The latest statements from Eli Ben-Sasson (CEO of StarkWare and co-founder of Zcash) have reignited interest in Starknet.
A Mentor zReka (CEO DEX AVNU on Starknet) hinted directly:
> "These charts will need to be updated soon. Something is expected this week."
And on Twitter, a new wave of speculation immediately took off — the main candidate: an announcement about Ztarknet.
What is #Ztarknet and why is everyone talking about it?
Ztarknet is an experimental L2 on top of Zcash, built with Starknet technologies:
Cairo language;
ZK proofs STARK;
the idea of combining anonymity #zcash + scalability #STARKNET .
This project did not appear 'out of nowhere'.
Mentor zReka mentioned Ztarknet in his publications a few months ago, highlighting interest in:
Starknet × Zcash synergies;
the launch of DeFi solutions on top of this possible new L2;
integration with AVNU as the base DEX of the new stack.
This has also pushed the community to assume: the announcement may relate specifically to it.
Why is this story important?
Starknet demonstrates the highest capital influx among all L2
This was stated by Ben-Sasson himself.
And if the influx is coming before the announcement, the market is preparing for a big event.
Is Zcash getting a second life?
ZEC has not had powerful updates for a long time.
The idea of building L2 on it seems like a logical continuation of privacy development.
Starknet is expanding into new ecosystems
This is not just a 'network update', but a possible launch of a new chain in the style of Base → Coinbase.
What to expect?
If the community guessed, then:
Ztarknet could become:
the most private ZK-L2 on the market;
the first real bridge between Starknet and Zcash;
the foundation for private DeFi applications (through the AVNU stack).
Mentor zReka has repeatedly stated that 'the time has come'.
And now everyone is waiting for this narrative to be confirmed this week.