Last week in StarkNet #2

StarkWare unveils Papyrus, design a t-shirt for StarkWare Sessions, a deep dive into Cairo 1.0 and so much more!

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TLDR:

1. Starkware unveils Papyrus, a new open-source full node for StarkNet

2. Starkware organizes a t-shirt design competition for Starkware sessions

3. A deep dive into Cairo 1.0 by Tarrence Van As from Cartridge

🎉 Starkware Unveils Papyrus

Earlier last week, the team at Starkware unveiled Papyrus, a new open-source full node for StarkNet. Papyrus is built in the Rust programming language and tracks the state of the network as it evolves over time. 

It’s a crucial component in the ongoing development of the StarkNet infrastructure as it’ll provide the foundation for the new StarkNet sequencer, an upcoming feature that will significantly enhance the network's throughput.

🎨 Will your design win the Starkware sessions’ 2023 t-shirt competition?

StarkWare has asked the ecosystem to come up with some t-shirt designs for StarkWare Sessions. StarkWare sessions is going to be one of the biggest crypto events in 2023,  which means this could be a great opportunity for designers and artists!  

What do you win?

Not only do you get your design featured on a t-shirt that verifies (off-chain) your talent, but you’ll win tons of merch AND a free ticket!

📊 StarkNet added to L2Fees!

StarkNet just recently got added to L2Fees, which tracks fees across different Ethereum’s Layer 2 networks!

💡 Everything you need to know about Account Abstraction

StarkWare held an amazing event last week with the visionaries who imagined Account Abstraction and turned it into reality on StarkNet! 

The event hasn’t been uploaded yet to recap, but it should be soon. If you want to learn about Account Abstraction, this event is perfect for your curious mind.  

🪪 Another win for StarkNet IDs

Last week we wrote about StarkNet IDs being compatible with the decentralized exchange 10K Swap. This week there’s been another awesome partnership. 

MintSquare now gives you easy access to your NFT profile using your .stark domain! 

Starknet.id @Starknet_id

🌴 NEW MAINNET INTEGRATION 🌴 With your stark domain, you can now easily access your NFT profile on @MintSquareNFT Nice and smooth 😎

🖼️ Argent X improves NFTs 

The largest wallet on StarkNet, Argent X, has improved how NFTs are displayed. 

Argent @argentHQ

another week, another update for Argent X! this time a huge improvement to the NFT screens now you can enjoy an even better viewing experience for your StarkNet NFTs

🔄 New and improved SithSwap website!

SithSwap, another decentralized exchange on StarkNet, recently carried out a total revamp of its website and documentation.

But that’s not all, SithSwap has deployed their audited contract to mainnet.

SithSwap @SithSwap

#StarkNet, Check out our new website and revamped docs to start off the year and get ready for #mainnet! ✨ Our audited #AMM contracts are now deployed on @Starknet Alpha Mainnet, ready for launch next month 🫳 👁️ sithswap.com

🤖 StarkNet x AI = gaming scalability 

Loaf from Loot Realms teased how they’re using AI in their game development. 

🍞 👑 @lordOfAFew

We are leveraging AI models wherever we can in @LootRealms Eternum This is your Military Advisor (MJ V4) using a GPT3 script generated from an on-chain battle report parsed into @D_ID_ for a generation. Timestamp this quality for seeing where it is in 6 months...

 

That wasn’t the only update for Realms, as they released an update on Bibliotheca DAO.

🧱 Awesome developer resources

Tarrence Van As dives deep into Cairo 1.0 and the possibilities unlocked by metaprogramming

Starkience explains how to use Session keys on Argent X enabled by Account Abstraction (still experimental!) 

Nurstar discusses with Louis Guthmann why developers should explore Cairo

StarkNet Africa held a series of classes organized to help developers learn Cairo 

💭 Things we found interesting

A remix plugin for using warp to transpile Solidity codes to Cairo by @tjelillah

A lightweight documentation generator for Cairo contracts by Yuval

👀 What to look out for!

Uniswap is hosting StarkNet for what will be an interesting Twitter Space, discussing the proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on StarkNet. First Maker, then Aave and now Uniswap, all the big DeFi players are coming to StarkNet. Slowly, then suddenly!

Uniswap Foundation @UniswapFND

On Tuesday Jan 24 at 11 am EST, the UF will co-host a Twitter Space with @StarkWareLtd and @nethermindeth We will discuss the proposal to deploy v3 on StarkNet, and the novel questions raised by what would be v3’s first non-EVM deployment https://t.co/fa8JZloSx5

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