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Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs
21.2.2024
Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare
STRK Tokens Claimed Hit 420M in a Day as On-Chain Metrics Soar
21.2.2024
More than 490,000 individual wallets claimed 420 million starknet (STRK) tokens in the 24 hours after the highly anticipated airdrop went live, with the token's market cap remaining above $1.2 billion
Starknet Token STRK Begins Trading at $5 After Mammoth Airdrop
20.2.2024
Starknet distributed 728 million tokens to around 1.3 million addresses in what is being dubbed as the largest airdrop of the year
Layer-2 Chain Starknet's Much-Awaited STRK Token Airdrop Coming Next Week
14.2.2024
The airdrop will happen on Feb.20, and eligible users have until June 20 to claim their tokens
Starkware to Launch ‘Cairo Verifier’ for Improved Layer 3 Scalability
10.2.2024
Starkware, in a collaboration with Herodotus Dev, is poised to launch the ‘Cairo Verifier,’ a system designed to verify cryptographic proofs on Starknet’s Layer two. This innovation aims to circumvent the Ethereum mainnet, offering a solution to the comparatively costly and slow...
Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s
8.2.2024
Cairo, which the StarkWare and the Herodotus developer team worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer-2 blockchain, instead of Ethereum’s mainnet
Starkware CEO Uri Kolodny Steps Down Due to Family Health Issues
13.1.2024
Starkware faces a leadership transition as CEO Uri Kolodny resigns over pressing family health issues. While stepping down, Kolodny leaves the company in the hands of co-founder and friend Eli Ben-Sasson. Starkware Sees CEO Change as Uri Kolodny Resigns, Citing Family Health Uri Kolodny, CEO...
StarkWare CEO Uri Kolodny Steps Down for Health Reasons, Continues as Board Member
11.1.2024
Source: StarkWare Uri Kolodny, the CEO and co-founder of StarkWare Industries, has stepped down from his role due to family health issues. However, he will remain a board member of StarkWare and Starknet Foundation. Announcing his decision on X, Kolodny appointed Eli Ben-Sasson, the president...
StarkWare CEO Uri Kolodny Steps Down Due to Family Health Issue
11.1.2024
Celestia Rival Avail Inks Agreement With Starkware as Blockchain Data Race Heats Up
20.12.2023
Avail's new "data availability" solution, currently in testing, and Madara, which is Starkware's sequencer, are both expected to go live in early 2024. They might be used in conjunction to create new application chains or "appchains."
StarkWare to Pay 10% of Network Fees to Developers in Pilot Program
12.12.2023
Source: Adobe Stock Ethereum developer StarkWare said it will pay 10% of its network fees to builders as part of a new pilot program dubbed the “Devonomics Pilot Program” incentivising the team to make the network “bigger and bolder.” The first distribution paid to developers amounts to 1,600...
StarkWare Distributing $3.5M Fees to Developers in 'Devonomics' Program
12.12.2023
The developer firm, together with the Starknet Foundation, said that the program will benefit "dapp" builders and core developers of the Starknet blockchain
Starknet Foundation to Allocate 1.8B STRK Tokens 'Soon'
8.12.2023
Starknet said 900 million STRK are earmarked for the foundation’s Provisions Committee, and 900 million will be dedicated to user rebates
Bitcoin Ordinals Project Taproot Wizards Raises $7.5 Million in Seed Funding
17.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Daniel Krasoń The Bitcoin Ordinals project known as Taproot Wizards has successfully secured $7.5 million in seed funding in a round led by venture capital firm Standard Crypto. Additional contributions in the round came from prominent investors including Geometry, Collider...
Starknet Foundation Showers STRK Tokens on Contributors, Though They're Not Trading Yet
30.10.2023
The foundation, formed in November 2022 after the initial developer StarkWare minted 10 billion STRK tokens, is now awarding early contributors to the Ethereum layer-2 network – even though they're locked for trading at least until next April
Starknet and zkSync buck trend as crypto ecosystems shed devs by 28%
19.10.2023
Monthly active developers across the crypto ecosystem fell 28% year-on-year in October, though some have managed to buck the trend
Ethereum layer 2 zkEVM ‘Scroll’ confirms mainnet launch
18.10.2023
Blockchain data from Etherscan suggest Scroll’s mainnet was live over a week ago
StarkWare, Herodotus launch tech to verify data from any point in Ethereum's history
1.9.2023
Storage Proofs could prove useful for services like account recovery tapping into the ability to access and verify historical Ethereum data
Funds Unlocked: StarkWare Addresses Upgrade-Related Lockouts – Here's What Happened
31.8.2023
StarkWare, the development firm behind Ethereum scaling solution Starknet, has released funds that got locked up following a system upgrade last week.
In a post on social media platform X, StarkWare said a total of $550,000 worth of crypto held in accounts that had not been upgraded had become...
StarkWare recovers blocked funds
31.8.2023
StarkWare, which is an Ethereum upgrading protocol, had funds to the tune of $550,000 blocked following an upgrade. This occurrence took place because a section of funds was siloed. However, as per reliable information released, the company has managed to successfully redeem the amount. During...