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View submission: Scaling Reddit’s Community Points with Arbitrum
Lib, don't you think StarkWare were by far the winners? From what I understand, they blew everyone else out of the water. Surprised to see Arbitrum get this.
Also, would love to get your analysis of what this means for Reddit. Thread please.
Comment by Liberosist at 22/07/2021 at 18:06 UTC*
26 upvotes, 2 direct replies
StarkWare is brilliant, but their solutions are not ready for prime time just yet (for Reddit). It seems like Reddit wants composability and developers building apps on their chain.
1. New cryptographic primitives add risk. Arbitrum uses proven infrastructure.
2. StarkNet is live on testnet, but they don't have a composable solution just yet. (Very soon!)
3. Currently, StarkEx requires you to code in Cairo. (Nethermind is working on a EVM > Cairo compiler.)
As you can see, it's very much a time-to-market thing. By next year, StarkNet (and zkSync 2.0 and Hermez) will likely be the superior solution for Reddit, though I wouldn't be surprised if Offchain Labs are building their own zk rollup solution.
Comment by [deleted] at 22/07/2021 at 18:07 UTC
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I think Reddit wants users to be able to trade their points on a DEX or something. Maybe someone could build a lending protocol for reddit points (for whatever reason, I don't really know). AFAIK you can't do that on Starkware yet.