Welcome to the 170th 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
@swmansionxyz - Huge Starknet Foundry update is out, check new 0.43.0 features
@GaragaStarknet - A high-risk flaw was found in Garaga’s MSM verifier - It’s been fixed, Garaga is now stronger
@Starknet - When Stage 1? Now - Starknet has just leveled up to a pure Stage 1 ZK Rollup, once again proving Starknet’s commitment to security and decentralization
@Starknet - We’re partnering with @Lombard_Finance to help bring LBTC, the leading Bitcoin LST, into the Starknet ecosystem - More liquidity, more DeFi opportunities, more use cases… LBTC is coming to Starknet
@RealmsEternum - So it begins: Eternum has entered *Empire Mode* - Eternum S1 is now officially live
@0xCrimsonFate - Open Beta is live on @Starknet - A new game is live on Starknet Mainnet
@evolute_studio - The Mammoth has awakened - A new game is live on Mainnet
@playggxyz - @Starknet x @playggxyz Gaming Edition One is live - 6 Games. 1 Epic Month. $100K in Prizes
@cartridge_gg - Introducing Cartridge Arcade - The central hub for everything about the Dojo gaming ecosystem, including: a discovery platform, player profiles and achievements, activity feeds, and leaderboards
@ForgeYields - Alpha Public Launch -- 19/05 on @Starknet - A new yield farming protocol is launching on 19/05
@forge_agent - AgentForge is excited to announce our selection for the @karnotxyz Accelerator Program - Here is a AI marketplace building with the SN Stack
@tradeparadex - Paradex just completed it’s first smart contract audit by @cairoaudit - Approximately 80–85% of Paradex’s Chain codebase is now audited
@StarkPay_App - StarkPay: The Comprehensive Web3 Payment and Privacy Chain - Here is a deep dive article about StarkPay, a new Appchain using the SN Stack
@NimboraIntern - As previously announced, today we are initiating the sunsetting of sSTRK on Nimbora - In the following 2 weeks, all Nimbora users can initiate withdrawal requests of their assets
@ohayo_dojo - Welcome to the roundup - Here is the Dojo weekly recap
Ecosystem stats
@Starknet_OG - From 3k–4k to 50k+ daily active users in the past few weeks - Hitting a 1-year ATH
@Starknet_OG - Starknet is now the first ZK Rollup in terms of TVL and activity
@StarkWareLtd - Today, we’ve surpassed 1 billion processed transactions on StarkEx - Industry leaders like Sorare are building on StarkEx, and now, this stack is available to everyone through the SN stack
Starknet TVL - TVL on Starknet now worth $615m
Avihu Levy | Bitcoin Horizons: from OP_CAT to Covenants | Hong Kong
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Fall Roadmap Updates
Changes to the delegated voting power by the foundation
Cairo v2.11.0 is out!
SNIP 28: Staking V2 proposal
Useful links & articles
@Starknet_OG - Starknet in Motion: Building, Shipping, Bitcoining, decentralizing, Non-Stop - Here’s a glimpse of what’s been shipped in the last two months alone, and why there’s no second-best L2
@l2beat - Another ZK Rollup joins the Stage 1 squad - Starknet - Here are all the changes
@SNG_Archive - Pistols at dawn is live; an onchain dueling game where honor is everything, and timing is life or death - Here is a deep dive thread into this new game
@StarkWareLtd - New episode of Hit Me With Your Best STARK - This time, the focus is on Garaga, Noir language, and Cairo
@lordcumberlord - This is a long-format guide for @RealmsEternum noobs entering Eternum for the very first time - If you are new to Eternum, here is the guide to watch
Developer resources
@haikoxyz - Haiko’s Next Chapter: Open Source and Sunsetting - Haiko is now open source
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