Starknet roundup 156
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Welcome to the 156th 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
@Ingo_zk - Introducing ICICLE-STWO - A GPU-accelerated STWO prover that delivers up to 7x faster proofs than @StarkWareLtd's SIMD-optimized backend
@swmansionxyz - cairo-coverage 0.4.0 is here - Featuring up to 2x faster coverage generation with multi-threading, and new cairo-coverage "clean" command for a fresh start
@bartolomeo_diaz - zkemail-cairo – DKIM RSA-SHA256 verification in Cairo general-purpose ZKVM - This enables email domain ownership & email body content ZK-STARK proofs
@daydreamsagents - Benefitting from native account abstraction, Daydreams generative agents will glide around Starknet's high performance L2
@Starknet - Starknet has the lowest average cost per L2 user operation among all Rollups - This means the Starknet stack is the most cost-efficient in the Rollup market, giving it much more flexibility to reduce user fees in the long run
@StarkWareLtd - We are thrilled to announce the launch of a $4M Venture Fund led by @Kheireddine_K to accelerate blockchain innovation in Africa - This includes: Financial support (grants up to $500,000), ultra-efficient infrastructure tailored to their needs (Public Starknet or Starknet appchains as a L2 or L3) and direct mentorship & technical expertise
@gizatechxyz - Introducing The Solver Agent: A ZKML-powered verifiable agent bringing intelligent automation to DeFi market making - Haiko and Giza are working together to integrate agents to Haiko + build the first PoC of zkML powered liquidity positions
@karnotxyz - Introducing the Karnot Chain Accelerator - Joining this accelerator means: Up to $25k in grants for your L3, 1:1 mentorship, direct connects in the ecosystem, and milestone-based funding up to $1M
@Starknet - We are happy to announce that ownership of the LINK token contract and the relevant bridge contracts on StarkGate has been successfully transferred to @chainlink - As such, you can now start bridging your LINK to Starknet using StarkGate
@CloberDEX - Clober is now live on @Starknet - A new CLOB DEX is live on Starknet Mainnet
@Carbonable_io - CPv3 is here - Carbon Protocol v3 (CPv3) is a big step forward for decentralization, ownership, and how carbon credits are managed
@velixprotocol - Velix on @Starknet Testnet is live - Here is a new liquid staking protocol live on Starknet testnet
@AFK_AlignedFamK - AFK is working on decentralized live streaming, meaning you’ll be able to broadcast without censorship or third-party control - AFK is a Fun and Fair WeChat with the Web3 ethos, using Nostr for communication and data, and Bitcoin and Ethereum for everything else on top of Starknet
@LayerAkira - STRK prices on LayerAkira has only deviated from Binance by a maximum of $0.002 on a $1000 trade over the last 24 hours - CEX pricing is available on Starknet today
@zkLend - The $kSTRK market on @zkLend now earns $STRK rewards on deposits - The STRK liquid staking token from zkLend is now earning STRK rewards through DeFi Spring on zkLend
@StarknetFndn - If you’re a current holder of wstETH on Starknet, you will need to migrate to a new token as Starknet gets ready to have wstETH endorsed by Lido - The process is easy and straightforward:
https://wstethmigration.starknet.io/
@PragmaOracle - @vesuxyz handled their largest liquidation event ever ($331k) without breaking a sweat - Here is a deep dive thread about it
@ohayo_dojo - Come take a look at what's happening in the Dojo - Here is the dojo weekly recap
@JokersOfNeon - Watch our step-by-step tutorial that will guide you through creating your very own Jokers of Neon MOD
Ecosystem stats
@Starknet - The total number of developers on Starknet reached an ATH in January - More devs mean more dApps, more use cases, and more fun in the long run for users
Starknet TVL - TVL on Starknet now worth $650m
How to use the STWO prover for client side proving
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Fall Roadmap Updates
SNIP 28: Staking V2 proposal
SNIP-X: Applicative Paymaster API Standard
Starknet v0.13.4 Pre-release Notes
L2BEAT Delegate Communication Thread
Learning from Staking V1: A Discussion on Commission Policy and Stake Distribution
Remediating a potential sequencer-prover inconsistency in the Cairo VM
Starknet security update: potential full node vulnerability recap
Useful links & articles
@Starknet_OG - The Starknet January recap is live - 1 month of news condensed in 10 minutes of reading
Developer resources
@StarkWareLtd - Walkthrough of Eliza and how Istarai played Eternum - Workshop with Istarai AI agent creator
@Starknet - How to use the STWO prover for client-side proving - 1-hour workshop on how use Stwo for client-side proving
@MentorNotPseudo - The AVNU Rust SDK will come soon - In the meantime, all AVNU’s APIs follow OpenAPI standards from day 1
@NethermindStark - Want to quickly learn how to write smart contracts on Starknet using @CairoLang? - Nethermind has revamped Starknet by Example, a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide for Cairo devs
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