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Tech

Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans 'Parallel Execution' to Mimic Solana's Speed Feature

The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project road map for the second quarter, released Wednesday.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, speaking at ETHDenver on Thursday. (Danny Nelson)

Tech

Debating Dencun: Will Ethereum's Big Update Help or Harm the Network?

While Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap could help the ecosystem reach new levels of scale, some developers think relying on third parties to improve access to Ethereum could backfire.

Ethereum Foundation's Tim Beiko joined The Protocol podcast to discuss the implications of the Dencun upgrade. (CoinDesk, modified using PhotoMosh)

Tech

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 – and costs.

Steven Goldfeder, CEO of Offchain Labs, the primary developer behind Arbitrum, speaks Thursday at ETHDenver. (Danny Nelson)

Tech

StarkWare Unveils New 'Stwo' Cryptographic Prover That's 'Blazingly Fast'

The upgraded prover should lead to faster and cheaper transactions, according to StarkWare. The news comes just a week after StarkWare and Polygon announced Circle STARKS, a new type of cryptographic proof.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, speaking at ETHDenver on Thursday. (Danny Nelson)

Tech

Starknet's STRK Jumps After Developer StarkWare Agrees to Delay Token Unlocks

StarkWare, the developer behind the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Starknet, had come under heavy criticism for the unlocking schedule for its new STRK tokens.

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)

Tech

Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.

Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

STRK Tokens Claimed Hit 420M in a Day as On-Chain Metrics Soar

The Starknet blockchain hit a record-high 1.06 million transactions on Tuesday, with a peak of 45.2 transactions per second.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

Finance

Starknet Token STRK Begins Trading at $5 After Mammoth Airdrop

Fully diluted value of STRK reached as high as $50 billion with an initial market cap of $3.64 billion.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Tech

Starknet Blockchain Plans Much-Awaited Airdrop of New STRK Tokens Next Week

The airdrop will happen on Feb. 20, and eligible users have until June 20 to claim their tokens

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)

Tech

Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s

The Cairo Verifier, 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.

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)

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