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Protocol & dev tool updates
@StarkWareLtd - StarkNet Mainnet was successfully upgraded to 0.10.1
@0xvoyageronline - Today we are happy to announce our integration with @FuzzingLabs and Thoth! - Starknet bytecode analyzer, disassembler, and decompiler has been integrated inside @0xvoyageronline by the @nethermindeth
team!
@StarkscanCo - ✨3 BIG Features released on Starkscan! - 1) Decoded input data in Transactions and Calls tables - 2) Account Calls inside Contracts - 3) Account Calls Table
@0xvoyageronline - Its time for transaction actions to appear in Voyager
@FuzzingLabs - New Thoth 0.4.0 feature: Static Analyzer 🔥 - providing a way for the StarkNet community to create & share @CairoLang detection scripts
@0xvoyageronline - Data, data, data... sometimes you just need a filter😓 - With the new feature you can now filter the historical transactions with one simple click
@0xvoyageronline - New network, new opportunity - Goerli 2 is live!
@StarkscanCo - STARKSCAN is live on the 2nd StarkNet Goerli Testnet!
@apibara_web3 - Apibara now supports StarkNet Mainnet and the new Goerli 2 Testnet
@viewblock - ViewBlock now supports the second StarkNet testnet
New version of starknet-hardhat-plugin (v0.6.8-alpha.0) has been released
Media highlights
@StarkNetAfrica - Discussion on the first Oracle live on StarkNet w/ Empiric
@StarkWareLtd - Kakarot, a ZK-EVM written in Cairo - Twitter space, featuring: @VitalikButerin, @EliBenSasson, @PapiniShahar & @dimahledba about a zkEVM written in Cairo
@StarkWareLtd- Unistark - Warping Uniswap v3 into Cairo
@zkLendIntern - Notes ☕️ from the recent ZK-EVM talk - a written summary of the 'Kakarot, a ZK-EVM written in Cairo’ Twitter Space
@LootRealms - Lords Table #11 - Recording video about major updates on the Realms Gaming Ecosystem
@StarkWareLtd - StarkNet Edu Newsletter #5: The 5 best StarkNet and Cairo stories of the week
@StarknetCC - if you really don't know anything about StarkNet and the StarkWare ecosystem, you might want to listen to @EliBenSasson 's talk during the previous StarkNetCC event - available right here
@zklend - zkLend X Encode Club - AMA Recap 13/09/2022
@zklend - The Illuminati Round Table: Designing Community Incentives - with the participation of @jane0mac, co-founder of @zklend
@zkxprotocol - 💎🧑🌾Will decentralized derivatives trigger next DeFi Summer?
@nostrafinance - Nostra hosts Aspect - Twitter Space to talk about the present and future of NFTs in StarkNet
@0xHashstack - Exploring DeFi solutions on Starknet. Hashstack x StarkDefi
@0xHashstack - Exploring Braavos wallet — An AMA with Motty(Co-founder, Braavos) - AMA recap
@StarkVietnam - Interviews with speakers and participants - STARKVietnam 2022
Ecosystem Highlights
@EmpiricNetwork - We will see you on the mainstage at StarknetCC on Oct 31st for a special presentation by our co-founder @jonas_nelle - Empiric's participation in the 'StarkNet CC' event on the following topic: "Empiric 1.0: the next step for the StarkNet native oracle".
@eboadom - After some months of development, finally can announce that the Aave <> StarkNet Phase I project has been finished - Aave is coming to StarkNet
@OnlyDust_xyz - Coming to Lisbon 🇵🇹 and want to get the best out of @StarknetCC ? We’ve got a guide for you! - @OnlyDust_xyz provides us with a practical guide to not miss anything at the StarkNet CC event
@odin_free - STARKs are processing more transactions than all other L2s combined with only 5 dApps on the pioneering StarkEx platform
@mySwapxyz - Trade USDT on #StarkNet with our new $USDT<-> $ETH pool - MySwap launches a new pool on the StarkNet mainnet
@zkxprotocol - After 7 weeks of intense work, @nethermindeth released the report on our audit
@StarknetFr - J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer l’arrivée du site @StarknetFr ! - StarkNet France launches its educational website about StarkNet
@MintSquareNFT - We're excited to announce our latest batch of @MintSquareNFT LaunchPad projects on #StarkNet!
@CygnusDAO - We have successfully integrated the #1 DEX aggregator into our contracts, @1inch 🎉🎉🎉! - Now, users can to leverage or deleverage infinite liquidity with minimal slippage
@10KSwap - 10KSwap's data analysis tool is now live on mainnet - @10KSwap launches TVL and volume analysis tool on the Mainnet
@TheNewtonHQ - The Newton’s protocol is getting live on the Goerli testnet - earn USDC by posting questions and answers about StarkNet
@cairo_wolves - Now is the time to land on early #Starknet - A new NFT collection is launched on StarkNet
@aspectdotco - The @LootRealms team led by @lordOfAFew has been building on StarkNet since day 1 - @aspectdotco announces its support for the @LootRealms’ launch
@WTFAcademy_ - We are very excited to receive a grant from @StarkWareLtd - to provide tutorials for ZK and Cairo in Chinese and English
@TheNewtonHQ - We created a telegram channel to share more content about Bounties for Knowledge
@0xHashstack - 🌟Hashstack's C2E (Contribute 2 Earn) program is live! - Hashstack releases its Crew3 tasks
@Carbonable_io - Our team is pleased to announce and present our new website
@FrensLands - To build you need wood, to get wood you need to cut trees, to cut trees you need to have food and some available frens🌳🪓
@novaswap - NovaSwap is Starknet's first OTC marketplace for NFTs 🌠 - A new project has landed on StarkNet
@Starknet_id - More than 6000 people finished #StarknetIdOdyssey quests and got their OG role on discord
Ecosystem stats
@starkboard - ✨weekly review N4✨ - All StarkNet Mainnet evolution metrics condensed
@Orbiter_Finance - The TOP 10 dapps ranked by 'All Users' on StarkNet - 1. @10KSwap 3,650 - 2. @mySwapxyz 2,389 - 3. @MintSquareNFT 2,261 - 4. @aspectdotco 1,632 - 5. @Orbiter_Finance 788 - 6. @GoL2io 240 - 7. @almanacNFT 29
@Orbiter_Finance - 🚩The TOP 5 rollups with the most new accounts in 7 days - 1. @arbitrum 106,344 - 2. @zksync 55,457 - 3. @StarkWareLtd 43,644 - 4. @optimismFND 32,159 - 5. #arbitrumnova 16,701
Weekly StarkNet stats - last week: 269K txs on Goerli, 60K txs on Mainnet. To date: 8M3 on Goerli, 503K txs on Mainnet. Contracts deployed last week: 8.2K on Goerli / 7.9K on Mainnet
StarkNet Community & Shamans Highlights
StarkNet Basecamp - Cohort 1, Session 2
Aave <> StarkNet. Phase I release
Hello, StarkNet (and Aave) community members!
Today finally we can announce that Phase 1 of the Aave <> StarkNet project is completed on https://github.com/aave-starknet-project/aave-starknet-bridge 1
Pretty exciting to be part of the ever-growing wave of projects popping up on StarkNet!An extensive recap of the project has been published on the Aave governance forum, on Aave <> StarkNet Phase I. Release - Development - Aave 1 and the plan is to submit an Aave governance proposal to active the system during the following week.
Heavily discussed StarkNet Improvement Proposals
A felt based ERC-20 token
Wallet Transaction Inspection
Community Plugin Account
Universal Deployer Contract proposal
Regenesis state migration - Current suggestion
Aave <> StarkNet. Phase I release
Remove ABI from contract deployment request and `get_code` response?
Contract interface naming conventions
Proposal to improve multicall, allowing to chain transactions
Proposal for a standard L2->L1 bridge, for tokens minted on StarkNet
[SIMP-4] A standard for writing comments in Cairo contracts
[informational SIMP] Comments in StarkNet contracts
Useful links & articles
@donnoh_eth - Just published the english version of my thesis about @optimismFND and @StarkWareLtd
@StarkGalaxy1 - Enjoy this Starknet Tutorial Journey! - A list of video tutorials on some StarkNet protocols
@moncherriepie - Since @StarkWareLtd is so popular these days, I wanted to dive more into #Starknet👇 - StarkNet thread
@Testnet_Digger - Here are all the dApps live on the StarkNet testnet 👇
@StarkNetAfrica - StarkNet Ecosystem Deep Dive #2 - An analysis thread about @nostrafinance
@JediSwap - What is account abstraction, and what are its benefits? - A thread about the account abstraction
@matchbox_dao - How to Make On-Chain Gaming Competitive - 'Trustless AI for Living, Breathing Games' [Part 4]
@infura_io - Solving Blockchain Scalability With Data Availability Committees
@stark_con - Yes, we have all heard about Layer 1's and Layer 2's but let's dig in a little deeper today 🧵👇🏻
@rabbitx_io - Why Deflation Is More Destructive Than Inflation
@nostrafinance - The Nostra Liquidity Layer - Money Market + Stablecoin + Stablecoin Swap
@coinexcom - CoinEx Institution｜Promising Projects on StarkNet
@RTPthefirst - Let's discuss liquidity, its role, and why it is so important
@beincrypto - How Hackathons Strengthen the Blockchain and Web3 Community
@Wielocipiet - I will cover for you 3rd @nostrafinance core product - Nostra Swap
@Gammax_Exchange - Essential Bear Market trading methods, Part 1
Developer resources
@TheNewtonHQ - @Swagtimus from @EmpiricNetwork has shared some really interesting content about Smart Contract Events on Newton - Check this out
@StarkWareLtd - EVM interpreter written in Cairo, a sort of ZK-EVM emulator, leveraging STARK proof system
@StarkNetAfrica - Here are a few things to know about @CairoLang's Storage 👇
@james_gaps - 🎢 Layer 2 Grants round is open 🐼 - The Ethereum Foundation seeks proposals for tools, analysis, research, and education on layer 2 rollups
@trangnv_ - second toy for machine learning models on StarkNet
@PBanchhor12 - I just published Demystifying Cairo White Paper — Part I - First in the series
@xenosense - After a few months of stealth development, we are now officially open for contributions! - Visualization Tool used to make Web3 developers feel happy and safe
@swmansionxyz - We would like to show you some cool features that #Protostar offers & that are of our creation 🦾
@0xSpaceShard - Getting started with StarkNet Hardhat Plugin (Part 1: “Hello world”)
@web3Dav3 - Let's learn about #Cairo's smart contracts for #StarkNet today - Mini-thread about how to declare a variable and write functions to set it and retrieve it
@influenceth - Our community members from @GameChaingers just launched an open source platform for community developers to help assist in hosting and building @influenceth applications
@ZKGraph - The #SHARP service diagram - @ZKGraph shared a great Graph on the SHARP Proof Generator
Dates and Events
@StarkNetAfrica - We are introducing Cairo Online Classes where developers in Africa will assist you in learning the basics of Cairo - Date : classes will start on October 30th
@StarknetCC - The 2nd edition of StarkNetCC will be held in the heart of Lisbon 🇵🇹 - To buy your tickets, click here - Date : Oct 31st & Nov 1st
@StarkWareLtd - 🚩 @StarknetCC 's flagship event will be the CTF - Prize pool 9500$ - Date : Nov 1st - 9am-7pm
@zklend - 💫 Delighted to announce our next ZEND&FRIENDS #AMA with @rhinofi Co-Founder @rossdefi - Date : Nov 01, 15:00 UTC
@StarknetHouse - Announcing STARKSanFrancisco, created by @StarknetHouse & @topology_gg - Date : November 3, 2022, Time: 5:30 PM - 12:00 AM
@encodeclub - Encode x StarkNet Autumn Hackathon - Register here
@stark_con - We are coming to Guwahati! 👀 - Register here - Date : Nov 06, 2:00 - 5:00PM
@encodeclub - 📢 Announcing the @encodeclub StarkNet London Hack ! 🔥 - Register now here - Date : 12-13th Nov
@zksparkofficial - Applications are OPEN for our introductory StarkNet Workshop and advanced StarkNet Bootcamp! - Bootcamp date : Monday November 14th - Saturday December 17th - Workshop date : November 13th-14th
@StarknetCC - StarkNetCC India 🇮🇳 will happen on Nov 30 & 1st Dec
You can check out all of the past updates here.
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Special thanks to odin_free & @0xNurstar for helping me source some of the information; and thank you to StarkNet_Digger for editing!
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