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Last Week In Starknet #4

Stay updated with the latest developments in the Starknet ecosystem

Jan 30, 2023
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gm everyone! Welcome to the Dappland Newsletter. Each week, we’ll summarise the key events in the Starknet ecosystem, including developer resources and guides, dapp updates, Twitter Spaces, events to look out for, and so much more!

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TLDR:

  1. Starkware announces the development of a new open-source sequencer designed to improve performance and decentralization

  2. Pxls open-sources their giveaway tool

  3. Haven’t you heard? It’s Starknet not StarkNet 

A new open-source rust-based sequencer?

The StarkWare team informed us of a new open-source rust-based sequencer developed to improve Starknet’s performance and decentralization.

The new sequencer will be implemented in stages until a Rust-based sequencer eventually replaces the current python-based sequencer. 

As you would expect from StarkWare, it’ll be completely open-source and available under the Apache 2.0 License.

Pxls open-sources their on-chain giveaway tool! 

Building in the open is at the heart of Starknet. The ecosystem is early, with teams playing around and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 

At the start of 2023, Pxls, alongside Argent, hosted the first on-chain giveaway on Starknet, with over 35,000 wallets entering the giveaway!

The giveaway's success was made possible by the tool that the Pxls team built. But rather than keeping it to themselves, in line with the ethics of Starknet, they open-sourced it for everyone to play around with it. 

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Pxls @PxlsWtf
over 35,000 wallets entered the first-ever on-chain giveaway that we hosted on StarkNet with @argentHQ it was a huge success - much bigger than we expected! that's why we're excited to announce that today, we're open-sourcing the tool that made it all possible!
2:39 PM ∙ Jan 25, 2023
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Awesome, awesome Account Abstraction 

Account Abstraction is a genuine gamechanger for blockchain usability. That’s why many of us have decided to build on the network over others. 

But explaining its benefits with real examples, not hypotheticals, can be challenging.   

Here’s one, though!

52 transactions signed at once thanks to multicall. Multicall bundles transactions together so you can complete them all at once instead of signing each one as you would on a network without Account Abstraction.

Batching transactions together is far better than the alternative, which is just one of many benefits of Account Abstraction. 

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LordBulbhead.eth 👑 @NFTBulbhead
signing 52 tx's at once is truly next level blockchain gaming @TomsMetaverse @jakebrowatzke
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7:53 AM ∙ Jan 28, 2023
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Software mansion releases a Cairo 1.0 package manager

Last week, the first alpha release of Scarb, a build toolchain and package manager for everything Cairo, was announced.

Scarb is a tool built by the team at Software mansion, in close collaboration with the Starkware team, providing a means to scaffold new Cairo projects.

What makes Scarb great is that, unlike Protostar, there is support for the three major platforms, MacOS, Linux, and Windows! 

Starknet community call #32

Starkware held the Starknet community call #32, hosted by Lead Developer Advocate Henri Lieutad, focused on discussing the upcoming Starknet v0.11.0 with the Builder’s council.

The Builder’s council is a small team of builders in the ecosystem assembled to decentralize decisions made regarding Starknet’s core architecture. 

Keep an eye on your Starknet wallets

Regenesis is an exciting network upgrade coming to Starknet in a few months. Unfortunately, because it's a network upgrade, you'll have to make sure your Argent X and other Starknet wallets are properly updated to support the latest version of the network.

Make sure you regularly open your wallets and keep them updated. If you don’t know how to do this, follow Argent’s guide:

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Argent @argentHQ
to check if your wallet needs updating, follow these steps 1. open Argent X (check regularly over the coming months) 2. if you see "update required," click on that and follow the steps upgrading your wallet will require a small StarkNet mainnet tx
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11:55 AM ∙ Jan 25, 2023
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Test-to-earn for all, not for the select few! 

Influence has announced that their testnet phase 3 is now live. This means anyone can play and test Influence - a grand strategy space MMO - and earn rewards! 

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Influence @influenceth
Attention Adalians! Influence's Testnet Phase 3 is live now! Time to colonize Adalia 🚀 Explore, Expand, Exploit Join our discord for more details discord.com/invite/influen… #playinfluence #StarkNet #MMO #web3gaming #adalia #testnetphase3 #testtoearn
4:00 PM ∙ Jan 25, 2023
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Actually, it’s Starknet, not StarkNet

In a HUGE (well, maybe not so huge) rebranding, StarkNet is now Starknet. 

This change is part of a light rebrand the team has been working on as they’ve come to realize that the spelling of Starknet using camel case is old-fashioned and creates a lot of inconsistencies.

Update your articles, documentation, and apps! 

Briq x Starknet Id 

Another one…for Starknet Id. 

Every week it seems that there’s a new integration for Starknet Id, and last week was no different. Briq announced that their latest version supports Starknet Id and can directly download a set image from the briq website!

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briq @briqNFT
briq 2.0.4 is out! 🧱 We’re introducing our @Starknet_id integration and the ability to directly download a set image from the briq website!
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9:42 AM ∙ Jan 27, 2023
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Awesome Developer’s Resources

  1. On episode 10 of the Starkstruck podcast, Lead Developer Advocate Henri Lieutad features Tarrence Van As from Cartridge as they discuss video games and blockchain UX for end users 

  1. Starkience explains how social recovery works with Argent and why it’s important

  1. Learn how to create and deploy your own custom NFT on Starknet with Cairo with Exy’s guide in partnership with MatchboxDAO 

  1. Starknet decentralized protocol - Consensus 

  1. Argent published the setting up the ultimate development environment on Starknet with Protostar, Argent X and Starkscan

💭 Things we found Interesting

George at Olive wrote an interesting thread explaining how Starknet could develop as it decentralizes

FreshPizza released a new dashboard that tracks total-value-locked (TVL) across Starknet DeFi

👀 What to look out for!

StarkWare Sessions is happening this week. We’re incredibly excited about it, and we suspect you are too!

Our co-founders, plus some of our team, will be attending, so come say hey to us if you see us. We’d love to meet you and discuss all things Starknet.

For those who will be in Tel Aviv for the Starkware sessions between 5th - 6th Feb, Raphael Durkin will hold Starknight, the official after-party for the conference!

If you’re unable to attend StarkWare Sessions, keep an eye on your Twitter, it’s likely that there’s going to be an abundance of exciting updates and announcements. 

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Raphael Doukhan🌹 @raphael_dkhn
Get ready for a night of celebration and fun with the Starknet community✨ Join us for #Starknight, the official after-party of the #StarkWareSessions2023 on Feb 6th at Storlero. Open bar, DJ sets, live performances. For StarkWareSession attendees only. eventbrite.com/e/starknight-t…
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5:31 PM ∙ Jan 24, 2023
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💭 You SHOULD be following this person 

We’re adding a new section to Last week in Starknet, highlighting one person in the Starknet ecosystem.

This week it’s @Web3zy - the Head of Community and Partnerships at Influence. 

You should follow them as they share incredible insights about what’s being built at Influence and how they’re doing it. But that’s not all. They also write great threads that break down complicated subjects that leave you feeling very bullish about the Starknet ecosystem.

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Eetherway.stark @Web3zy
Account abstraction will usher in the era of seamless user experiences to blockchain products. We all know UX, up until now, in blockchain was hot garbage, and made it difficult to onboard the masses. That's no longer the case... @Starknet has changed the game!
3:18 AM ∙ Jan 29, 2023
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