Starknet Ecosystem Growth: 2023 vs 2024

**0dAMM by 0D Finance has launched exclusively on AVNU**, marking the first Proactive Automated Market Maker (PropAMM) on Starknet. **Key benefits for traders:** - Tighter pricing spreads - Reduced price impact on trades - More consistent order fills **What are PropAMMs?** PropAMMs use oracle-driven pricing with sub-second quote updates, delivering execution quality that rivals centralized exchanges. Unlike existing PropAMMs on Solana (which operate as closed systems), 0dAMM aims to be more open and accessible. **Why this matters:** This represents a shift toward better execution infrastructure on Starknet, bringing CEX-level pricing efficiency to decentralized trading while maintaining transparency and broader participation opportunities. The launch follows broader industry efforts to make PropAMM technology more accessible beyond closed-source implementations.

**Starknet's strkBTC faucet is now live** for selected participants. **Key Details:** - Winners have **7 days to claim** their allocation - Claim at [strkbtc.starknet.io/faucet](https://strkbtc.starknet.io/faucet) **What You Can Do With strkBTC:** - Keep it **shielded for privacy** or unshielded for DeFi use - **Supply and earn yield** on [Vesu](https://vesuxyz) - **Stake for STRK rewards** via [Endur](https://endurfi) - **Trade** on [AVNU](https://avnu_fi) The faucet provides an opportunity to test Starknet's Bitcoin integration across multiple DeFi protocols.

**Current strkBTC Use Cases:** - Borrow stablecoins against strkBTC on [Vesu](https://vesuxyz.com) - Provide liquidity to earn incentives for selected pairs on [Ekubo Protocol](https://ekuboprotocol.com) **Coming Soon:** - Private swaps on [Ekubo Protocol](https://ekuboprotocol.com) and [AVNU](https://avnu.fi) - Liquid staking on [Endur](https://endurfi.com), earn with xstrkBTC The strkBTC ecosystem is expanding its DeFi capabilities, offering users multiple ways to put their Bitcoin to work on Starknet. The addition of private swap functionality and liquid staking options will provide enhanced privacy and yield opportunities.

**Privacy Enhancement for Starknet Transactions** AVNU has introduced a paymaster solution that addresses a critical privacy gap in blockchain transactions. The issue: transaction fees can reveal the identity of the payer, undermining asset-layer privacy. **Key Features:** - Users can pay transaction fees privately from shielded accounts - Works across the entire Starknet ecosystem, not limited to AVNU - Complements existing private transaction and swap capabilities - Now live on Starknet Mainnet The paymaster effectively closes a privacy loophole where fee payments could expose user identities, even when using privacy-preserving tools for the underlying transactions.

At Bitcoin 2026, a new privacy solution for Bitcoin was demonstrated on stage. **strkBTC** enables Bitcoin holders to conduct private transactions on Starknet through a privacy pool system. **How it works:** - Users bridge their BTC into the Starknet network - Balances and transfers become shielded within the privacy pool - Bitcoin remains fully redeemable back to native BTC at any time - External observers only see bridge deposits and withdrawals - Internal transaction activity stays private The solution gives Bitcoin users optional privacy without sacrificing the ability to return to native BTC. Users maintain control over when to enter and exit the privacy layer.