# Starknet Interaction Tutorial for Beginners

By [Ervan](https://paragraph.com/@ervan-2) · 2023-11-01

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Starknet Introduction: Token Status:StarkWare native Token will be launched on the chainin October [https://decrypt.co/10/ethereum-merge-sets-precedent-further-change-starkware-president-ben-sasson](https://decrypt.co/111857/ethereum-merge-sets-precedent-further-change-starkware-president-ben-sasson) The total amount oftokens is 111857 billion, 100.8% of which is allocated to the community, which is determined by the community and is potentially airdropped.[https://medium.com/starkware/part-1-starknet-token-design-3cc5af17c066](https://medium.com/starkware/part-3-starknet-token-design-5cc17af066c6)

Starknet Introduction: Token Status:StarkWare native Token will be launched on the chainin October [https://decrypt.co/10/ethereum-merge-sets-precedent-further-change-starkware-president-ben-sasson](https://decrypt.co/111857/ethereum-merge-sets-precedent-further-change-starkware-president-ben-sasson) The total amount oftokens is 111857 billion, 100.8% of which is allocated to the community, which is determined by the community and is potentially airdropped.[https://medium.com/starkware/part-1-starknet-token-design-3cc5af17c066](https://medium.com/starkware/part-3-starknet-token-design-5cc17af066c6)

Project Brief Introduction:[https://starkware.co/](https://starkware.co/) StarkWare, azero-knowledge proof R&D organization, was founded in May 2018 with the core members being the former chief scientist of Zcash.On November 5, 2021, the alpha version of StarkNet's mainnet was officially released.StarkNet is a ZK Rollup Layer 11 application network that plans to develop its own ecosystem.

[https://www.theblock.co/post/148672/starkware-raises-series-d-funding-8-billion-valuation](https://www.theblock.co/post/148672/starkware-raises-series-d-funding-8-billion-valuation) In Maythis year, StarkWare closed a $5 million Series D funding round at a valuation of $80 billion, Greenoaks Capital and Cougue led the round.

Development status: Total number of deposits:40790,7, 9956,33 new people in the last 365 days, with a growth rate of 2%.[https://dune.com/gm<>/L<>](https://dune.com/gm365/L2)

TVL: $250.7 million, up 71% in the last 2 days. [https://l1beat.com/scaling/tvl/](https://l1beat.com/scaling/tvl/)

Ecosystem application:

2\. Official cross-chain bridge, Stargate.

3\. Cross-rollup bridge, orbiter.

4\. Layer <> wallet, argent-X Hands-on teaching:

5\. Layer1 wallet, argent-X. <>. Install the Google Wallet plugin [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/argent-x/dlcobpjiigpikoobohmabehhmhfoodbb](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/argent-x/dlcobpjiigpikoobohmabehhmhfoodbb)

1.  Register a wallet and back up your mnemonic.
    

Second, the official cross-chain bridge, Stargate.

1.  Connect to MetaFox Ethereum mainnet, argentX's starknet mainnet. [https://starkgate.starknet.io/](https://starkgate.starknet.io/)
    
2.  Click to deposit, ETH--starknet.
    
3.  Click Withdraw, starknet--eth.
    

Three, across the rollup bridge, orbiter.

1.  Connect MetaFox to the MetaBenz mainnet, argentX wallet starknet mainnet, and cross-chain ETH tokens from mainnet to starknet. [https://www.orbiter.finance/?dest=StarkNet](https://www.orbiter.finance/?dest=StarkNet)
    
2.  Cross-chain ETH tokens from Starknet back to Ethereum mainnet.

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*Originally published on [Ervan](https://paragraph.com/@ervan-2/starknet-interaction-tutorial-for-beginners)*