In a bullish phase for the cryptocurrency market, Starknet, a highly anticipated Ethereum scaling solution, has partnered with Celestia to improve data availability for Layer-3 chains in its ecosystem. This collaboration is expected to facilitate the token launch and airdrop events for Starknet.
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Starknet plans to leverage Blobstream, a key feature of Celestia, which serves as a data availability layer. Blobstream allows for the secure off-chain storage of large data volumes and provides proofs of data existence, which is crucial for the security and scalability of blockchain networks.
The partnership’s goal is to reduce transaction costs by enabling Starknet’s off-chain scaling solutions to utilize Celestia’s technology. Specifically, the integration will involve adapting Celestia’s Blobstream to Cairo, Starknet’s primary programming language, to foster the development of Layer-3 application chains that are currently under development within Starknet.
Celestia is distinguished for being the first to implement data availability sampling, a method that allows network validators to verify data availability more efficiently. This innovation is attracting Layer-2 projects like Manta Pacific, Aevo, and ZKFair to Celestia’s data availability solutions, and even Layer-2 giants like Polygon and Arbitrum are incorporating Celestia into their development frameworks.
Starknet’s initiative to create Layer-3 chains using Celestia’s technology marks a departure from the approaches of other Layer-2 projects. Previously, Starknet considered integrating a data availability solution for its application chains with Madara, a customizable sequencer, in competition with Celestia’s rival Avail.