Tag: Starkware
StarkWare researchers propose smart contracts for Bitcoin with ColliderVM
Sidechain developer StarkWare and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers claim to have created a workaround for multiple Bitcoin script limitations [...]
How Bitcoin’s three pillars are about to fix money — StarkWare CEO
Bitcoin wasn’t supposed to just sit still.When Satoshi Nakamoto released the white paper in 2008, it wasn’t a blueprint for digital gold; it was a pee [...]
Ethereum Layer-2 Project Starknet to Roll Out Staking Feature Later This Month
StarkWare, the main developer firm behind Starknet, had shared in July that it would introduce a proposal for staking on the blockchain, but had not p [...]
Bitcoin Developers Working With StarkWare, Blockstream Claim Breakthrough on Covenants
The publication comes as Bitcoin, the oldest and largest blockchain, has attracted hordes of developers trying to add programmability and additional n [...]
Starknet Token Holders Ratify Plan to Implement Staking, in Landmark Decentralized Election
The new mechanism on Starknet means that anyone holding more than 20,000 STRK will be able to stake on the network, from the fourth quarter of this ye [...]
Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet
Snapshot X, the new governance protocol, makes use of storage proofs – a cryptographic feature that StarkWare, the primary developer of Starknet, has [...]
It's a Different Sort of Olympics as Cryptographers Face Off in Polyhedra's 'Proof Arena'
It's a Different Sort of Olympics as Cryptographers Face Off in Polyhedra's 'Proof Arena'
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Bitcoin’s ‘OP_CAT’ Possibilities Teased in StarkWare Test Project
Working on a Bitcoin's testing environment known as Signet, and using OP_CAT, StarkWare says it demonstrated how zero-knowledge proofs - an increasing [...]
Another Episode in the Layer-2 Teams Drama
This isn’t the first time that Matter Labs has found itself in hot water with its competitors. In August 2023, the Polygon team went on a media blitz [...]
Layer-2 Network Starknet Gets Ethereum Virtual Machine With Zero-Knowledge Proofs
“This is a great sign of Starknet’s growth and maturity," said the CEO of StarkWare, Eli Ben-Sasson, in a statement to CoinDesk. "Starknet dared to be [...]
Avail Data Availability Integrated by Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, ZkSync
Those chains include Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare and zkSync. Users will be able to opt in or out to use Avail for data availability – a ser [...]
Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans to Mimic 'Parallel Execution' Feature That Makes Solana Fast
The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project roadmap for the second quarter of 2024, released Wednesday.
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Ethereum Just Implemented ‘Proto-Danksharding.’ What Comes Next?
"While L2s are supposed to service the base layer, their proliferation may compete with the base layer for resources such as fees, developers, and liq [...]
Ethereum Fees Set to Drop for Arbitrum, Polygon, Starknet, Base. But How Much?
Leading figures behind layer-2 teams told CoinDesk how Ethereum's upcoming Dencun upgrade will affect their networks.
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StarkWare Plans New ‘Stwo’ Cryptographic Prover for Cheaper Transactions
A prover is a key component for layer-2s, since they generate proofs that are then posted to the base layer blockchain – a crucial process in linking [...]