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Integrating Docker Sandbox with OpenCode and Venice

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In a previous article I concluded that the most crypto aligned tech stack for a coding agent was OpenCode as the harness, GLM 5.2 as the LLM, Venice as the inference provider and Docker Sandbox for isolation. The goal of this tutorial is to show you how to integrate all these technologies together. Installation The … Read more

Choosing an AI Coding Stack for Starknet App Development

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Choosing AI Stack

Disclaimer: This post reflects one developer’s evaluation of available tools at the time of writing. Model performance, pricing, and availability change quickly, so builders should verify current data before choosing a stack. AI coding agents are becoming part of the developer workflow. For Starknet builders, the question is not only which model performs best. It … Read more

Making Privacy Practical

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Privacy That Works for Crypto Earlier this year, the Ethereum Foundation’s Privacy and Scaling Explorations team published findings from a long stretch of user research on private transfers. The report was not a ranking of privacy systems, but it surfaced recurring blockers: fragmented anonymity sets, weak DeFi composability, poor wallet support, disclosure complexity, and cost. … Read more

strkBTC Launch Guide: Bridging, Wallets, and Incentives

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strkBTC goes live on Starknet tomorrow. Ahead of launch, this guide explains how you will be able to access strkBTC, which wallets support the experience, how shielding works, and where incentives will be directed after launch. strkBTC is a Bitcoin-backed asset on Starknet, designed to let Bitcoin holders bring BTC into Starknet, access privacy through … Read more

Privacy Was Always Yours. Blockchain Broke That.

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In 2009, the default state of a financial transaction changed For most of recorded history, financial privacy sat with the individual. Cash changed hands, merchants kept their own books, and if the state wanted to see your transactions, it had to come looking with legal authority. Privacy was never absolute, but the default was yours … Read more

Endur and the Liquid Staking Layer

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Trading remains one of crypto’s most enduring use cases, and many ecosystem that try to scale trading eventually runs into the same bottleneck: liquidity is a balance-sheet problem before it’s an execution problem. Ekubo’s “AMM endgame” framing nails this point; the protocols that win are the ones that turn capital into efficient, persistent market inventory. … Read more

Eli Ben-Sasson on Bitcoin, Starknet, and the Future of Decentralization

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In this episode, Andy sits down with Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, to discuss the evolving landscape of crypto and blockchain.

Eli shares his 12+ years of perspective in the industry—from launching Zcash in 2014 to building StarkWare and Starknet today—and explains why the future of crypto lies in a return to fundamentals.

We discuss:

  • Why crypto still lacks global product-market fit

  • The cycles of hype vs. long-term fundamentals (payments, stablecoins, credentials)

  • Why fully decentralized systems (Bitcoin, Starknet) are the true end state

  • Institutional adoption, stablecoins, and the role of corporate chains

  • The coming wave of Bitcoin staking on Starknet

  • Decentralizing the sequencer and scaling Ethereum with ZK-STARKs

  • The importance of privacy, UX, and self-custody for mainstream adoption

Eli also explains why he believes Starknet is best positioned to become the Bitcoin settlement layer, shares updates on Starknet’s decentralization milestones.

Builders, DeFi, Gaming & BTCFi on Starknet

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Join Victor and Shadowfax from StarkWare’s ecosystem team to unpack Starktember—a month-long push to supercharge builders, users, and creators across Starknet. We cover what’s live now, what’s coming next, and how ~1,000,000 STRK in rewards are being allocated across hackathons, app competitions, and community bounties. We also look at the surge from Extended (on-chain perps), the latest UX upgrades (pre-confirmations, native AA, paymasters), and a peek at the post-Starktember roadmap: BTCFi and BTC staking on Starknet.

The State of the Starknet Ecosystem 2025

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The past year was one of tremendous growth in the number of projects, tools, and dApps built on Starknet alongside a definite evolution of Starknet’s ecosystem, displaying new use cases that broaden Starknet and single it out as a hub for innovation across Layer 2 (L2) solutions, and blockchains more generally. This report will present … Read more