Starknet Roundup 145
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Welcome to the 145th edition of my weekly comprehensive Starknet summary. Reading this newsletter allow you to catch up on all the important news from the last week in just 10 minutes of reading.
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Protocol & dev tool updates
@Starknet - The integration phase for STRK staking phase 1 is starting now - Starting tomorrow (Monday), Validators can begin integrating with the staking contract
@HerodotusDev - The most efficient STARK proof verifier for @Starknet just got a major upgrade - This new version enables the verification of Stone proofs on Starknet L2 with far greater efficiency than v1
@Starknet - Starknet Mainnet will be upgraded to v0.13.3 on Wednesday, November 27, bringing Blob gas that's 5x cheaper on Starknet - If you're running an instance of Juno, make sure to upgrade to v0.12.4 to sync with v0.13.3 blocks beforehand
@OpenZeppelin - The latest release of OpenZeppelin Contracts for Cairo (v0.19.0) is now available - Highlights: Multisig component - Support for Secp256r1 (P-256) elliptic curve - External traits for ERC2981 component
Ecosystem Highlights
@Starknet - Blob gas on Starknet is now 5x cheaper - Already live on Testnet and expected to go live on Mainnet next week
@Starknet - The first phase of STRK staking is launching on Mainnet in about a week - To help you prepare for this milestone, here are a few key points to keep in mind
@Bountive - We are pleased to announce that @Bountive is back on @Starknet mainnet with our new version - Bountive is back on Starknet Mainnet
@Bountive - We have set up a dynamic system to see in real-time your percentage of winning a raffle
@TheDopeWars - Season Growth - S1: 186 games - S2: 356 games - S3: 802 games
@endurfi - Excited to announce Endur is partnering with @argentHQ - xSTRK (liquid staking) will be available for staking on the Argent wallet
@Nimbora_ - @zellic_io has kicked off a full security audit of Nimbora STRK LSD contracts
@zkLend - Introducing kSTRK, @zkLend’s Liquid Staking Token for $STRK - Stake STRK on zkLend and receive kSTRK, a liquid token version
@OpusMoney - We’re thrilled to announce our integration with @keplrwallet - You can now manage $CASH and explore DeFi on @Starknet, all from your trusted Keplr Walle
0xvoyageronline - We are proud to reveal our UI of Voyager where you can easily delegate to the staking operator of your choice - Here is the STRK staking dashboard UI of Voyager
@Blobarena - The arena is officially open—play now at http://blobarena.xyz on desktop and mobile - Blobarena is now live on Starknet Mainnet
@endurfi - Introducing our new staking dashboard - Where you can discover, compare, and choose validators to delegate to
@vesuxyz - This are our key insights from the first four months - Vesu’s 4-Month Markets Review
@XAR_Labs - The Mainnet Beta version is live - Check out the Whitepaper for all the details
@Starknet - Finally, a better activity metric than TPS: UOPS - This new measure takes into account Starknet's multicall feature (where a single transaction actually bundles multiple user operations)
@endurfi - Excited to share that Endur will redistribute 100% of protocol fees back to our community - Endur won’t take any fees on its LST product
@StormbitX - We had an epic time building and connecting at @Starknet Hacker House last week - Here is a new DeFi project (Money Market) building on Starknet
@PragmaOracle - Excited to welcome @KaikoData as the newest #Pragma data publisher - Kaiko brings institutional-grade crypto price data to Starknet, powering reliable on-chain price feeds
@tek_kac - Few know that true Zero-Knoweldge is available on Starknet. and for cheap, thanks to @GaragaStarknet - Here is a deep dive article about it
@Everai - The Everai Vikare Battle Game is now live on @Telegram - You can now join the public Beta
Ecosystem stats
@Starkunfiltered - Starknet is currently the second network in term of UOPS/TPS ratio
@tokenterminal - Assets bridged from the L1 to @Starknet are up 19.2% over the past 7d
Starknet TVL - TVL on Starknet now worth $960M
STARK @ Home: Vision and values of StarkWare
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
SNIP25: Starknet security council V1.0
SNIP <TBD> - Starknet monetary committee
Fall Roadmap Updates
Starknet v0.13.3
Upcoming vote: Termination of Transaction Versions 0,1,2
SNIP 18: Staking’s First Stage on Starknet
Accountability and Incentives for Consensus
Welcome to the Staking Delegator Introduction Thread
SNIP-20: Enshrined Paymasters for ERC-20 tokens
SNIP 55: Mixed-case checksum address encoding
Starknet: Multilang & MultiVM
Useful links & articles
@Starknet_OG - Starknet Starter Pack: Users edition - 5 minutes of reading to know everything about the Starknet ecosystem and how to join us
@starkience - This all happened in the last 3 months in the @Starknet ecosystem. And here's what's next
@Starknet_OG - 2 minutes (I swear this time) Starknet bullpost
@O_Excess - Nice feature by @bankless explaining the composable worlds being built by @LootRealms on @Starknet - Deep dive article about Realms by Bankless
@Starknet_OG - Quick recap of all activities you can currently do on Starknet Mainnet - 2 minutes recap, no blabla
Developer resources
@StarkWareLtd - Starknet starter pack: Cairo dev edition - Want to learn Cairo and be part of the Starknet ecosystem? Here's your starter pack
@CairoLang - Cairo Community Update 1 - Learn about the latest DevX and Cairo updates in the Cairo Community Update
@andeebtceth - Starknet devX has improved so much for the past 2 years since cairo0 era - Here why
@barretodavid - If you or someone you know is ready to take the leap and learn Cairo you should register to Basecamp, a free 4-week course that will help you get started in the Starknet ecosystem - Join basecamp 11 in December
@StarknetAfrica - Missed session six of our Cairo Bootcamp? Catch up now on YouTube - In this session, @codingcas takes you through Testing in Starknet, covering key concepts to elevate your skills
@swmansionxyz - Tired of waiting for your tests to execute? - Here are 3 quick tips to improve performance in your snforge project
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