TL;DR StarkWare offers a range of Data Availability (DA) modes for customers to choose from, according to their priority There are three approaches to Data Availability for STARK proofs, all of them are already available in production: — Rollup: the ledger is published directly on the blockchain — Validium: a Data…

Another Step in StarkNet Decentralization — TL;DR The StarkNet Token (STRK) is now deployed on Ethereum Mainnet Beware of scams! StarkNet Tokens are not offered for sale It will take time for the Foundation to determine the mechanism for distributing its tokens Tokens held by StarkWare shareholders, employees and by independent partner software developers are locked for…

The Foundation will facilitate the building of StarkNet as a permissionless, decentralized Validity Rollup. — TL;DR StarkNet Foundation is officially launched It is dedicated to supporting a thriving StarkNet Strong interdisciplinary board will lead the Foundation The Foundation is independent of StarkWare StarkNet is taking a major step towards its future community governance structure, with the establishment of the StarkNet Foundation.

TL;DR We are sharing a detailed plan for Regenesis, which has been shaped by extensive discussions with the StarkNet community. Special thanks to Kuba@SWM. Regenesis will follow the release of Cairo 1.0, making the system more secure by allowing simpler and safer StarkNet contracts Users should be prepared to update their…

TL;DR Cairo 1.0 is the first major release following the introduction of Cairo two years ago Cairo 1.0 will give developers a safer, simpler, more usable programming language At the heart of Cairo 1.0 will be Sierra, an intermediary representation layer that promises greater long term stability for Cairo programs Sierra…

StarkNet Alpha 0.10.0 released to Mainnet! — TL;DR Account Abstraction Improvements in spirit of EIP-4337 Validate — Execute separation Transaction uniqueness is now ensured in the protocol (Nonce) The fee mechanism is extended to include: L1→L2 Messages Declare Transactions Few Cairo syntax changes Intro We are excited to present StarkNet Alpha 0.10.0. This version is another step toward scaling…

The very first recursive proofs of general computation, now live on Ethereum Mainnet — TL;DR Recursive Proving is live on Mainnet, scaling StarkEx apps as well as StarkNet with a single proof It boosts scale, and delivers benefit in cost, and latency (a rare and exciting occurrence of scale and latency moving in tandem, and not being a tradeoff) It sets the stage for L3…

In this post we dive deeper into the design of the StarkNet Token, its minting schedule and expected timeline. Considerations The design of the StarkNet Token is shaped by the need to power a network that is composed of (i) Users of StarkNet, (ii) Operators — people providing the network with…

Our previous post explained what StarkNet is, how it is progressively being decentralized, and provided a summary of its two decentralization mechanisms. This post discusses the StarkNet decentralization process, the role of the StarkNet Foundation, and the need for a new native token for StarkNet. …