Starknet is a Validity-Rollup (ZK-Rollup) Layer 2 network that operates on top of Ethereum, enabling dApps to massively scale without compromising on security. It achieves this by bundling transactions into an off-chain computed STARK proof. This proof is then submitted to Ethereum as a single transaction, resulting in significantly higher throughput, faster processing times, and much lower costs, all while retaining the robust security of the Ethereum settlement layer.

Starknet aims to be governed by a decentralized, community-driven process centered around STRK token holders. While StarkWare originally developed the technology, the network is transitioning to a completely decentralized model where the broader community makes decisions regarding protocol upgrades, development, and the future of the network.

Starknet is a Layer 2 that uses STARK technology to validate off-chain transactions, enabling unlimited scale while preserving Ethereum's security and decentralization.

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# Starknet Contracts deployed Methodology

## 1. Overview

The Starknet contracts deployed metric measures the daily number of new smart contracts deployed on the Starknet Layer 2 network. This metric tracks blockchain development activity and adoption by counting each unique contract creation event. The calculation aggregates contract deployment data by day, providing a time series view of development activity on the Starknet ecosystem.

## 2. Data sources

- **Starknet contract creation events**: Blockchain transaction traces that capture when new smart contracts are deployed on the Starknet network
- **Contract deployment transaction data**: Transaction records containing creation timestamps, contract addresses, deployer information, and contract bytecode
- **Starknet blockchain data**: Raw blockchain data from the Starknet Layer 2 network including transaction traces and contract deployment events

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Contract creation extraction
- **Purpose**: Identifies and extracts all contract deployment events from Starknet blockchain data
- **Logic**: Retrieves contract creation records from Starknet blockchain data, capturing key deployment information including creation timestamps, contract addresses, deployer addresses, creation trace addresses, contract bytecode, and creator addresses. Applies distinct filtering to ensure each contract creation is counted only once, preventing duplicate counting of the same deployment event
- **Key fields**: `creation_timestamp` (when the contract was deployed), `contract_address` (the deployed contract's address), `deployer_address` (address that deployed the contract), `creation_trace_address` (transaction trace reference), `contract_bytecode` (deployed contract code), `creator_address` (original creator of the contract)

### Component B: Daily aggregation
- **Purpose**: Groups contract deployments by day and counts the total number deployed
- **Logic**: Truncates creation timestamps to daily boundaries using day-level time truncation. Groups all contract creations by the truncated day timestamp and counts the total number of contracts deployed each day. Adds standardized metric metadata including chain identifier set to starknet, market sector identifier set to blockchains_l2, and business segment identifier set to blockchain
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` (daily boundary), `contracts_deployed` (count of contracts created that day), `chain_id`, `market_sector_id`, `business_segment_id`

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: The daily contract counts are processed through a finalization macro that standardizes the metric format and applies a fill_zeros strategy to ensure days with no contract deployments are represented with zero values rather than missing data points
- **Currency conversion**: No currency conversion required as this is a count-based metric
- **Time aggregation**: Data is aggregated at daily boundaries with timestamp truncation to the start of each day
- **Final calculation**: The final metric value represents the total count of unique contracts deployed on Starknet for each day, with zero values filled for days with no deployment activity and chain availability filtering applied to ensure data quality and completeness

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

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