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Starknet Ecosystem

1 : Ecosystem presentation

Starkware is a company which counts in its team, about sixty people, some of whom already had a lot of experience in crypto. Starkware offers 3 products:

  • Starknet : is a decentralized ZK-Rollup operating as an L2 network over Ethereum, where any dApp can achieve unlimited scale for its computation, without compromising Ethereum’s security.

  • StarkEx : Paid infrastructure service used for specific customers (companies/applications)

  • Cairo : is a programming language for writing provable programs, where one party can prove to another that a certain computation was executed correctly.

Starknet, based on Zk technology, is currently in alpha version. There are already nearly a hundred Dapps in development some of which are already in testnet.

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Notice : First of all, to know that no token is available yet. Then, due to network congestion, transactions may take a few minutes.

2 : Dapps presentation

Before exploring this ecosystem, we will first start with these two essential steps:

Wallet

Argent (@argentHQ)

We will start by installing ArgentX. To do this, follow the official Argent X tutorial here to create an account and get your address. Once you have your first address, make sure to set up the account on Goerli Testnet.

Braavos (@myBraavos)

Braavos is a friendly self-custodial wallet for managing your funds and NFTs as well as connecting to dApps. We will start by installing ArgentX. Get your Braavos wallet here.

Bridge

Starkgate

You can, thanks to Stargate, bridge your ETH from your Ethereum address to your Starknet address (on ArgentX) Here, the user guide, with ETH faucet, proposed by @odin_free : https://typefully.com/odin_free/8Il9ixx

-> And now let’s investigate the various app🕵️‍♀️

Defi

Starkswap (@starkswap)

JediSwap (@JediSwap)

MySwap (@mySwapxyz)

Starkdefi (@StarkDefi)

  • Description StarkDefi is a hub for Defi solutions to be deployed on StarkNet’s L2. It will allow for interoperability, scalability, and security via ZK-Rollup without jeopardizing the trustless nature of the Ethereum blockchain. The StarkDefi hub is the gateway to an exciting future for Defi on StarkNet.

  • Testnet No testnet for now.

  • Useful links Discord : https://discord.gg/vwQ7Rhps Website : https://www.starkdefi.com/

Xbank (@xBankFinance)

SlithSwap (@SithSwap)

  • Description SithSwap is a next-gen AMM on StarkNet, featuring instant volatile and stable swaps with ultra-low slippage and fees. SithSwap native­ly sup­ports pool gau­ges, 3rd-party bribes and SITH rewards that can be locked in ex­change for vot­ing power (in the form of fully tradable veSITH tokens) used to gov­ern fu­ture protocol emis­sions.

  • Testnet No testnet for now.

  • Useful links Discord : https://discord.gg/FhQhvmg9 Website : https://sithswap.com/

Starcombo (@Starcombo_xyz)

Brine (@BrineFinance)

Alpha Road Finance (@alpharoad_fi))

Other projects

Magnety (@magnetyfi), Zklend (@zkLend), …

Gaming & NFTs

Philand (@phi_xyz)

Briq (@briqNFT) & Mintsquare (@MintSquareNFT)

  • Description

  1. briq is an NFT composability system based on fundamental elements called briqs that can be combined to create more complex structures.

  2. Mintsquare is an NFT Platform on Ethereum Layer 2 ZK Rollups

Oasis (@PlayOasisXYZ)

The Ninth (@ninth_gg)

Astraly (@AstralyXYZ)

Other projects

Realms (@LootRealms), Exothium (@Exothium), Topology (@topology_gg), …

The projects presented are only part of what is being developed on Starknet. Feel free to search and find other interesting projects.I hope you enjoy.

Sources :

https://twitter.com/ZkpadAnalytics/status/1509101126355980291https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykCC0GztGV0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz_gJTZe2is&t=3755shttps://twitter.com/OmarOnChain/status/1510005814865575943https://www.argent.xyz/blog/getting-started-with-starknet/ Projects’ Discords and Medium.