Starknet v0.14.0 mainnet launch delayed to August 18, 2025.
\nThe upgrade will add decentralisation, faster blocks, and EIP-1559 fees.
\nSTRK price has dropped over 11% in a week amid launch uncertainty and market pressure.<\/p>\n
Starknet has officially postponed the mainnet launch of its highly anticipated v0.14.0 upgrade to August 18, 2025.<\/p>\n
This marks a slight delay from the previously expected date of July 28, as confirmed by updated version notes on the Starknet ecosystem\u2019s developer channels.<\/p>\n
Despite the excitement surrounding this significant technical milestone, the network\u2019s native token, STRK, has seen a noticeable dip in price, leaving traders and investors wondering about the broader implications.<\/p>\n
Initially, Starknet had communicated<\/a> through its official social media channels that v0.14.0 would go live on mainnet by July 28.<\/p>\n The testnet version had already been released by the end of June, signalling that the rollout was progressing on track.<\/p>\n However, the most recent update<\/a> indicates that the mainnet deployment will now happen on August 18.<\/p>\n While no specific reasons were given for the delay, industry observers suggest it could be part of additional testing or stability enhancements.<\/p>\n For a network transitioning to decentralised sequencing, getting things right is crucial.<\/p>\n Starknet\u2019s move toward decentralisation isn\u2019t just symbolic; it\u2019s a foundational shift that alters how blocks are built, validated, and confirmed across the protocol.<\/p>\n Starknet v0.14.0 is being described by developers and community members alike as a technological leap forward.<\/p>\n One of its cornerstone upgrades is the introduction of distributed sequencers.<\/p>\n Instead of relying on a centralised block builder, three independent sequencers will now take turns producing blocks, reaching consensus through the Tendermint protocol.<\/p>\n This change not only enhances resilience but also aligns Starknet with the ethos of trustless systems.<\/p>\n Alongside decentralisation, the upgrade reduces block times dramatically, from about 30 seconds to just six seconds.<\/p>\n This makes Starknet significantly more competitive in the crowded Ethereum<\/a> Layer 2 space, where fast and cheap transactions are increasingly non-negotiable for users and developers.<\/p>\n Beyond decentralisation and faster blocks, Starknet v0.14.0 brings several under-the-hood improvements aimed at creating a more robust and efficient ecosystem.<\/p>\n It introduces a new fee market based on Ethereum\u2019s EIP-1559 model, providing more predictability in transaction costs.<\/p>\n V0.14.0 will also support pre-confirmed transactions, which should drastically improve the user experience for DeFi apps by reducing confirmation uncertainty.<\/p>\n Although the technology is improving, STRK has struggled in the market.<\/p>\n Over the past 24 hours, the token dropped by 2.6% to $0.1322, with a 7-day loss of 11.7%.<\/p>\n\n This decline coincides with uncertainty around the launch timeline and broader bearish sentiment in the crypto market.<\/p>\n On-chain data shows STRK is now down 75% from its all-time high of $4.41 reached in February 2024.<\/p>\n However, the drop in price may not entirely reflect the strength of the network upgrade.<\/p>\n Historically, major protocol improvements tend to spark renewed investor interest after the upgrade successfully goes live.<\/p>\n If the launch on August 18 proceeds smoothly, a shift in sentiment could follow shortly after.<\/p>\n The post Starknet v0.14.0 mainnet launch moved to August 18, STRK drops<\/a> appeared first on CoinJournal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starknet v0.14.0 mainnet launch delayed to August 18, 2025. The upgrade will add decentralisation, faster blocks, and EIP-1559 fees. STRK price has dropped over 11% in a week amid launch uncertainty and market pressure. Starknet has officially postponed the mainnet launch of its highly anticipated v0.14.0 upgrade to August 18, 2025. This marks a slight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethereum"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Decentralisation takes centre stage in Starknet v0.14.0<\/h2>\n
The STRK token price slides<\/h2>\n