ChainCatcher message, Starknet announced on social media that the Starknet v0.13.1 upgrade plan has been slightly postponed to allow more time for the new full node version to fully support RPC 0.7.It is reported that the Starknet v0.13.1 upgrade will take place on March 5 on the Sepolia testnet, on March 6 on the Goerli testnet, and on March 12 on the mainnet. Pathfinder v0.11.1 has been released, and Juno v0.11.0 will be released in the coming days.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet tweeted that in the coming weeks, it will deprecate the public API of Starknet and will completely remove it in the future. This shift aims to promote decentralization and enhance the resilience and independence of Starknet. Starknet encourages the Starknet development community to transition to using one of the Starknet full node Pathfinder, Juno, or Papyrus, or one of the existing API services. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, zkSync development company Matter Labs will launch the public testnet of the Ethereum scaling prototype Pathfinder in Q1 2023. This could be the first Layer3 network based on Ethereum, which can significantly improve scalability.After the launch of Pathfinder, it will be open to the public for testing, research, and participation in the development of this scaling solution. zkSync's Chief Product Officer Steve Newcomb stated that a key advantage of Layer3 networks is their support for native bridging between blockchains. (source link)