StarkNet makes Cairo 1.0 open source, first step towards community control

StarkNet prioritized scalability over composability and transparency. But he is now working on making his technology open source.

Zero-knowledge (ZK)-Rollup technology company StarkWare has officially open sourced its new programming language compiler, Cairo 1.0, which will soon be supported on the company's scaling solution. layer 2 of Ethereum StarkNet in the first quarter of 2023.

The news was announced by StarkWare, the company behind StarkNet, in a November 25 Twitter post. StarkWare's aggregation technology and recursive proofs provide the ability to compress millions of L2 transactions into a single Ethereum transaction, but the project has been criticized for keeping control of its IP, including by its more open-source competitor zkSync. . /p>

StarkWare has described open sourcing Cairo as an "important step" in its quest to give more control and intellectual property rights to its community and developers. Cairo is a programming language written specifically to harness the power of zk rollups and validity proofs.

The day has come: a first look at Cairo 1.0, fully open-source

This is a big step towards open source StarkNet stack

You can now familiarize yourself with the new syntax, compile and run simple programs locally. #StarkNet support coming soonhttps://t.co/0tdZDhopEP

StarkWare said developers can now experiment with Cairo 1.0 by compiling and running simple applications until it is fully supported on StarkNet in Q1 2023.

At this point, Cairo 1.0 will enable faster feature development and enable greater community involvement, according to Abdelhamid Bakhta, Starkware's Head of Exploration and former Ethereum Core Developer.

"We continue to open the StarkNet technology stack, starting with Cairo 1.0. We are doing this in order to satisfy StarkNe...