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StarkWare launches application threads on Starknet using a customizable developer toolkit

cryptobizinvest.com January 9, 2025

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Appchains launches on Starknet, a layer-2 blockchain on Ethereum known for embracing zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography. StarkWare, the lead developer of Starknet, shared the news on Wednesday, telling CoinDesk that its “SN Stack” will allow developers to easily build blockchains tailored to specific cryptocurrency use cases.

Stark ware originally Announced in July 2023 It was building a customizable stack for developers to create their own blockchains. The announcement came on the heels of similar releases from several StarkWare competitors — other layer 2 blockchains that expand the capacity of Ethereum by providing side lanes for users to transact quickly and cheaply.

StarkWare, founded in 2018, was one of the first Layer 2 scaling solutions to adopt ZK cryptography — a cryptographic technology that is quickly becoming one of the core technologies underpinning many next-generation blockchains. Compared to “optimistic” Layer 2 networks—the clustering technology used by most Ethereum scaling chains—ZK-based chains like StarkWare are viewed as more advanced and secure, albeit more difficult to build, more expensive, and more difficult to scale for general use cases.

“Going forward, projects will be able to build application chains using ZK-STARK gold cryptography with ease and low cost that was only possible through optimistic compilation processes,” said Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare. In a statement shared with CoinDesk.

The SN stack has various options aimed at meeting the needs of different types of developers. According to a press release shared with CoinDesk, “Developers can choose between Madara, an open source modular framework designed for resiliency, Dojo, optimized for on-chain games and apps, or StarkWare Sequencer, which provides full, high-quality performance.” Starknet Public Network Performance Infrastructure.”

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