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Shipping season never ends 🟠
1. Starknet as an independent L1?
This month, Starknet opened one of the biggest strategic discussions in its history: whether Starknet should become an independent L1, in order to move faster on post-quantum and AI security?
- Eli Ben-Sasson, StarkWare’s CEO, publicly raised the idea earlier this month.
- Starknet already benefits from STARK proofs and programmable accounts that can adopt new signature schemes, but as an Ethereum L2, part of its security still depends on Ethereum’s own upgrade timeline.
- Starknet is targeting full end-to-end post-quantum security by next year, while Ethereum targets the end of 2029.
- The community voted in favor of researching the idea.
- A joint StarkWare × Starknet Foundation working group has now begun assessing the technical requirements, security trade-offs, economic implications, and consequences for users and builders.
- The group will publish its findings in the coming months before any potential next step is brought back to the community.
2. Post-quantum security is getting real
Research is increasingly turning into working infrastructure.
- StarkWare demonstrated a testnet transaction signed with a NIST-standard ML-DSA key generated and stored directly inside a phone’s secure hardware.
- A Pixel 11 generated the complete STARK proof for a real Starknet mainnet transaction in just 51 seconds using 2.41 GiB of RAM.
- Put together that means a phone can now sign AND prove quantum-safe Starknet transactions
- A developer (0xjuno) demonstrated post-quantum wallet migration on Starknet Sepolia, showing how existing Starknet accounts can transition toward quantum-resistant signature schemes.
- The estimated compute cost of creating a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction through QSB fell from ~$320 to ~$59, an 82% reduction in just a few weeks.
- The Falcon Challenge reduced Falcon-512 verification costs by 50.2%, from 48.4M to 24.1M gas.
- A fully spec-compliant Falcon-512 account transaction was executed on Starknet mainnet for approximately $0.027, by @tanya25519.
3. Privacy is becoming a native feature across Starknet
Shadow Accounts went live this month, introducing a new STRK20 primitive that allows apps to offer a Public → Private switch without publicly linking activity to a user’s main wallet.
- Ekubo added private LPing, allowing users to provide liquidity, earn fees, and manage positions privately.
- Opus added private collateral deposits, borrowing, and private CASH-USDC LP staking.
- Troves added end-to-end privacy across automated vaults and Ekubo strategies.
- Endur launched private native unstaking, making its full staking flow private.
- SuperVega launched private options trading.
- ArcX integrated Starknet privacy, allowing users to trade without publicly linking activity to their main wallet.
- Haven launched Starknet accounts as part of its private neobank infrastructure.
4. The ecosystem keeps shipping
- The Starknet Foundation launched several new user-facing products this month: (1) Bramble, a new self-custody wallet built specifically around Starknet’s native capabilities - (2) A dedicated BTCFi portal bringing together the different ways users can put their Bitcoin to work across Starknet - (3) The Starknet VIP Program for STRK and strkBTC holders, offering priority support, direct access to the Foundation team, confirmed spots at selected events, and more.
- Realms is back and rebuilding around a purpose-built Starknet L3 for games such as Eternum and Blitz, targeting better UX, lower costs, and greater flexibility.
- ArcX launched RISE and PAPER point markets alongside its existing Variational market.
- ArcX also launched Points Desk, allowing vetted sellers to sell points without posting collateral, and rolled out embedded wallets, allowing users to log in with email, Google, or X and trade directly.
- 3 new projects went live on Mainnet: Escape Saylor (game), Slay (NFT + launchpad), STRKWORLD (gaming + GameFi)
- 5 projects integrated Starknet & STRK: StonkFun added support for launching tokens paired with STRK - Moonshot integrated STRK - ShapeShift added Starknet cross-chain swaps - Pulsar integrated Starknet deposits, transfers, and card top-ups - Pump.fun added Starknet pairs with STRK-denominated holder rewards.
5. The numbers keep improving
- 1.7B STRK are now staked, representing around 23% of the circulating supply
- The Starknet Bunker holds approximately $150M in staked assets, including ~1.7B STRK and ~580 BTC
- SuperVega generated more than $5M in notional trading volume during its best month so far
- Starknet recorded 210 commits in one month, its highest monthly count of the past quarter
- starknet.js usage reached an all-time high
- Starkzap crossed 10,000 downloads
Can’t stop, won’t stop.
2 months left to wrap up 2026 in the best possible way.
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Shipping season never ends 🟠
1. Starknet as an independent L1?
This month, Starknet opened one of the biggest strategic discussions in its history: whether Starknet should become an independent L1, in order to move faster on post-quantum and AI security?
- Eli Ben-Sasson, StarkWare’s CEO, publicly raised the idea earlier this month.
- Starknet already benefits from STARK proofs and programmable accounts that can adopt new signature schemes, but as an Ethereum L2, part of its security still depends on Ethereum’s own upgrade timeline.
- Starknet is targeting full end-to-end post-quantum security by next year, while Ethereum targets the end of 2029.
- The community voted in favor of researching the idea.
- A joint StarkWare × Starknet Foundation working group has now begun assessing the technical requirements, security trade-offs, economic implications, and consequences for users and builders.
- The group will publish its findings in the coming months before any potential next step is brought back to the community.
2. Post-quantum security is getting real
Research is increasingly turning into working infrastructure.
- StarkWare demonstrated a testnet transaction signed with a NIST-standard ML-DSA key generated and stored directly inside a phone’s secure hardware.
- A Pixel 11 generated the complete STARK proof for a real Starknet mainnet transaction in just 51 seconds using 2.41 GiB of RAM.
- Put together that means a phone can now sign AND prove quantum-safe Starknet transactions
- A developer (0xjuno) demonstrated post-quantum wallet migration on Starknet Sepolia, showing how existing Starknet accounts can transition toward quantum-resistant signature schemes.
- The estimated compute cost of creating a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction through QSB fell from ~$320 to ~$59, an 82% reduction in just a few weeks.
- The Falcon Challenge reduced Falcon-512 verification costs by 50.2%, from 48.4M to 24.1M gas.
- A fully spec-compliant Falcon-512 account transaction was executed on Starknet mainnet for approximately $0.027, by @tanya25519.
3. Privacy is becoming a native feature across Starknet
Shadow Accounts went live this month, introducing a new STRK20 primitive that allows apps to offer a Public → Private switch without publicly linking activity to a user’s main wallet.
- Ekubo added private LPing, allowing users to provide liquidity, earn fees, and manage positions privately.
- Opus added private collateral deposits, borrowing, and private CASH-USDC LP staking.
- Troves added end-to-end privacy across automated vaults and Ekubo strategies.
- Endur launched private native unstaking, making its full staking flow private.
- SuperVega launched private options trading.
- ArcX integrated Starknet privacy, allowing users to trade without publicly linking activity to their main wallet.
- Haven launched Starknet accounts as part of its private neobank infrastructure.
4. The ecosystem keeps shipping
- The Starknet Foundation launched several new user-facing products this month: (1) Bramble, a new self-custody wallet built specifically around Starknet’s native capabilities - (2) A dedicated BTCFi portal bringing together the different ways users can put their Bitcoin to work across Starknet - (3) The Starknet VIP Program for STRK and strkBTC holders, offering priority support, direct access to the Foundation team, confirmed spots at selected events, and more.
- Realms is back and rebuilding around a purpose-built Starknet L3 for games such as Eternum and Blitz, targeting better UX, lower costs, and greater flexibility.
- ArcX launched RISE and PAPER point markets alongside its existing Variational market.
- ArcX also launched Points Desk, allowing vetted sellers to sell points without posting collateral, and rolled out embedded wallets, allowing users to log in with email, Google, or X and trade directly.
- 3 new projects went live on Mainnet: Escape Saylor (game), Slay (NFT + launchpad), STRKWORLD (gaming + GameFi)
- 5 projects integrated Starknet & STRK: StonkFun added support for launching tokens paired with STRK - Moonshot integrated STRK - ShapeShift added Starknet cross-chain swaps - Pulsar integrated Starknet deposits, transfers, and card top-ups - Pump.fun added Starknet pairs with STRK-denominated holder rewards.
5. The numbers keep improving
- 1.7B STRK are now staked, representing around 23% of the circulating supply
- The Starknet Bunker holds approximately $150M in staked assets, including ~1.7B STRK and ~580 BTC
- SuperVega generated more than $5M in notional trading volume during its best month so far
- Starknet recorded 210 commits in one month, its highest monthly count of the past quarter
- starknet.js usage reached an all-time high
- Starkzap crossed 10,000 downloads
Can’t stop, won’t stop.
August shipping:
nitter.gq/StarkWareLtd/status/20…
Shipping season never ends 🥷
1⃣ StarkWare executed the first ever quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction
The first quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction in history was executed and mined on Bitcoin Mainnet using Avihu Levy’s QSB design.
> QSB allows Bitcoin holders to move funds into a quantum-safe setup today, without changing the Bitcoin protocol or requiring a fork.
> The transaction proved that the design can already work on Bitcoin Mainnet.
> While QSB is not intended as Bitcoin’s optimal long-term post-quantum solution, it provides holders with a last-resort protection mechanism without waiting for protocol-level consensus.
> The milestone builds on years of quantum-security research from StarkWare and the Starknet ecosystem.
2⃣ More builders than ever are shipping privacy primitives
StarkWare launched the STRK20 Private Sprint to accelerate the development of privacy applications on Starknet.
> Over 200 builders are now working on more than 170 projects spanning AI, trading, DeFi strategies, gaming, and more.
> The sprint was extended by one week, with builders able to join until September 7, and anyone can join.
> StarkWare also open-sourced PriPay, a private payroll system enabling recurring or one-time salary payments that remain hidden from block explorers while preserving an onchain audit trail.
3⃣ Starknet revenue is going back into the ecosystem
For the first time, StarkWare delegated 25M STRK generated from Starknet sequencer revenue back into the ecosystem.
> The 25M STRK is being used to strengthen projects and operators contributing to Starknet through delegation.
> Round 3 of the StarkWare Delegation Program was also executed, with selected validators receiving between 5M and 20M STRK each.
> The new structure comes with higher expectations around validator performance, reliability, testing, and active ecosystem participation.
4⃣ The ecosystem keeps shipping
> Realms is building an L3 on top of Starknet for Blitz and Eternum, targeting significantly lower costs and better UX.
> SuperVega launched its public beta, enabling one-tap options trading on BTC, ETH, ZEC, and STRK, with end-of-year expiries now available.
> Extended added 22 new RWA markets during August, launched Chase Orders, and unveiled its vision to become a regulated, globally distributed onchain trading platform, starting with the EU.
> Offmarket launched private Polymarket trading on Starknet.
> Chance launched an intent verification layer for AI agents, with settlement proofs anchored on Starknet and native escrow wallets.
> Omnisea integrated Starknet as the first non-EVM chain supported by its LayerZero-powered bridge.
> Gaffer launched a new season of its fantasy football app.
> VeilX went live on testnet, enabling anonymous swaps between regulated ERC-3643 assets through an Ekubo extension.
> Erebus is building a private trading layer where AI agents can negotiate and trade privately.
5⃣ The numbers keep improving
> 1.5B STRK are now staked on Starknet, representing ~22% of the circulating supply
> 10M STRK are now being staked privately through Endur
> Starknet apps generated $40M in revenue over the past year
> Starknet revenue is up 1,200% YoY, with Starknet now operating profitably
> Nearly 200 builders are currently shipping new privacy primitives
Can’t stop, won’t stop.
September shipping: nitter.gq/StarkWareLtd/status/21…
Shipping season never ends 🥷
1⃣Quantum-safe Bitcoin is getting dramatically cheaper
StarkWare, Yukon Research and Eigen Labs launched the Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Autoresearch Challenge, with more than $20,000 in prizes for improving StarkWare’s quantum-safe mechanism for Bitcoin.
→ In just one week, developers and AI agents reduced the estimated GPU compute cost of a QSB transaction by 79%, from roughly $320 to $67!!!!
→ $18,000 are still up for grabs over the following week.
→ In parallel, the ECDSA.Fail autoresearch effort brought together more than 100 participants and AI agents to optimize a key component of potential quantum attacks on elliptic-curve cryptography. The resulting paper, co-authored by seven researchers from StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation, reported an 86.1% reduction in its benchmark resource score.
2⃣Privacy is moving from infrastructure into real applications
The STRK20 privacy ecosystem expanded significantly during September, with privacy becoming a native feature across more Starknet applications.
→ @DashXHQ launched Private Payroll, enabling global teams to send onchain payouts without exposing salaries or payroll activity publicly.
→ @EkuboProtocol launched private swaps, allowing users to trade assets privately while accessing the same liquidity as public swaps.
→ @YieldStark added private interactions directly into its app.
→ @Chance_ integrated STRK20, allowing AI transfers to be checked against signed mandates while keeping the sender, recipient and amount confidential.
→ The STRK20 Private Sprint officially wrapped up with more than 220 builders creating 200 privacy projects across payments, DeFi, AI, trading and infrastructure.
→ StarkWare also announced Privacy Summit in Singapore, bringing together builders and researchers for live demos and discussions around onchain privacy, compliance and private applications.
3⃣Bitcoin on Starknet keeps expanding
The strkBTC ecosystem continued to grow across bridging, yield, applications and distribution.
→ @gardenfi now powers the official strkBTC bridge, allowing users to bridge BTC or swap supported assets from more than 11 networks into Starknet.
→ The @StarknetFndn launched The Bitcoin Button, where the last user to press the button before the timer reaches zero wins the grand prize.
→ It also launched a strkBTC creator campaign through Kaito, with two separate epochs rewarding creators for producing original Bitcoin-on-Starknet content.
4⃣The ecosystem keeps shipping
→ @arcxtrade added $NVDAx, $MSTRx and $SPYx, enabling users to deposit tokenized stock assets and earn up to 20% APY.
→ ArcX also introduced tradable pre-TGE point markets, allowing users to buy exposure to points before token launch on both Extended & Variational
→ Variational points went live with a settlement structure capped at $40.
→ Paradigm RFQ went live onchain through @paradex, bringing institutional-style options liquidity directly onchain
→ Paradex options open interest crossed $300M following the rollout.
→ Paradex launched US500 options, its first RWA options market.
→ ethereum:0xca14007eff0db1f8135f4c25b34de49ab0d42766 merchant payments went live through AEON across India, Colombia, Mexico and Africa, including support for local payment rails such as QR payments, bank transfers and mobile money.
→ A new Starknet thesis hub now brings the ecosystem’s biggest narratives together in one place, covering privacy, quantum security and Bitcoin from an investor perspective, with STRK sitting at the center of the ecosystem.
5⃣The numbers keep improving
→ More than $1M worth of assets across 45 different tokens are now shielded on Starknet
→ More than 220 builders participated in the STRK20 Private Sprint
→ 200 privacy projects were built during the sprint
→ Paradex options open interest crossed $300M
→ SuperVega volume continued growing month over month
→ Paradex options DAU continued reaching new ATHs
→ Starknet ecosystem activity metrics continued trending upward month over month
Can’t stop, won’t stop.
StarkWare retweeted
18 years ago today, Satoshi published the Bitcoin whitepaper.
But have you actually read it?
Answer 5 questions to claim your proof-of-read → strkbtc.starknet.io/read
Our CEO, @EliBenSasson, is behind:
→ Zcash, basically pioneering privacy SoV.
→ Starknet, now providing the best ecosystem for programmable privacy.
Absolute privacy legend.
Smaller STARK proofs. Cheaper quantum-safe signatures.
Two things that matter for Starknet’s future, and two research challenges you and your AI agent can contribute to today.
The next improvement could have your name on it 👇
provably.fast provably.fast/
4/ Before the challenge begins, learn from some of the people building this technology:
→@adihq: Introduction to autoresearch
→@akashneelesh: How to do autoresearch well
→@zeeshan_utd: Real-world case studies
→@omarespejel: Challenge briefing & setup
Then it's your turn.
5/ The challenge kicks off at 3:15 PM on November 5th, with three hours to put your AI-powered research skills to the test.
Whether you're a developer, researcher, or simply an AI enthusiast, this is your chance to contribute to something meaningful.
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