TL;DR Fees are now mandatory on Testnet, soon on Mainnet Contract factory pattern is now possible! StarkNet is introducing contract classes Delegate call is replaced with library call Intro We are happy to introduce StarkNet Alpha 0.9.0! This is an important version in which StarkNet makes significant steps towards maturity, with substantial…

StarkWare Glossary — TL;DR STARKs enable blockchain scaling by efficiently proving the integrity of computations StarkEx is an application-specific scaling engine StarkNet is a permissionless, smart contract Layer 2 network STARKs STARKs (Scalable, Transparent ARgument of Knowledge) are a proof system that enables the proving and verification of computations. …

Introducing the First Version of StarkNet Bridge: StarkGate Alpha Update (May 9th 2022): StarkGate Alpha is live on Mainnet TL;DR The first version of StarkNet Bridge, StarkGate Alpha, is live on Testnet, and on Mainnet! We await community feedback on how things can be improved. …

Introducing: Fee Mechanism — TL;DR StarkNet Alpha 0.8.0 presents the initial version of the fee mechanism (optional until StarkNet Alpha 0.9.0.) New API calls for estimating the transaction fee for obtaining the transaction trace, allowing better visibility and debugging capabilities Performance improvements to the StarkNet sequencer L1→L2 message cancellation Intro As shared in our roadmap, following…

Unlocking the Power of Compute on L2 — TL;DR GoL2 (based on the classic Conway’s Game of Life) is live on StarkNet testnet It is a powerful demonstration of how compute-hungry dApps, that are impractical on L1, can thrive on L2 What is the Game of Life? Going back to the 1940s, Computer Scientists were exploring the capabilities unlocked by Turing-complete programs, well before general…

A Blockchain Vision That Would Impress Narnia’s Creator, by Eli Ben-Sasson — CS Lewis said integrity is ‘doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.’ Cutting-edge cryptography will empower blockchain to manage everyone’s data in accordance with this ideal. I’m busy solving a problem that doesn’t need solving. …

Usability Delivered, StarkNet Team Moves to Next Challenge — TL;DR We are building StarkNet in steps, starting with establishing usability, then improving performance, and finally, moving on to decentralization We have achieved our first goal: usability. This means we delivered general computation in an Ethereum-like state (years before it was thought possible) We are now moving to stage 2 of…

Spoiler — massive version alert! — TL;DR StarkNet Alpha 0.7.0 released to Goerli; packed with improvements Contracts can now be upgraded using the Proxy Upgrade Pattern Contracts can now emit Events Support for the long-awaited Block Number and Block Timestamp system calls Intro We are happy to release Alpha 0.7.0, a version packed with new features and improvements…

Unleashing L2’s Computational Richness — TL;DR L2-native dApps can now flourish free of traditional L1 gas restrictions Introduction dApp developers have always faced severe constraints due to Ethereum’s (L1) block gas limit. It limits not only how those dApps operate but also what those dApps are capable of doing. Layer 2 (L2) offers dApp developers a computational…