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SaaS-for-gas (Starkware and others) Smart contracts that are on-chain and charge for each API call. Defensibility through trust of author, network effects/switching costs, and backlinks. Ⓒ2020 Andreessen Horowitz. All rights reserved worldwide. StarkDEX Deep Dive: Contracts & Statement Part 2 of 4 StarkWare Follow Jul 1, 2019 15 min read STARKWARE StarkDEX DEEP DIVE Part II: Contracts & Statement fQ ETHEREUM Ethereum's scalability has potential to improve 2,000x due to Istanbul update, says This is the second part of our StarkDEX deep dive, explaining StarkWare January 7, 2020, 4:50AM EST 1 min read components of the StarkDEX Alpha. In the first part we gave a the system and discussed user flows and batching if you ha read it, we encourage you to do so before reading this post. by Yogita Khatri StarkWare, a project that is working to help blockchains scale, has said that Ethereum has massive potential to scale due to its recent Istanbul network update. According to StarkWare's "measurements (not approximations, nor estimates)," Ethereum's scalability has the potential to improve by 2,000 times over Ethereum Layer-1 after the Istanbul update. Post-Istanbul Ethereum can handle 9,000 trades at 75 gas/trade as compared to 2,000 trades at 300 gas/trade, said StarkWare, adding that Istanbul has "certainly helped." ADVERTISEMENT THE BLOCK DAILY Exclusive Crypto News Delivered Daily JOIN FOR $19/MO a16z

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