Starknet announced that it will conduct a stress test on the Starknet Goerli test network at 17:00 today
Starknet announced a stress test on the Starknet Goerli testnet. The test will start at 17:00 and is expected to last for several hours. This test may cause congestion on the Starknet Goerli testnet, which may result in longer waiting times for transactions executed on the testnet. The test will only be conducted on the Starknet Goerli testnet. Other networks, including the mainnet and Sepolia testnet, will not be affected.
Starknet releases new version Cairo v2.5.0, involving advanced compiler changes
According to official sources, Starknet released a new version, Cairo v2.5.0, which only involves changes to the advanced compiler (Cairo to Sierra), so it can be deployed immediately on the Starknet test network and main network. This version also introduces various features of Sierra, eliminates many restrictions in matching expressions, introduces more friendly loop syntax, and adds the concept of "pub".
The number of Starknet bridge users has reached 1.21 million
According to Dune data, the user volume of Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Starknet bridged has reached 1,216,778, with bridged storage value of 856,052 ETH.
The Starknet community has voted to approve the proposal to "activate the Alpha V0.13.0 upgrade on the mainnet"
The governance page showed that the Starknet community has voted in favor of the proposal "Activating Alpha V0.13.0 Upgrade on the Mainnet", with a final support rate of 99.46%.
StarkNet bridge TVL has reached approximately $2 billion
According to Dune Analysis data, the TVL bridged by StarkNet has exceeded 850,000 ETH, reaching 851,744 ETH at the time of writing this article. According to the current price, the bridged TVL value is nearly about 2 billion US dollars, and the current bridged user addresses exceed 1.2 million.
Starknet opens vote for migrating v0.13.0 testnet to mainnet
Starknet opened the v0.13.0 testnet migration vote on the governance platform, and the vote will end on January 8th at 20:00 (UTC+8).
Starknet has launched a proposal for the V0.13.0 upgrade, and voting will begin tomorrow
On January 3rd, the Starknet Governance Committee initiated a proposal to activate the Alpha V0.13.0 upgrade on the mainnet at the Governance Hub. The voting will begin on January 4th at 12:00 UTC (20:00 Beijing time) and will continue until January 8th at 12:00 UTC (20:00 Beijing time). Earlier, Starknet had announced plans to upgrade to V0.13.0 on January 22nd, which mainly involves adding V3 transaction types to enable future upgrades such as adding STRK as a gas token outside of ETH on the Starknet network.
Starknet community proposes Starknet-based inscription standard SNRC-20
The Starknet community recently released the SNRC-20 standard, which provides adaptability to the inscription for the Starknet chain, and proposes concepts such as inscription chain computing and transfer of inscription information across Starknet-Ethereum.According to social media, the standard has been forwarded and followed by the founder of StarkWare and the official account of Starknet.
The number of active accounts in the Starknet ecosystem has exceeded 69,000 in 2023
Nethermind, a blockchain tool and infrastructure developer, released an article reviewing the progress of Starknet 2023, showing that the number of active accounts has exceeded 69,000 and the block creation time has been reduced from 2000 seconds to 97.09 seconds.
Starknet chain NFT inscription STRKS will start minting tonight at 8pm
According to official sources, the first officially verified Starknet logo NFT inscription, STRKS, will begin casting at 8 pm Beijing time tonight. The total amount of STRKS is 21,000, with a maximum of 1,000 STRKS Coins per card; after the STRKS inscription is engraved, it will be automatically verified, and it will be first come, first served. The STRKS inscription platform is STARK20 Protocol, which is Starknet's first NFT inscription service platform, inspired by SOLS, and created the Starknet NFT inscription paradigm standard.
