StarkNet Rolls Out SN Stack For Custom Blockchain Deployment

Ethereum Layer 2 StarkNet has released a new software called SN Stack that allows developers and users to build custom blockchains, according to a Jan. 8 X post.

“At StarkWare, we’ve seen teams across the globe reach out asking to use technology underlying Starknet STARK-based ZK-rollups to build their own chains,” said Leo Sizaret, Business Development Manager at StarkWare (Isreal-based blockchain firm that developed Starknet) in the X post.

“Now, after years of battle-testing our technology, StarkWare is making its technology stack publicly available. Now, any team can build and run their own chain with ease on the StarkWare stack,” Sizaret said.

Projects built with the SN Stack can access Starknet’s underlying technology which is based on zero-knowledge proofs. Starknet is an Ethereum L2 with $233.09 million in total value locked (TVL). It is the sixth-largest Etherem L2 and the second-largest L2 among zk-based rollups, according to L2Beat, and has had 4.91 million user operations per second in the past 24 hours.

At least one dapp is already using StarNet for its technology stack. Paradex, a decentralized exchange (DEX) for derivatives trading, uses the SN Stack to power and secure its ecosystem. It has a total value locked (TVL) of $26 million, according to DeFiLlama data.

StarkNet offers three different stack implementations: The StarkWare sequencer, which powers StarkNet and other zero-knowledge (ZK) platforms, Madara which is an open-source framework for appchains (custom blockchains); and Dojo, which is optimized for onchain games and applications.

The StarkNet token STRK is down by 5.2% in the last 24 hours per Coingecko data.