Welcome to the 152nd 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 upcoming Starknet optimizations will introduce some breaking changes for your projects - The sooner you're aware and prepared, the better! So, here’s your monthly reminder to take action
@walnut_dev - @Starknet finally has its very own transaction debugger and simulator for @CairoLang - Effortlessly debug and simulate cairo transactions with Walnut
Ecosystem Highlights
@Starknet - Build your very own Starknet; now available for everyone - After years of battle-testing the technology, the SN stack is now ready for public use, enabling anyone to easily create their own custom chain using the most performant and cost-efficient ZK tech stack on the market
@kasarLabs - Introducing Starknet Agent Kit - You can now use AI agents and execute tasks autonomously on Starknet
@Starknet - Starknet is building a truly decentralized, censorship-resistant, and secure blockchain - In 2025, the ecosystem will double down on staking and the implementation of the Starknet Security Council
@EkuboProtocol - Limit orders are live in the Ekubo Interface - You can now trade with limit orders on Ekubo
@Await_0x - Introducing Dark Shuffle: A rogue-like deck-building game on #Starknet - Here is a new game available on Mainnet
@BoltwadeStudio - Grid-Lock Beta is live on @Starknet Mainnet - Here is a new gaming project live on Mainnet
@TheMarquisOnX - Beta Mainnet is here - Here is a new game live on Mainnet
@RemusDEX - RemusDEX is live on Public Testnet - A new CLOB DEX is live on Testnet
@zohal_starknet - Zohal Testnet is Live for all - Zohal is a GMX-like Perp DEX on Starknet
@avnu_fi - 30+ teams are now leveraging AVNU’s products and services to build and grow Starknet
@myBraavos - Now featuring verified community tokens and unruggable meme coins like @Stark_Sisters —powered by @avnu_fi
@Blobarena - We’re excited to share a preview of what we’ve been working on for version 1.1.0 - Here is a preview of the next version of Blobarena
@0xMetalSlug - Kick off 2025 with Metal Slug Warfare - You can now participate in this contest from Jan 7 to Jan 19, 2025
@0x_TEU - @EkuboProtocol 2024: A Year in Review - Here is a great recap of Ekubo in 2024
@myBraavos - 2024 was an unforgettable year for crypto and Braavos - Here is the Braavos yearly recap
@ohayo_dojo - Welcome to the first Weekly Roundup of the year - Here is the Dojo ecosystem weekly recap
@OpusMoney - @MetaMask Snaps is now available on Opus - You can now use MetaMask (Snap) on Opus
@NimboraIntern - We've updated our dapp so you can submit your Arbitrum wallet addresses where we will distribute PRT tokens - Here's the compensation plan following Penpie's exploit
@FibrousFinance - Gasless Swaps are here for StarkRocks holders, powered by Fibrous Paymaster - StarkRocks holders can now trade on Fibrous for 0 fees (0 trading and gas fees)
Ecosystem stats
@tokenterminal - Top 20 L2s based on assets bridged from the Ethereum L1 - Starknet is 4th
Starknet TVL - TVL on Starknet now worth $870m
DEX s on Starknet with ParadeX
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Learning from Staking V1: A Discussion on Commission Policy and Stake Distribution
SNIP25: Starknet security council V1.0
SNIP <TBD> - Starknet monetary committee
Fall Roadmap Updates
Cairo 2.9.0 is out!
Welcome to the Staking Delegator Introduction Thread
Starknet: Multilang & MultiVM
Useful links & articles
@Starknet_OG - In just one year, Starknet evolved from being one of the lowest-performing stacks in the market to becoming one of the best - How, what, and why? Here is a quick recap of all these improvements
@BanklessHQ - The minds behind some of @Starkne ’s most important gaming innovations are developing Daydream — a system for AI agents to play onchain - Here everything you need to know about it
Developer resources
@Starknet - Here are all the Cairo tutorials to help you get started quickly and easily
@Starknet - The new Starknet Developers Hub is now live - This hub is THE place to learn Cairo, explore tools, access tutorials, discover grant programs, and more
@gogibear - Did you know if you're building on starknet / with dojo there's 500k up for grabs - Here are 3 hackathons running on Starknet
@0xevolve - Introducing Calf, an opiniated, open-source implementation of the Narwhal protocol
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