StarkNet Edu Newsletter #2
A collection of the best resources to learn Cairo and StarkNet
Heads up, the StarkNet Edu newsletter has migrated to Revue.
We are going to start our second ever newsletter with a bang. The dev advocacy team at StarkWare has put together Basecamp, a complete course on StarkNet that will be presented live so you can ask questions and interact with the team as you go along.
The course starts on October 20th and will last 6 weeks, consisting of weekly 2-hour sessions + homework. To participate in Basecamp, you must register by clicking on the button below.
Cairo 1.0 Coming Soon
On the heels of the deployment to mainnet of Cairo 0.10.0, the next major version of the language, Cairo 1.0 has been announced. The release date of this new version of Cairo is still TBD but we can already see that a new compiler is in the works along with a new intermediate representation layer called Sierra. Cairo will have substantial syntax improvements, strong typing, traits, loops, integer division, overflow protection, etc. It’s all you ever dream of, you just have to wait a little longer before it comes true.
Cairo 0.10 Migration Guide
In this short video (7 minutes), Henri Lieutaud from StarkWare (@henrlihenrli) walks us through the changes of the recently released version of Cairo (0.10), how to use the migration tool cairo-migrate, as well as some of the “gotchas” that you need to be aware when migrating your Cairo projects.
StarkNet Community Call #22
Iris de Villars (@IrisdeVillars) is not only a French national champion in Jiu-Jitsu, she’s also one of the developers of the on-chain strategy game Frens Lands. Iris showcases some of current features of the game, their roadmap for the next few weeks and even play a demo for us.
In the second part of the video, Henri Lieutaud answers questions from the community about Cairo 0.10.0 and gives us a sneak peek of what’s coming for Cairo 0.10.1
STARK Struck Podcast, Episode 3
Jag Lotus (@jag_lotus) chats with Henri Lieutaud about his interesting professional journey that started with AI and cloud computing and now focuses on NFTs and StarkNet. Jag talks about his current project, Sekai, that aims at creating NFTs using licensed IP from manga and anime, his thoughts on the StarkNet community and even how Japan is embracing web3.
StarkNet Workshop #2
Lucas Levy (@lucas_lvy) from StarkWare does a live coding session working his way through OnlyDust’s Starklings, an interactive tutorial to get you up to speed with StarkNet. Stay until the end and you’ll get an answer to humanity’s more pressing question since the invention of the bathing suit: can humans code underwater?
Security in ZK Systems
In this panel, four cryptography experts discuss the security challenges and mitigation strategies of the theoretical models and technologies behind zero knowledge and validity proofs. Eli Ben-Sasson (@EliBenSasson), President of StarkWare, delivers a 15 minute presentation on “Securing STARKS - Theory and Practice” that delve into the development and verification process of its models (theory) and implementation (prover and verifier).
StarkNetCC Lisbon Announced
After a very successful event at Paris a month ago, StarkNetCC is already preparing a new conference for October 31st in Lisbon. Members from the StarkWare team will be there so come by and meet us!
New Developer Advocate
Although StarkWare’s headquarters and most of its employees are located in Israel, the Dev Advocacy team is located around the globe to better support developers in their timezone and in their language.
Last week the Dev Advocacy team gained a new member with the onboarding of Seabook Chen (@cryptoleek) who lives in Australia and will be able to create content, support developers and attend/host events in English and Mandarin.
As a refresher, this is StarkWare’s current Dev Advocacy team:
Henri Lieutaud (@henrlihenrli) - Europe
Lucas Levy (@lucas_lvy) - Europe
Ben Goebel (@DrSpacemn) - North America
David Barreto (@barretodavid) - North America
Omar Espejel (@espejelomar) - Latin America
Seabook Chen (@cryptoleek) - Australia and Asia
Upcoming Events
Meetup in Paris 20/09
Meetup in London 29/09
Meetup in Brussels 04/10
Cairo Basecamp 20/10
StarkNetCC in Lisbon 31/10 - 01/11
Hackathon in London 12-13/11