Thriving bull markets cause L1 scalability issues to resurface. There are three desirable properties that blockchains try to achieve: security, decentralization, and scalability. A well-known trilemma in the blockchain realm stipulates that only two of these properties can be achieved simultaneously within the same system, with a compromise on the…

Live on Testnet, soon on Mainnet! — TL;DR Starknet alpha v0.11.0 is out and live on Testnet You can now deploy and interact with Cairo 1.0 contracts on Starknet Testnet! Computation on Starknet is 5x cheaper! For the first time, the Mainnet upgrade to Starknet alpha v0.11.0 will be put to a governance vote This marks the beginning…

How we got here, our DNA, and where we’re going. This article is based on a talk by Prof. Eli Ben-Sasson, a co-founder and president of StarkWare, at the StarkWare Sessions ’23 that were held in Israel recently. How did we get here? The STARK technology is based on proofs, and more precisely: proofs of…

Our second StarkWare Sessions is in the books. Here’s a recap of the top news, announcements, and workshops. — Some weeks after StarkWare Sessions 2023 and we’re still buzzing from the excitement. Over the course of two days Tel Aviv, we hosted over 1,000 attendees from all over the world, crypto ecosystem, and walks of life. Designed to bring our ever-expanding StarkWare community together to meet, collaborate, and learn…

TL;DR Cairo 1.0-alpha.3 was just released. Added new language features that will be supported in Starknet alpha v0.11.0, expected in two weeks. New Features Cairo 1.0 continues to move forward, providing developers with the ability to write richer applications and taking another step towards feature compatibility with Cairo 0. Notable features in…

We’re excited to announce a new partnership between StarkWare and Chainlink Labs! We’re thrilled to have Chainlink Price Feeds available on Starknet testnet, and soon on Starknet mainnet. This initiative is an important milestone to equipping Starknet developers with industry-standard and reliable oracle services. …

TL;DR: The Starknet Prover will be open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license The move will boost accessibility to developers, promote collaboration within the community and offer other benefits This announcement follows the open-sourcing of Cairo 1.0, Papyrus Full Node, and Starknet’s new Sequencer Intro Exciting news ahead: Starknet Prover will be…

TL;DR — We are releasing Cairo 1.0-alpha.2, which brings a host of new features to the language It is now possible to implement an ERC20 contract Those new linguistic features will be applicable in the upcoming StarkNet-v0.11.0 version Fresh New Features! Cairo 1.0 is continuing its fast improvement pace. Today’s release introduces, among other things…

TL;DR A new StarkNet sequencer is being developed It is open-source under the Apache 2.0 license It’s first goal is to increase StarkNet’s throughput A Shiny New Sequencer We are happy to announce a new StarkNet Sequencer is in the works. As StarkNet’s tech stack moves towards open-source, following Cairo 1.0 and Papyrus Full…