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Let’s get into this week’s news! 💪
Protocol & dev tool updates
@StarkscanCo - Table filters are now available across all tables! - You can now filter by number range, dates, names, types & statuses
@dynamic_xyz - We now support #StarkNet and the @argentHQ X and @myBraavos wallets! - The multi-chain web3 auth platform has landed on StarkNet
@0xvoyageronline - Version 0.10.2 of StarkNet has been released on integration
Media highlights
@Starknet_Intern - Read my latest: “StarkNet Edu Newsletter - Issue #6”
@StarknetCC - Surveying StarkNet's unique features - David Barreto - StarkNetCC Lisbon
@zklend - zkLend X ZKX - AMA Recap 22/09/2022
@crypto_gurkha - Sylve, whats BRIQ? - Walk the Talk SZN 2 EP 1 - @crypto_gurkha is back with his interview series
@starknetvietnam - StarkNet Ecosystem Deep Dive: Introducing Aspect
@Gammax_Exchange - GammaX Exchange Community Call #7 - AMA recap
@0xHashstack - Modular, Upgradable Smart Contracts. Nick Mudge x Hashstack - Twitter space between @0xHashstack & @mudgen to discuss on the topic of building modular & upgradable smart contracts
@0xNurstar - Aspect Deep Dive - How to Buy, Mint and Sell NFTs on StarkNet! - A Nurstar video tutorial on @aspectdotco
@zkxprotocol - Knowing Nethermind with ZKX - ZKX AMA with @nethermindeth
@JediSwap - Check out the latest issue of the JediSwap Newsletter
@stark_con - We had the most amazing StarkCon event at @IITKgp. Here's a recap 🧵
Ecosystem Highlights
@myBraavos - 🚀Last week's news generated strong traction. #BraavosWallet reaches 200k downloads - A new milestone for Braavos
@myBraavos - Braavos new Hardware Signer capability is a game changer for the crypto industry - Read this thread to learn why
@myBraavos - Join us in this thread as we recap last week's activities - The Braavos’ news of the week summarized in a Twitter thread
@StarkNetFndn - Welcome to the World, StarkNet Foundation - The StarkNet Foundation is born
@StarknetCC - StarkNet CC India Website Live - StarkNetCC India launches its official website
@nethermindeth - Our security audits team released the final reports for @briqNFT
@JediSwap - The force is stronger with your presence and contribution to JediSwap in the Gitcoin Rounds 14&15. As a sign of our gratitude, you have earned GitJedi Role! - Thread to claim NFTs and new JediSwap roles for people who participated in one of their two Gitcoin campaigns
@Starknet_id - 🌳 @Starknet_id stats 🌳 ✅ 176K mints ✅ 62K owners ✅ +25K Twitter subscribers
@FibrousFinance - We are proud to be collaborating with @StarkNetRocks ! 🪨 - Fibrous will charge 0% fee from StarkRock holders
@zklend - October went by in a blink of an eye 🎃. It’s time to recap some of what happened - zkLend recap of what happened during October
@web3_games_io - Week #45 of @LootRealms is summarized in this thread 🧵
@OrbiterResearch - Hello, World! - @Orbiter_Finance launches its educational Twitter account
@mosoGallery - Happy to rebranded as moso! 🎋🐼 - The innovative NFT platform Arcticium is renamed to Moso
@rabbitx_io - RabbitX testnet - The perpetuals decentralized exchange protocol on StarkNet, @rabbitx_io, launches its testnet
@dolvenlabs - We are activating our Airdrop module on Testnet - Dolven launches a new module on its testnet
@EmpiricNetwork - At Empiric we believe in transparency. Since FTX / Alameda was an investor and publisher for Empiric, we wanted to provide an update to our users
@zklend - We want to provide a brief update on zkLend after the events that have unfolded in the past few days
@TheNewtonHQ - Happy to announce, that we added on-chain storage of questions hashes - It can guarantee your tokens reward if your answer has been approved for claiming a bounty
@matchbox_dao - JOB POST We are hiring and giving grants✨ - Here is the application form
@matchbox_dao - BOUNTY REQUEST: "The FTX redeemer" ✨💰 Reward: up to $50k - Build a tool to allow anybody to directly donate to FTX victims (and CEX victims in general) with a recognition system for every donners
@starksheet - There’re so many changes in starksheet that we don’t even know where to start from - Updates from @starksheet
@influenceth - A first look at the Heavy Transport - The design is based on futuristic realism for a "near future" space-faring civilization
@Dahari - Asteroid Tracker now updated to view your wallets Asteroids - Tool from the Influence community allowing to view all of your Asteroids with their orbit paths, name and size, all in glorious 3D
@novaswap - We are thrilled to announce that our platform is almost done
Ecosystem stats
@mestigoit - Just to put a few things in perspective - Stats about 30-day transactions settled on Ethereum
@starkboard - ✨Weekly review N5✨ - All StarkNet Mainnet evolution metrics condensed
@Orbiter_Finance - 🚩The TOP 5 rollups with the most active accounts in 7 days 1. @arbitrum 252,552 - 2. @optimismFND 138,272 - 3. @zksync 47,272 - 4. @StarkWareLtd 33,146 - 5. #arbitrumnova 22,481
@Orbiter_Finance - 🚩The TOP 5 dapps ranked by 'Active Accounts' in 7 days on StarkNet - 1 @10KSwap 6 704 - 2 @mySwapxyz 5 325 - 3 @MintSquareNFT 5 305 - 4 @aspectdotco 2 402 - 5 @Orbiter_Finance 1 169
Weekly StarkNet stats - last week: 310K txs on Goerli, 88K txs on Mainnet. To date: 8M9 on Goerli, 695K txs on Mainnet. Contracts deployed last week: 14K on Goerli / 8K on Mainnet
StarkNet Community & Shamans Highlights
StarkNet Workshop #6: Contributing to Kakarot, the ZK-EVM written in Cairo
StarkNet Decentralized Protocol - Introduction
A few months ago we shared a preliminary version of our thoughts about the decentralization of StarkNet. Since then we have absorbed feedback, consulted with experts, and expanded our thoughts to previously “blackboxed” areas such as leader election. The time is ripe for another round of feedback.
Our thought process about StarkNet’s decentralized protocol consists of three parts, to be presented in a series of three posts.
Overview and tight requirements that reflect the tradeoffs in question.
A concrete suggestion for leader elections.
Our thoughts surrounding the remainder of the protocol, namely consensus and proofs.
We highly recommend starting by reading this 46 post for an outline of the architecture, and the problems specific to StarkNet.
The (ongoing) planning for StarkNet’s decentralization has been challenging and we have received valuable help. Thanks to Bartek Kiepuszewski and Joachim Neu for illuminating discussions on consensus and high level architecture.
Actors in the protocol
In a nutshell, StarkNet’s decentralized scheme will use PoS Sybil resistance and feature two sets of actors: block-proposers (often called sequencers) and provers who produce proofs of many blocks at a time. At a high level, the protocol answers three questions about each set:
Who are the members?
How are tasks assigned to members?
What actions comprise each task?
In this section we will discuss the first two questions.
Heavily discussed StarkNet Improvement Proposals
StarkNet Decentralized Protocol - Introduction
Launch Safely over StarkNet (Minding the regenesis plan)
Calling for proposals for naming StarkNet’s testnets
[SIMP] Deployer Contract Interface
[SIMP] Check Support for Starknet Provider JavaScript API
Community Plugin Account
Universal Deployer Contract proposal
Comments in Starknet contracts
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
Useful links & articles
@myBraavos - How Smart Contract Wallets Like Braavos Will Shape The Future Web3 Experience?
@Starknet_Intern - In one of the most important steps towards full decentralization, the #StarkNet Foundation is up and running
@StarkNetAfrica - We will be taking a detailed look into the @zkxprotocol, a permissionless protocol for derivatives built on StarkNet - StarkNet Ecosystem Deep Dive #3
@zkLinkorg - Is it possible to build a “decentralized Binance”?
@Gammax_Exchange - Why DEX like GammaX are the future of trading
@stark_con - Wanna learn more about zk roll-ups from scratch? 🤔
@matchbox_dao - How To Make On-Chain Gaming Competitive: 'Man vs Machine, How to Embrace Bots without Replacing Players' [Part 5]
Developer resources
@AgoLajko - We are open sourcing the first version of @SlushSDK - Tendermint L3s on Starknet!
@scottpiriou - Want to learn what the @StarknetCC -CTF was about?
@devfolio - Wanna build the best L2 native dapp? @StarknetCC 2022 hackathon hears you - Build a decentralized, modular Web3 future using the power of Cairo
@StarkNetAfrica - We’d be helping you understand what Implicit arguments are, and how they work in Cairo
@guiltygyoza - MuMu S0: showing mech's payload dynamically alongside the programming interface. we now have 4 formulas
@ggballas - How to hack (almost) ANY Starknet Cairo smart contract - Find out for yourself here and start hacking
@cairopractice - The chads over at @trailofbits created a code extension to help us navigate StarkNet contracts
Dates and Events
@myBraavos - Account abstraction and the future of contract wallet - AMA with @StarkNet_ZH - Date : Nov. 14th, 13:00 UTC
@StarkWareLtd - StarkWare's @PapiniShahar (co-creator of Cairo) and Shahar Samocha join @EliBenSasson as they discuss recursive proving in detail - Date : 15th Nov, 18:00 CET / 17:00 UTC
@0xNurstar - The "Shill Me Your Fundamentals" Show is coming back - Date : Tue 15th November
@decent_dao - We are excited to discuss open on-chain reputation primitives with @0xmattegoat and @nikron_eth of @AstralyXYZ - Date : Tuesday 11/15, 3pm EST
@StarkNetAfrica - Our second StarkNet Ecosystem Deep Dive Twitter space will feature @nostrafinance - Date : 16th Nov - 3 PM WAT
@starknetvietnam - StarkNet Vietnam Conference will be hosted in HCMC - Register here - Date : November 23rd and 24th, 6 PM - 9 PM
@StarknetCC - StarkNetCC India 🇮🇳 will happen on Nov 30 & 1st Dec - You can register 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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