ChainCatcher message, Starknet tweeted that its mainnet will upgrade to version v0.13.3 on November 27. At that time, the Blob Gas price on Starknet will be 5 times cheaper. Some node operators running Juno instances need to upgrade to version v0.12.4 to sync with the v0.13.3 blocks; if using Pathfinder > v0.14.2, no action is required.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet announced on the X platform the launch of Starknet v0.13.3 to meet the stable growth demand of Ethereum blobs. The Blob gas on Starknet is now 5 times cheaper; it has been launched on the testnet and is expected to go live on the mainnet this week.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on the X platform that part of L2 scaling is Ethereum increasing its blob capacity, and another part is Rollups becoming more data-efficient. It's great to see Starknet rise to the challenge, and I hope to see more EVM Rollups improve data efficiency.Previously, Starknet announced the launch of the solution Starknet v0.13.3, aimed at meeting the steadily growing demand for processing Ethereum blobs.

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet has released its latest roadmap, indicating that as the demand for Ethereum blobs steadily rises to significant levels, the project's short-term focus has shifted back to reducing fees.According to the roadmap, Starknet plans to launch Phase 1 of STRK staking this November, which will further advance its decentralization process, unlock new use cases for STRK tokens, and expand new business use cases on Starknet. Secondly, Starknet plans to implement "Stateless compression" and "squash-pricing" in version v0.13.3 this December to reduce network fees. Next, Starknet aims to achieve "Stateful compression" in version v0.13.4 in February 2025 to continue lowering fees, which will improve devX by supporting try/catch patterns and introduce L2 gas as a protocol-level resource to encapsulate all L2 native computation, storage, and bandwidth without coupling to the L1 resource market.Additionally, Starknet plans to implement 2-second blocks, a memory pool with a fee market, and other pending features in version v0.14.0 in April 2025.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet ecosystem DeFi yield aggregator STRKFarm.xyz posted on X stating that it is committed to becoming a profitable DeFi project aimed at developing and fully supporting its community. In light of this goal, the team has decided to implement fees.Looking ahead, STRKFarm will charge a 10% performance fee on each harvest of the Sensei strategies (such as STRK Sensei and USDC Sensei). The user experience on the application will remain unchanged, and the displayed APY is after all fees are deducted.As always, the team will maintain transparency regarding the measures taken. These fees will also be displayed in the user interface.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet announced a new record for transaction speed in the Ethereum Layer-2 network, with a maximum transaction rate (TPS) of 127.5 within 24 hours, and a peak reaching 857 TPS, far exceeding the previous record of 79.92 TPS set by Coinbase's Layer 2 Base.This test was jointly conducted by StarkWare, game development company Cartridge, and the Starknet Foundation, simulating large-scale user scenarios. The test game was "flippyflop," where players compete against robots, flipping tiles on a grid to generate a large number of high-frequency simple transactions, validating Starknet's scalability and TPS limits.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet announces the mainnet launch of the cross-chain bridge StarkGate v2.0 Beta, featuring new cross-chain standards, offering more functionalities, more tokens, and a better user experience.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet posted on the X platform stating that while the first phase of staking has gone live on Starknet Sepolia, it must be emphasized that this is just the beginning of a broader plan to transform Starknet into a fully decentralized PoS network. The vision for this transition is as follows:Phase 1: Introduction of a permissionless staking protocol and staking delegation, with validators expected to run a full node in preparation for the next phase.Phase 2: Validators will begin to prove blocks, signing blocks when randomly selected to do so.Phase 3: Validators will verify and vote on blocks ordered by the sequencer, with consensus proving to L1.Phase 4: Validators will take full responsibility for maintaining and securing the network by generating, proving, and validating blocks.This phased approach allows Starknet to cautiously roll out staking and make adjustments over time to meet the evolving needs of the community. Furthermore, the four phases outlined above are not a rigid or static plan and may change based on observations made during the process.

ChainCatcher news, according to official Starknet information, the total number of active Cairo developers on GitHub reached a new high since January 2023 in September 2024.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet announced on the X platform that StarkGate v2.0 has been launched on the testnet, which offers more features and options, with the mainnet launch expected to take place in a few weeks.

ChainCatcher news, the Kakarot team of the Ethereum Layer 2 network recently announced that its testnet has successfully migrated to the Starknet Sepolia network. Developers need to redeploy smart contracts on the new testnet Kakarot Starknet Sepolia.Kakarot is a verifiable EVM built on a STARK-friendly ZK-VM based on Starkware, developed by KKRT Labs, aimed at accelerating the application of zero-knowledge proof technology in blockchain infrastructures like Ethereum through the "STARKification" of the EVM.

ChainCatcher news, the smart contract wallet Argent has launched a Telegram Accelerator Program aimed at connecting Telegram users to Ethereum and Starknet. The application channel is currently open and will close on November 1st.The program aims to launch the next generation of mini-programs and will run for seven weeks, with all applications utilizing the Argent Telegram Wallet SDK and Starknet's L2 scaling solution. The official will fund up to 20 high-quality teams, with each team receiving $25,000 in initial funding, and subsequent funding of up to $1 million.

According to ChainCatcher news, the lending protocol Nostra Finance has initiated a governance proposal on Snapshot, suggesting to migrate the liquidity of NSTR from the Uniswap v3 pool on the Ethereum mainnet to the NSTR/USDC Nostra pool on Starknet, in order to improve the liquidity of NSTR on Starknet.

ChainCatcher news, StarkWare team member 0d1n fr33 stated that thanks to the on-chain collaborative Telegram game BEAST SLAYERS, the transaction volume on Starknet has reached its highest level since the airdrop.According to Dune data, the number of transactions on Starknet reached 370,000 on October 7, setting a new high since March 15 of this year.

ChainCatcher message, Starknet posted on the X platform stating that Starknet has always placed great importance on decentralization. Although the transition to a fully decentralized PoS network will take some time, the first phase of Staking has begun and will be completed this year.Regarding the community governance timeline for STRK Staking parameters, the specifics are as follows:Testnet of the first phase (Q4 2024)Mainnet of the first phase (Q4 2024)

ChainCatcher news, according to the community governance page, the Starknet community has voted to approve the proposal to launch the STRK token staking program. Starting from the fourth quarter of this year, any address holding more than 20,000 STRK will be able to stake STRK on the Starknet network.Previous news, the governance proposal to activate the STRK staking feature on Starknet has opened for voting, which will end in 2 days. STRK holders will vote on the minting mechanism and the protocol for modifying the parameters of the minting mechanism.

ChainCatcher message, the governance proposal to activate STRK staking on Starknet is open for voting, which will end in 2 days. STRK holders will vote on the minting mechanism and the protocol to modify the minting mechanism parameters.