LootRealms actions modify the Resources storage. By batching with multicall, you can pay for less state diffs in a tx.
StarkNet House Weekly Session 4: "starknet.js and NFTs" by LordOfAFew, Sylve Chevet & Sean
@henrlihenrli - Computation is cheap on validity rollups. But what does it mean? 2 weeks ago I live streamed the solution of "Solve to mint", a physics puzzle on StarkNet by @topology_gg and @matchbox_dao. What can you learn from it? A twitter thread.
@DrSpacemn - Tutorial on StarkNet Accounts. Twitter thread.
@nethermindeth - Warp 2 transpiles Solidity directly into Cairo without a YUL pitstop. @0xGai_ and @swp0x0 from the Warp team, take you through the installation and deploying steps here.
Dates and Events
With DevConnect Amsterdam and the StarkWare hackathon concluded, things are getting a bit more relaxed again.
next StarkNet community call July 26th: Full nodes discussion.
Introducing @StarknetHouse - a virtual educational summer program presented by @topology_gg in collaboration with @StarkWareLtd and pioneers in the #StarkNet ecosystem. The program is open to anyone excited about learning to build on StarkNet using #Cairo. Starting June 1st. Check out their research fellows here. Agenda for July.
Encode x StarkNet Online Summer Hackathon: A 3-week hackathon focused on StarkNet. Start Date: Monday, 27th June. Register by: Monday, 4th July.
@matchbox_dao: You are a dev and want to build cool games and gaming-related projects on StarkNet? Time to join the very first MatchboxDAO hackathon (3rd to 10th of July) before it's too late!
@zkLend - StarkNet HK Meet up #1 [13 JULY 4:30-6:30PM HKT]
zk-SPARK StarkNet Bootcamp happening on 16th-17th of July.
@stark_con - Announcing the StarkCon Paris Mixer. A casual evening for the StarkNet community on the eve of @EthCC Paris, July 18th. @zkLend and @myBraavos will be there.
@encodeclub - Announcing the STARKNET PARIS HACK, in partnership with @activate_build, July 18th-19th.
@LeJournalDuCoin & @OnlyDust_xyz team up to organise a StarkNet conference straight after the end of @EthCC in Paris, July 22nd.
@zkLend is organizing a StarkNet meetup in HongKong in the summer. Date TBA.
@stark_con - StarkCon is a community-driven conference to bring all the “STARKs” under one roof. The first StarkCon will take place alongside Devcon, the official Ethereum builders' conference in Bogota, Colombia; October.
StarkNet Summit: TBD
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Special thanks to odin_free, @0xNurstar, StarkNet_Digger and starkwhale for helping me source some of the information! 🔍
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