Odaily Planet Daily News: Eli Ben Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, elaborated on Starknet's next phase goals on the X platform. He stated that Starknet is about to become the first network to settle on both Bitcoin and Ethereum simultaneously. If OP-CAT is delayed or not adopted, alternative paths will be taken, including BitVM ColliderScript、 Using Taproot to simulate operations and minimize trust in sidechains. In addition, the new STARK prover Stwo is scheduled to launch on the main networks of Starknet and StarkEx systems in the second quarter of 2025, and is expected to provide faster client proofs for games, DeFi, and other applications, estimated to be 940 times faster than current provers.
Eli Ben Sasson also stated that Starknet is committed to optimizing its execution environment through Cairo Native, which will transition from virtual machine based simulation to native execution, significantly improving processing speed and resource efficiency. Currently, the first phase of STRK staking has exceeded 160 million pieces, with over 60000 STRK holders participating, which is an important step in Starknet's decentralization journey. In the future, efforts will continue to be made to fully open source the core components of the Starknet stack, including next-generation sequencers. Currently, frameworks are being built and contributed for developers to create cross game and DeFi AI agents. In addition, the goal by 2025 is to launch over 30 dApps on Starknet.
