Company
StarkWare
StarkWare develops blockchain scaling solutions using STARK-based validity proofs to enhance scalability, security, and privacy. The company offers Starknet, a permissionless decentralized rollup for developers to deploy applications at scale, and StarkEx, a standalone service supporting NFT trading, derivatives, and DeFi use cases. StarkWare also created Cairo, a programming language for STARK-provable computation powering its scaling platforms.
StarkWare is a privately held company operating in the crypto & web3 sector, based in Israel. Leadership tracked by CEOInsider includes Eli Ben-Sasson (CEO).
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AI summary of recent coverageRecent coverage has focused on StarkWare's warnings about emerging quantum computing threats to blockchain security, with the CEO advocating for Bitcoin to implement a soft fork for quantum protection and suggesting that Starknet may transition to a Layer 1 blockchain to pursue quantum resistance measures. The company's research has also demonstrated quantum-resistant transaction capabilities, while leadership has separately commented on Bitcoin's monetary policy and supply dynamics.
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