Solana Tokens Now Bridge to Starknet via Hyperlane
Solana friends! Solana-based tokens can now be bridged to Starknet! SOL, DREAM, TRUMP, JUP, BONK, PUMP, FARTCOIN Love this new bridge by @hyperlane: Deeper liquidity, expanding DeFi, and strengthening the connection between Starknet and @Solana are all big wins. Great! Solana🤝Starknet
ZK‑STARKs Remain Complex, but Adoption Is Soaring
It's not that ZK-STARKs stopped being moon math. It's just that we have many more astronauts today. Go ZK!
Why Trusted Execution Environments Fail in Practice
Good thread explaining why TEEs don't work.
Starknet Proves Its Potential, Going Places
Told you Starknet will go places
Starknet Poised to Lead Prediction Market Top Ten
A month ago y'all be "Hyperliquid is The Perps DEX". Today it's # 3, and 3 of top 10 are on StarkWare tech. So u better listen to me when I say "In 5 years Polymarket and Kalshi won't dominate Prediction...
Choose Meme Gains for 2x or Tech for 100x
Alpha from 2x ZK co-founder (Zcash, Starknet) Want 2x returns? outrun herd on latest meme, gud luk. 100x? Buy & HODL true tech innovation.
Co‑founder Celebrates Zcash’s Birthday, Praises Its Resilient Vision
Happy Birthday @Zcash ! As a co-founder who's not involved in it anymore these days, I'm amazed by the grit, vision and integrity of the ecosystem and team. Glad to see the world recognizing this, and may you live long...
Future‑Proof Tech: Choose Solutions That Scale Decades Ahead
The best tech is the tech that solves not only today’s problems, but also the problems we’ll face tomorrow, next year, and a decade from now. It takes into account the challenges you’ll face when your ecosystem grows by 10X,...
Early Adopters Ahead; Zcash and Starknet Lead Future
Some of us live in the future. Takes time for the rest to catch up. Zcash. Starknet.
Future Top Prediction Markets Will Shift to Starknet
Prediction on prediction markets: a) 5 years out, the biggest prediction markets will not be Polymarket, nor Kalshi, and b) some of the largest prediction markets will be on @Starknet Why? For the same reason this happened with perps. I'll...
Do Non‑Private Rollups Still Earn the ‘ZK’ Label?
Since privacy is becoming so desired, here's a discussion worth having: Should ZK-Rollups that don't provide privacy be called ZK-Rollups? On the one hand, everyone is using this term and at some point it's easier for the sake of conversation and comparisons....
STARKs Are Blockchain's Future; Cairo Is Its Perfect Language
ZK-STARKs are the ultimate solution for blockchains. Seems like a trivial thing to say nowadays, but StarkWare used to be isolated in this conviction. Then we proved it to be true (pun intended). The next conviction that will become trivial in the...
Privacy Comes in Many Flavors; Build Them All
Note about Privacy and its different flavours: Privacy is not just one thing. It can come in many versions: - Privacy from other users, but not from the operator - Privacy from everyone, including the operator - Privacy that hides details of a tx...
Shape Starknet’s Future: Share Your Feature Requests
Follow this to discuss what you need in Starknet next
Starknet Achieves Performance and Succinct Verification
2 key elements that are hard to achieve together: - Performant - Meaning, it can process a massive amount of txs at a sufficient speed - Succinctly verifiable - Meaning, anyone can verify the network and make sure it executes txs correctly...
Native Account Abstraction Powers Web2‑style Crypto Adoption
One thing to understand about DeFi, crypto, and future mass adoption: The people already using crypto and DeFi are those who didn’t give up on it because of complex UX. But when mass adoption finally happens, it would be on apps...
Turning Bitcoin From Digital Gold Into an Active Asset
Tasks and their level of difficulty: Building a scaling solution for blockchains based on moon-math zero-knowledge proofs that is secure, fast, low-cost, and unlocks both Ethereum and Bitcoin < Operating the link for an online conversation on Twitter. So after I managed...
FHE Lacks Integrity; ZK Offers Scalable, Trustless Privacy
Kyle is the #1 VC investor but on this thesis -- "FHE is best for Privacy" -- you're wrong: Two problems with FHE: you need the *nodes of the chain* to do the heavy lifting of computing the FHE. Because FHE...
Satoshi's Triple Innovation: Decentralization, Incentivized Integrity, Public Verifiability
Satoshi's innovation is this: 1. Decentralization - anyone and everyone can operate the system. No need for permission to do that. 2. Incentivized Integrity (mining rewards) - Integrity is rewarded, maliciousness is not 3. Public verifiability - everyone can verify the system....
Censorship Risks Expose L2’s Decentralization Shortfall
Not even wrong. You’ll be censored, and you can’t mass exit when shit hits fan. Not decentralizing the L2 is an excuse for not having the tech and security to get it done.
USDC Goes Native on Starknet Boosts DeFi Efficiency
Yahoo! 🎉 Native @USDC on Starknet is great news: - Easier flow between DeFi projects - Better liquidity and higher capital efficiency - Smoother UX - Simpler integration for builders Love seeing this expansion!
Bitcoin’s Public Ledger Reveals Transactions Unlike Custodial Apps
Bitcoin’s lack of Privacy - a short explanation for whoever needs it. As part of my work around the tech that’s most relevant to Privacy ( Co-inventor of ZK-STARKs, co-author of the Zerocash paper, and a Zcash co-founder), I’ve spent a...
ZK‑STARKs: Bitcoin’s Post‑Quantum Future Endorsed by OGs
I’m no Greta (!), but I do know how to solve this: OP_STARK. Because ZK STARKs are The post-quantum solution to All Things (except climate change(!!)). And Bitcoin OGs from Adam Back and Luke Dash J. to Eric and Udi...
Turning a Beer Into 1000 BTC in Two Weeks
1000 BTC in 2 weeks. Hold my beer.
Decentralization: The Real Power Behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, DEX
DEX will flip CEX. People see how powerful Bitcoin and Ethereum are, but they overlook the very thing that makes them so powerful: Decentralization. That's the key. Change my mind.
Gold Needles Resist Quantum Magnets: Post‑quantum Security Explained
My best analogy to explain post-quantum security is this: Breaking cryptography is like finding a needle (a specific string of bits) in a haystack. In this analogy, quantum computers are like magnets that scoop up most needles. Post-quantum secure...
Zcash Founders Confront Misused Identities in Early Crypto Commercialization
Zcash founding story-time: As you may know, before I co-founded StarkWare, I co-founded Zcash. And before I co-founded Zcash, there was an academic paper titled "Zerocash". It was co-authored by 7 academics, including me. This was quite a few years...
Privacy Basics Made Simple for Everyone
Privacy explained, for normies
Starknet Shatters Scaling Records Again This Week
Your weekly Starknet-is-breaking-scaling-records update:
Maxi Tribalism Reveals Crypto’s Fearful Weakness
How to make sense of the Maxi World? I’ve been involved in Crypto since 2013. I was the one to point out that ZK solves both the scalability and privacy aspects of Bitcoin. I went on to convince the world of...
Starknet Earn Launches: One-Click Bitcoin Strategy Management
Yahoo! Starknet is launching Earn! 🧡 One click, easy access. You can now connect your wallet and manage your BTC strategies directly from Starknet Earn. Starknet fam 🧡 you get special treatment with Starknet wallets to be the first to access Earn. (EVM wallets, you’ll...
Small Crypto Investors in Free Societies Don't Need Privacy
Privacy: Who needs it and who doesn't? As "godfather of ZK" (as some people referred to me) I've spent a lot of time thinking, reading, learning, arguing about privacy on blockchain. Here's what I think about who needs it and who...
CEO's Core Duty: Align Team on One Goal
What’s my main job as CEO? Listen to the team and help us all converge on ONE THING that’s important. Then, it’s about reminding everyone of this ONE THING, and saying NO to everything that’s not advancing it. ONE THING for Starknet,...
Wake Up: Prioritize Decentralization Before It’s Too Late
People have been sleeping on privacy. One day it changed. My advice: Don’t sleep on decentralization. Not for L1s and not for L2s. Set your alarm clock early.
Crypto Still Fails the Everyday “Toothbrush” Adoption Test
The toothbrush test for products is this: Does everyone around you use this product, and do they do it twice a day? Here are items and products that pass this test: Cars Smartphones Text messages apps Social media apps Google and other search engines What about crypto?...
Build Foundations First, Then Scale for Lasting Success
Some teams follow this pattern: Launch a shiny new thing >> leave building strong foundations for later >> masses arrive >> foundations can't handle the masses >> Shiny new thing breaks. A better path imo: Build strong foundations >> bring in the masses...
Starknet Delivers Unlimited Scale, Privacy, and Decentralized Freedom
- STARKs - for unlimited scale (and privacy too?) - Native AA - for best UX and security - Decentralization - for security, fairness, and freedom @Starknet is the best tech out there for unlocking Ethereum and Bitcoin
Speculation Highlights Privacy Values in Zcash Surge
General thought: @Zcash which I co-founded a long time ago, and is based on the Zerocash paper I co-authored (even longer ago), is receiving a lot of attention. I love it!! 💛 Taking a step back, the renewed interest and the...
We’ve Achieved Highest Yield on Platform
Look Mom! We’re highest yield on https://t.co/UA33e2qgfZ !!! https://t.co/3yziR0ksMS
Starknet Unlocks Bitcoin with DeFi Leverage and Staking
🧡 It's been 2 weeks since we launched BTCFi on Starknet, which in crypto time feels like 6 months, and I’m still absolutely bullish on the whole thing. Bitcoin needs to be unlocked. Bitcoin holders need a secure way not just to...
Privacy: Not Binary, It's a Spectrum of Control
Privacy isn't a 'yes or no' feature, it's a 'how much?' feature.
Speak Plainly, Keep Privacy: Crypto Terms Still Matter
Crypto language: Scale, decentralization, account abstraction, finality, trustless, permissionless Normie language: Fast, cheap, secure, unlimited, free, easy, independent Dilemma: We should speak more Normie, absolutely. But on the other hand, sometimes the technical terms do matter. The rare exception: Privacy is privacy in crypto and...
Trust‑Minimized BTC Bridge to Starknet via Glock Verifier
Bitcoin CAN be unlocked in a way that stays true to Bitcoin’s core values! BTCFi on Starknet continues to pioneer new ways for those who wish to do more with their Bitcoin, launching a new collaboration with @AlpenLabs! 🎉 This collaboration will...
ZK Proofs Are Easy; Real Privacy Needs Mass Adoption
Privacy, privacy, privacy: Everyone now is a Privacy expert. Great! So... Let me explain a few things, as someone who's spent quite a lot of time thinking about privacy, and building stuff that's actually used in the world (not just in...
Coin Center Dinner Unites Lawyers and Non‑Lawyers in Fun
Proof of suit, from the excellent Coin Center Annual Dinner. The funnest place to be for lawyers and non-lawyers. https://t.co/kLT8nv858l
Starknet Enters Thriving App Season
app szn = up szn Excited to see so many apps on Starknet thriving.
Corporate Chains Jump‑Start Crypto, But Won’t Endure
Corporate chains: Are they good for crypto? Yes. They’re a phase in mainstreaming crypto and introducing blockchains to a wider audience. Can they last in the long term? No. Blockchains are all about letting go of control over the network and its...
S‑two Lets Smartphones Prove Transactions for Privacy
Since privacy is becoming the magic word, now's a good time to mention S-two, client-side proving, and how it will allow apps to offer privacy to users. But let's start with Stone! Stone prover, S-two's older brother, can scale massively and prove...
