Starkware: Transacting on Starkware's Live ZK-Rollups and Building a Vibrant Ecosystem of dApps

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Published at : November 05, 2021

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy and Delphi’s Head of Research, Medio Demarco, are joined by Eli Ben-Sasson, and Uri Kolodny, Co-Founders of StarkWare, a suite of validity-based blockchain scaling and privacy solutions. Topics discussed include how StarkWare stacks up against other scaling solutions, achieving low transaction costs, developing a vibrant StarkNet dApp ecosystem, and much more.

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Show Notes:
(00:00:00) – Introduction.
(00:00:44) – Guests’ backgrounds.
(00:01:39) – Overview of StarkWare.
(00:05:03) – Coding with Cairo on StarkWare.
(00:08:14) – Deploying game logic on top of Starknet.
(00:09:48) – The low cost of transactions.
(00:14:34) – Implementation speed for integrating dApps.
(00:17:44) – How StarkWare compares to optimistic rollups.
(00:22:42) – Platforms building on top of StarkWare.
(00:25:39) – What success for StarkWare looks like.
(00:26:52) – Data availability, sharding, and Validium.
(00:31:08) – Transaction costs on Validium vs. ZK.
(00:34:19) – Addressing critiques of StarkWare.
(00:41:30) – Being ahead of schedule.
(00:43:28) – Building a community without a token.
(00:44:34) – Game-changing applications on Starknet.
(00:48:07) – Attracting traditional gaming franchises.
(00:51:06) – Best advice from Eli and Uri
(00:55:44) – How to get involved with StarkWare.

Social links:
Eli’s Twitter: @EliBenSasson
Eli’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-ben-sasson-9b7959/
Eli’s Twitter: @ukolodny
Eli’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urikolodny/
StarkWare Twitter: @StarkWareLtd
StarkNet Discord: https://discord.gg/uJ9HZTUk2Y

Resources:
Delphi Podcast Summaries: https://delphi.link/PodcastSummaries
StarkWare Website: https://starkware.co/
StarkWare Blog: https://medium.com/starkware
STARK @ Home: https://starkware.co/resources-category/stark-home/
StarkNet Website: https://starkware.co/product/starknet/

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