Starknet roundup 228
Everything you need to know about what happened in the Starknet ecosystem over the past week
Welcome to the 228th 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 5 minutes of reading!
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Protocol & dev tool updates
@swmansionxyz - Reading Cairo call sites just got easier - CairoLS now shows function parameter names as inlay hints
Ecosystem Highlights
@StarkWareLtd - Today, a fully spec-compliant Falcon-512 account executed a live transfer on Mainnet for ~$0,06 - That means a post-quantum Starknet account, built according to the full Falcon-512 specification, can now execute real transactions onchain on Mainnet
@avnu_fi - Private swaps are live on avnu - You can now swap without revealing your balances or trade amounts, while enjoying gasless execution, best-rate routing, and the cheapest privacy fees on the market
@Starknet - Ready wallet now supports STRK20 Shielding for Ledger devices - You can now shield your assets using Ledger on Ready
@StarkWareLtd - Today, we open-sourced the formal verification of the STRK20 privacy pool - 30+ machine-checked theorems proving core properties, so anyone can rebuild the project and independently re-check every proof
@SatsTerminal - Borrow against BTC, get paid on Starknet - BTC lending and borrowing, powered by Starknet, is now live on Sats Terminal
@Privily_fi - The @HyperliquidX HyperEVM is now live on Privily, joining 22 other chains - Deposit, send, trade, and get paid on HyperEVM, privately, secured by Starknet
@xverse - Staking your Bitcoin on @Starknet just got a whole lot simpler on the Xverse mobile app - You can now stake your Bitcoin on Starknet from Bitcoin network in a single click
@StarknetFndn - PROOF starts today. 80 teams applied - Here are the 10 teams that made it
@Lyskey - Starknet’s privacy stack is wild because it basically covers every vertical within one shared architecture - Here’s a quick explanation of why
@jokers_of_neon - Season IV is live - This new season includes new cards, a new Boss, more rewards, and a brand-new way to prove your consistency
Ecosystem stats
@lordcumberlord - Cage Calls just hit 20k all time predictions
@Lyskey - Over 67% of $STRK supply is now circulating, with just 8 months left of Investor & Early Contributor unlocks - Meanwhile, STRK is becoming a bet on privacy, quantum resistance & BTCFi
Starknet TVS - Starknet TVS is now $400M
What Oklahoman’s actually think about Bitcoin | Documentary
Heavily discussed Starknet Improvement Proposals
Update to StarkWare delegation program - call for feedback
Remove LBTC from Starknet staking-reward eligibility
Starknet 0.14.3 pre-release notes
Why Starknet needs a standard way to find account capabilities
Useful links & articles
@StarkWareLtd - Starknet’s Quantum Edge: STARKs and Native Account Abstraction - Here’s why Starknet is structurally better prepared than most blockchains for the post-quantum era
@castle_labs - The New Security Bar for Onchain Finance - This article explores how Starknet combines privacy, programmability, and quantum resistance, using strkBTC as a key example
Developer resources
@akashneelesh - Starting a new telegram group for people looking to build on top of our privacy stack - DM him to have access to it
You can check out all of the past updates here.
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