StarkNet Roundup #44

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Dec 04, 2022

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StarkNet Community & Shamans Highlights

STARK Struck Podcast | Episode 7 | Henri Lieutaud with Brian and Jane from ZKLend

StarkNet Community Call #28 | Presentation by summary.dev

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.

Useful links & articles

@myBraavos - How to get started on StarkNet - In this thread, @myBraavos holds your hand through your first NFT journey on StarkNet
@StarkWareLtd - StarkEx: a Transparent, Scalable Solution for Exchanges
@GuthL - In the upcoming weeks, Cairo 0.10.3 will gain 40% improvement in the performance of #StarkNet sequencer, bringing it to 2TPS - Thread explaining why is that, and what will come next
@BanklessHQ - A Beginner’s Guide to StarkNet
@__geometry__ - In this thread, @lucidLuckylee introduces @ZeroSync_ - Bitcoin in a STARK
@galronx - This week we open-sourced Cairo 1.0 under the Apache 2.0 license. Why is it cool and why should you care?
@Starknet_edu - Let’s get to know the StarkWare SHARed Prover
@scottpiriou - What are storage proofs and why it's literally the fucking future? - An explanation thread for non-tech people
@Starknet_edu - StarkEx is a scalable and transparent solution for exchanges to provide a proof-of-reserves with every Validity Proof and ensure a fair and regulated environment for all users
@rabbitx_io - DeFi Hack, Trading Strategy, or Short Squeeze? A Logical Framework
@Testnet_Digger - Everything you need to know about @zkLend
@Starknet_edu - Lava Protocol 🌋 now provides decentralized RPC access to StarkNet on their private testnet - A thread about what is decentralized RPC and what does it mean for us
@argentHQ - Meet Mint Square - the NFT marketplace for StarkNet and zkSync - A video presentation of the NFT @MintSquareNFT marketplace
@matchbox_dao - The Past, Present, and Future of Developer Games
@odin_free - Storage Proofs are a cryptographic way of verifying that a value is indeed part of the state - A thread to explain this
@Starknet_edu - The month of November 2022 presented some tumultuous times for the web3 community - Thread about StarkWare's progress on StarkNet
@zkxprotocol - We met many crypto traders 💹 Here’s a list of their favorite trading tools
@Gammax_Exchange - We share how you can check the reserves on a decentralized exchange to ensure its integrity
@stark_con - Time to cover zk roll ups VS optimistic rollups 🧵

Developer resources

@DelendumV - Introducing our fellowship program: Delendum ZK fellowship is a two-month program to support research and development advancing the frontiers of zero-knowledge - The application is open until Dec 8
@dsi9999777 - Just sharing for the #StarkNet folks that want to learn Rust - Rust Lang Tutorial
@shrameetweets - Building on-chain games - Provable and verifiable games with Cairo
@dpinoness - Deploying a contract on StarkNet Testnet2 (Goerli 2) using Protostar - a tutorial to implement contracts on StarkNet testnet2 using Protostar
@ivpavici - soon StarkNet will not allow free deployments of Accounts... So we modified our workshop repo to reflect this, using @OpenZeppelin contracts
@apibara_web3 - You can now ask us anything during our weekly office hours - Starting next Thursday at 5pm UTC
@StarkNetAfrica - The recording of our Cairo Class #5 is now available on YouTube - introducing Starknet.js and how to build a dApp with it
@topology_gg - MuMu Season 2 is here - 4 new formulas, 1 new instruction, and a fresh new UI
@StarkNetAstro - StarkNet 🚀 Workflow. In this thread I will introduce the workflow ot StarkNet
@0xParisien - Solidity work on StarkNet
@avihu28 - Want to better understand our Stark Verifier? - @avihu28 gathered a list of the best resources for that

Dates and Events

@ZKEX_Official - Building in the bear : zkLend ft ZKEX AMA - Date : Dec 5th - 8:00 PM (UTC)
@0xNurstar - Shill me your fundamentals - with @vargastartup & @victorforissier from @TheNewtonHQ - Date : Dec 6th - 15 UTC
@Gammax_Exchange - Join us for our upcoming community call as we share our latest project updates - Date : Dec 7th - 16:30 UTC (11:30 AM ET)
@myBraavos - Braavos AMA #5 - New roles launch and community evolution - On @myBraavos Discord - Date : Dec 8th - 2 PM (UTC)
@StarkNetAfrica - Our fourth StarkNet Ecosystem Deep Dive Twitter space will feature @argentHQ - Date : Dec 8th - 5 PM (WAT)
@LouthingE - Frens, get ready for the last StarkNet Meetup in Paris of the year - Date : Dec 15th
@StarkWareLtd - StarkWare Sessions 2023 - Date : Feb 5-6

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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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StarkNet Roundup #44

Weekly summary of all things StarkNet

Protocol & dev tool updates

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Ecosystem Highlights

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