Last week in Starknet Issue #11: STARKS are the future 🚀

Stay updated with the latest developments in the Starknet ecosystem

gm everyone, and welcome to Last week in Starknet, where we summarise the key events in the Starknet ecosystem and much more!

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TLDR:

1. Developers will have the tooling they need for Cairo 1.0!

2. More and more exciting developments are coming to Starknet soon™️

3. Keep your Starknet wallets updated

🎉 Protostar’s Support for Cairo 1.0 is here!

Protostar, a toolchain for developing and testing smart contracts on Starknet, recently announced initial support for Cairo 1.0.

The current version supports only pure Cairo contracts, but we should see full support for Starknet contracts in the coming weeks!

👀 Starknet v0.11 is coming soon™️

Starkware announced an exciting network upgrade, which is highly anticipated by everyone: Starknet v0.11 will be hitting mainnet in a few weeks!

StarkWare @StarkWareLtd

Regular Reminder: Starknet alpha v0.11.0, an exciting network upgrade, is coming in a few weeks to Mainnet! ⏰ Make sure your Starknet wallets are properly updated to support the latest version.

❗️Make sure your Starknet wallets are updated

A small note from us before we continue with Last week in Starknet: Ensure that your Starknet wallets are updated.

You should see a small banner in your Argent X wallet which will inform you that you need to update your wallet. This requires a small L2 transaction. If you don’t see this message in your accounts, your wallet is up-to-date, and you don’t need to do anything.

Now, let’s get back to the newsletter!

🚀 New update for Argent X

We announced a new update for Argent X that gives you more clarity when signing transactions. This gives you more peace of mind and is just one of many ways that Argent X is the most secure wallet on Starknet.

Let us know what you think!

Argent @argentHQ

new week, new update for Argent X✨ we've improved user security by giving you more clarity about what you're signing here's the before and after for (1) sending crypto and (2) making a swap with @JediSwap in Argent X let us know what you think!

🤯100 million NFTs have been minted with StarkEx

Woah. What an achievement for StarkEx. Though this isn’t specifically Starknet, StarkEx uses STARKs, like Starknet, which powers the scaling behind both networks. StarkEx is app-specific, whereas Starknet is general-purpose.

This is a massive win for the Starkware team, as it truly shows how much potential lies in using STARKs to scale Ethereum!

StarkWare @StarkWareLtd

StarkEx keeps on scaling! 100M NFTs have officially been minted with #StarkEx on Ethereum! This magnificent amount of NFTs were minted by our partners at @Sorare, @Immutable, and the entire StarkEx community. To 100M more!

📚 Starknet Nairobi Bootcamp #2

The great Starknet community, Starknet Africa, has been holding a series of amazing sessions on Cairo and Starknet at the Starknet Nairobi Bootcamp, targeted at developers in Nairobi, Kenya.

In this second episode, we have Godspower Eze taking students on a journey to understanding Zero Knowledge Proofs and the Account abstraction concept.

Starknet Africa 🌍 @StarkNetAfrica

The recording of our @Starknet Nairobi Bootcamp #2 is now available on YouTube @The_python_dev_ did an amazing job by going in-depth on ZKPs, Account Abstraction and Validity Proofs Link to class ⤵️ 🔗 youtu.be/hvBGnM9bOtY

💭 Things we found Interesting

FreshPizza demonstrates how you can create alternative interfaces for existing protocols by using an Age of Empires interface for DeFi interactions, like trading tokens.

FreshPizza @freshPizzaDev

Well, here it is: ageofstark.com Unfortunately the time didn't suffice to create a full zapper app. But I think it's still a fun example of how you can create alternative interfaces for existing protocols. TL;DR of what the app does: 👇

ageofstark.comAge of StarkAge of Stark provides a fun way for you to manage your Starknet assets.

Garaga enables efficient pairing operations on Starknet, by using polynomial representations of field elements. Currently working on enabling the verification of Snarks in Starks, you’d definitely not want to miss out on this one!

felt*roid Prime @feltroidPrime

Garaga is ready to verify the first ever SNARK inside a STARK. Wanna help and make history ? github.com/keep-starknet-… 👀

github.comfeat: add Groth16 SNARK circuit on bn254 verification example · Issue #45 · keep-starknet-strange/garagaadd a file in /tests/cairo_programs/verify_groth16.cairo input a groth16 proof and use the pairing and e12 arithmetics functions to verify it. Example of usage of the library can be found in tests/...

Awesome Developer’s Resources

1. DrSpacemnn, Developer Advocate at Starkware, gave a keynote covering unlocking on-chain possibilities with Starknet.

2. An article by Sphinx, on how Starknet differs from other L2s.

3. A continuation of the series of articles by Ilia Volokh on Starknet’s decentralized protocol plans.

4. A deep dive into Cairo 1.0 by solving some Starkling challenges by Starknet Africa.

👀 What to look out for!

In collaboration with Argent and Starkware, Nethermind will be holding a second Starknet London meetup, with a dedicated Cairo 1.0 workshop by gigabrain @eniwhere_.

If you’re anywhere near London on March 27, 2023, book a spot now. You won’t regret it!

Nethermind @nethermindeth

Did someone say Starknet Meetup London number 2 👀 Excited to announce we're co-hosting the second Starknet Meetup in London 🇬🇧 with @argentHQ and @StarkWareLtd Get ready to get #Starkpilled with a Cairo 1.0 workshop by @CairoLang whizz @eniwhere_ 🔥👇 meetup.com/starknet-londo…

meetup.comStarknet London Meetup #2, Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 6:30 PM | Meetup**📣 Starknet Meetup continues to (zk)roll through London!** The **second Starknet London meetup** \- co\-hosted by Argent and Nethermind \- is right around the corner\. T

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