Bringing Starknet’s Scale to Zcash and Bitcoin

For years, Starknet and its sibling StarkEx have quietly powered some of the most demanding applications in Web3. This isn’t theory—it’s production-grade technology that has already processed over $1.5 trillion in trading volume, 1.09 billion transactions, and secured billions of dollars in value.

At its core, Starknet is a scaling engine. Think of it as a high-performance turbocharger for blockchain applications. Ethereum was the proving ground. Now, the same scaling engine is preparing to extend its reach to Bitcoin and Zcash—two of the most secure and decentralized blockchains in existence.

Bitcoin and Zcash are often described as the “hard money” of the digital age—assets that are secure, decentralized, and trusted globally. What they lack, however, is programmability at scale.

Starknet’s engine provides the missing piece: a high-speed layer for Programmable Hard Money. This unlocks next-generation DeFi built directly on Bitcoin and Zcash, Capital markets that leverage the security of these assets, and new Applications that combine trustless settlement with unprecedented performance.

For Zcash, the Ztarknet proposal introduces a single, auditable proof-checker. This “socket” connects Zcash to Starknet’s L2 engine. It is non-invasive and privacy features remain intact. In short, Zcash stays the secure vault, while Starknet becomes the expressway for high-speed applications.

Starknet has already built a trillion-dollar engine for Ethereum. Now, it’s offering that same power to the most secure foundations in crypto. If successful, this move could mark the beginning of a truly scalable, secure, and programmable financial future—one where Bitcoin and Zcash evolve into programmable hard money.