Issue #27: A mainstream wallet for Starknet

Stay updated with the latest developments in the Starknet ecosystem

gm everyone 

We’ve built an invisible wallet, Starknet is leaping ahead, and you can now do fiat to crypto transfers directly onto Starknet. It’s all very exciting. 

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TLDR:

1. Argent Unveils Web Wallet

2. Starknet Testnet has been upgraded to v0.12.1

3. Starknet Summit a few weeks away!

Argent Unveils Web Wallet

Last week, we announced the release of Web Wallet, our invisible wallet for the Starknet ecosystem. 

Web Wallet is a self-custodial wallet in your browser. It takes advantage of account abstraction to bring you the best experience from both web2 and web3. You create a wallet with an email address and password, eliminating the friction that comes with traditional blockchain wallets, such as seedphrases.

To try out Web Wallet, connect to unframed.co with your email. You’ll be blown away by the simplicity. 

Starknet Testnet has been upgraded to v0.12.1

A few weeks ago Starknet v0.12.0 (a.k.a Quantum Leap) hit mainnet, and guess what? Quantum Leap Phase 2 is just around the corner!

Starknet v0.12.1 will improve the efficiency and capacity of Starknet’s sequencers by addressing the issues of failed transactions. By including failed transactions in a block, and charging a fee for them, the chances of DDOS are reduced, and the focus on processing valid transactions is increased.

Fiat -> Crypto Transfers are now available on Starknet

Thanks to the amazing work of the Layerswap team, you can now send fiat from your card or bank account, and receive crypto on Starknet!

This is an amazing feat, as we see it as the key to onboarding the next wave of users to Starknet.

PS: Available to only US users at the moment. 

The Flex Marketplace only gets better

Flex is a dynamic NFT marketplace for Starknet. Last week they revamped their UI/UX, enabling one-click approval for listing NFTs, the ability to view your NFT attributes, stay in the loop with your NFT updates and activities, and much more. 

Encrypted Mempool for Starknet?

The team at Radius has submitted a proposal to the Madara team for the implementation of an encrypted mempool. The mempool should help advance the development of a decentralized shared sequencer.

By adopting an encrypted mempool, rollups can achieve a balance between user protection and effective blockspace optimization.

Arcade account for on-chain games

Last week @loaf from Realms talked about the possibility of Arcade accounts for on-chain games. 

This is an experimental approach to session-based keys using account abstraction on Starknet. We all believe that on-chain games deserve a far better quality UX than what we have now. Session keys are a principal factor in improving this. 

For more info on how they plan to achieve this, check out the thread below.

Announcing Tsubasa - An on-chain game running on Starknet Appchain

Are you a developer who also loves gaming and wants to contribute to something huge? Tsubasa presents you with that amazing opportunity!

Tsubasa is an on-chain game running on a @Starknet Appchain, built to harness the superpower of Dojo Engine. Keen to contribute? Check the repo.

💭 Other things we found Interesting

Andrew Milson reversed-engineered the Starknet/StarkEX Cairo prover, generated and submitted his own proof to Starkware’s Starknet Verifier on Ethereum.

The first open-source independent implementation of Starkware’s Starknet/StarkEX Cairo prover.

💼 Job Board

Starknet Foundation

The Foundation is hiring! If you're interested in working on the areas below, send an email to builders@starknet.org

• Developer Advocacy

• Ecosystem growth

• Developer partnerships

• Product and research

• Brand, comms, and events

• Business development

• Governance

• Policy and Legal

Argent

Bear markets are for building, so we’re hiring builders!

• Founder of Unframed - (Remote, Europe)

• Android Engineer - (Remote, Europe)

• Senior Backend Engineer - (Remote, Europe)

• Product Lead, Special Projects - (Remote, Europe)

Know someone who might be a good fit? We pay a referral fee for each successful hire.

🧱 Awesome Developer’s Resources

1. Basecamp will be kicking off in September.

2. Resolving the “unreachable code” error with Cairo by Eliel Mathe

3. A demo video on how you can deploy an Appchain on Madara

4. Efficient Utilization of Starknet Sequencer Capacity By EvyatarO

👀 What to look out for!

Starknet summit

The Starknet party wagon will be moving to San Francisco, featuring workshops, basecamps, hacker houses and so many more, kicking off 31st August, 2023.

The list of amazing speakers has already been unveiled, register to ensure you don’t miss out on the party!

Lambdaclass hacker House

Lambdaclass will be organizing a hacker house in Barcelona from August 23 to August 26th. I wouldn’t miss out on this if I were you.

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