Starknet announces its 2025 decentralization roadmap: the latest version v0.13.4 has been launched on the testnet

Starknet has announced its decentralized roadmap for 2025, with the goal of becoming the first fully decentralized Layer 2 (L2) to scale Ethereum on a large scale. The key focus of the plan includes pledge mechanism, decentralized operation, and governance independence. Staking: Starknet launched the first phase of Staking v1 in November 2024, and currently has over 170 million STRKs pledged by 63000 principals and 106 validators. Staking v2 to v4 will be launched in stages by 2025, ultimately achieving full responsibility for network security and block verification by validators. Run decentralized: Starknet will gradually migrate from its existing architecture to the fully open source Apollo sorter and Stwo prover. It plans to launch the distributed consensus layer of the main network by the end of 2025, and validators will participate in block voting to achieve decentralized operation. Governance independence: The Starknet Security Council will further promote decentralized governance of core contracts and enhance network anti censorship capabilities. At the same time, the latest version v0.13.4 of Starknet has been launched on the test network, bringing optimizations such as state compression, fixed L2 gas price, and Cairo native performance improvement. It is planned to be launched on the main network between March 17th and 24th. Future version v0.14.0 will also introduce features such as 2-second block time, more efficient sorter, and improved fee marketplace.