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StarkWare co-founders President Eli Ben-Sasson and CEO Uri Kolodny. (StarkWare)
Technology
Starknet
Layer-2 Blockchain Starknet's ‘Quantum Leap’ Upgrade Goes Live, for Speedier Transactions
The upgrade for Starknet, a layer-2 blockchain or "rollup" to the Ethereum blockchain, went live following a community vote that overwhelmingly agreed to deploy it to mainnet.
StarkWare co-founders President Eli Ben-Sasson and CEO Uri Kolodny. (StarkWare)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Jul 12, 2023 at 10:58 a.m. UTC
Jul 12, 2023
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StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)
Technology
Starknet
Starknet Plans ‘Quantum Leap’ Upgrade Next Week After Testnet Version Deployed
The upgrade will increase the number of transactions per second the blockchain can handle as well as reduce the time-to-inclusion.
StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Jul 5, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 5, 2023
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Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and President of Starkware. (Starkware)
Technology
Starkware
‘Storage Proofs’ Touted as Alternative to Hack-Prone Bridges in Multichain World
Storage proofs, a feature that could minimize cross-chain exploits by allowing users to keep their assets on one chain and prove that it's there on a different chain, will go...
Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and President of Starkware. (Starkware)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Jun 21, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
Jun 21, 2023
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Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva
Finance
Starknet
Starknet Foundation Appoints Meta Veteran Oliva as First CEO
The executive will help the non-profit promote growth within the Starknet ecosystem.
Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva
By Brandy Betz
Jun 21, 2023 at 3:28 p.m. UTC
Jun 21, 2023
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(Boris SV/Getty Images)
Technology
Bitcoin
Newly Formed ZeroSync Association Brings Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Bitcoin
The association has received sponsorship from crypto investment firm Geometry Research and StarkWare Industries, the software company behind layer 2 Ethereum zero-knowledge ro...
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By Frederick Munawa
Mar 28, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 28, 2023
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Carbonable co-founders Guillaume Leti (left) and Ramzi Laieb (Carbonable)
Finance
Starknet
Ethereum-Based Carbon Tracker Carbonable Raises $1.2M to Tackle Greenwashing
Carbonable was launched on Ethereum layer 2 scaling system StarkNet, whose parent company Starkware is also an investor.
Carbonable co-founders Guillaume Leti (left) and Ramzi Laieb (Carbonable)
By Ian Allison
Mar 21, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 21, 2023
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StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny (left) and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)
Finance
Governance
Starknet DAO Heads Toward First Governance Vote
The vote, opening on March 21, will let members approve a new upgrade for the scaling system’s mainnet.
StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny (left) and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)
By Brandy Betz
Mar 15, 2023 at 8:57 p.m. UTC
Mar 15, 2023
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StarkWare to Open Source Its Core Cryptographic Software Tool
Video
Ethereum
StarkWare to Open Source Its Core Cryptographic Software Tool
Israel-based StarkWare, a creator of blockchain scaling systems that reached an $8 billion valuation last year, announced plans on Monday to open source its core cryptographic...
StarkWare to Open Source Its Core Cryptographic Software Tool
By CoinDesk Staff
Feb 6, 2023 at 7:29 p.m. UTC
Feb 6, 2023
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Staff of StarkWare in 2022 (Natalie Schor)
Finance
Starknet
StarkWare Launches Layer 2 Product StarkNet on Ethereum
StarkNet uses zero knowledge rollups to squash Ethereum’s crushing transaction costs.
Staff of StarkWare in 2022 (Natalie Schor)
By Sam Reynolds
Feb 23, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2022
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Communitas Capital co-founder Tom Glocer
Finance
Coinbase
Communitas Capital's 'Infrastructure-First' Investing Approach Is Paying Off With Coinbase and Others
Ex-Reuters CEO Tom Glocer was an angel investor in Coinbase’s 2015 Series C round. Here are the other crypto VC bets his Communitas Capital is making.
Communitas Capital co-founder Tom Glocer
By Ian Allison
Apr 9, 2021 at 8:44 p.m. UTC
Apr 9, 2021
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