Starknet

430 reviews, 19% of them positive.19% positive · 430 reviews· Influence factor 98, above 19% of accounts

The record

From 44 activities · Apr 2026

Starknet is a ZK-rollup with solid technology—STARK proofs, Cairo language, low fees, and account abstraction—but faces severe community backlash centered on its airdrop distribution. The snapshot criteria excluded active users who lacked ETH balance despite using the network, and dismissive team communication (notably calling community members "e-beggars") fractured trust. Post-TGE, the token price collapsed dramatically, user activity dried up, and the project is widely perceived as having prioritized insiders over genuine supporters, leaving it labeled a "ghost chain" despite its technical merit.

What people say

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“"A cutting-edge Layer 2 blockchain on Ethereum"”Starknet is a cutting edge Layer 2 blockchain on Ethereum, pioneering quantum resistant STARK proofs and seamless UX with native account abstraction, believing in uniting Ethereum and Bitcoin communities for a faster, cheaper, and decentralized future.

Lindiwe (Ø,G)| 𝔽rAI (❖,❖) · 1065· 1y ago5

“I like the architecture that was built and I use it daily. I'm bullish in the long term”

Ployd · 1289· 1y ago · neutral5

“ShitNet”Starknet can be seen as one of the cult, large-scale projects that promised a revolution in crypto and raised a massive investment round if I’m not mistaken, over $200 million on the hype around L2 and ZK solutions supposedly powering the future. They spent years building their blockchain and promised $STRK tokens to users who participated in the testnet and mainnet, emphasizing that those who used the official bridge would be rewarded. Ultimately, none of what was promised or planned materialized. People were selected for the airdrop by very, very strange criteria. Many investigators linked this to the team handing out airdrops to their own wallets because it was the easiest way. The rules were such that, with inside knowledge of the launch, you could easily qualify by spinning up wallets three months ahead of time while people who’d been working the project for 2-3 years got nothing. And even users who actually met the airdrop requirements on their wallets didn’t receive it. But that’s only half the problem. The other half is that, after all these years, the ecosystem produced virtually no solid applications aside from a few DeFi platforms like Nostra. No real NFT collections, no GameFi, no InfoFi. Nothing that would hook users from the angles of fun, gambling, or stable, reliable earnings. After launch, all the team really managed was staking and a round of excuses to handle the airdrop backlash. Then leadership changed, the CEO left, and the project has basically stalled. A sad ending for an overrated company, an overrated team, and an overrated blockchain.

namelesshero | GoH · 1259· 12mo ago · negative10

“Scam Network with Zero Utility”A useless, trash network run by a bunch of shady, scammy people.

Nova · 1332· 1y ago · negative10

“Cool idea, weak implementation”A network that wants to be the future of Ethereum: faster, smarter, with new technologies and great developer features. But in practice, they're still frequently breaking things, the network crashes, and users are dissatisfied. There's potential, especially for complex projects like gaming or DeFi, but it's best left unattended for the average user. If they polish the stability, it could be a success, but right now, it's more of a "see-it-from-the-side" project than a "get-into-everything" one.

EagleVision · 1307· 1y ago · negative10

“Dead chain”In fact, the chain is dead, as evidenced by any tables or leaderboards on Duna. And projects built on it are already doomed to failure.

Tonni · 1307· 1y ago · negative10

“The worst of the worst”After spending a long time using an expensive, slow network with no real opportunities, I ended up not even being eligible for the airdrop because I didn’t have 0.005 ETH in my wallet (it was all in StarkNet farms). Even then, I stuck around for their “DeFi Spring” liquidity campaign—where I got hacked for $6k, everything I had at the time. Never touching it again. Easily the worst experience I've had in crypto.

NotSybil ✝️ · 1294· 1y ago · negative10

“The first L2 Scam”I'm not saying it's a scam to the community, that it was also a scam to all the projects that trusted it and that have ended up dying in it. Ps: the distribution of the airdrop was regrettable.

SRH · 1194· 1y ago · negative10

“Will disappear”Starknet seems like it's gonna disappear like other chains, nobody uses it, it's useless and doesn't have anything that others don't have. They also upset the community with some airdrop requirements to keep ETH in your wallet, although others got a good airdrop. Nothing happens there anymore and it's useless. Some projects are abandoning it

ScreenBooy · 1298· 1y ago · negative10

“Great tech, but team fumbled hard”I was pretty excited about Starknet in the early days. The tech itself is solid ZK rollups are the future but honestly, the way the team handled things left a bad taste. The airdrop distribution felt unfair and messy, and since then FDV has tanked more than 80%. That’s brutal for the community and confidence overall. On top of that, I’ve seen the team make poor calls when it comes to community relations. Some of the comments from people close to the project came off dismissive and even toxic at times, which doesn’t exactly help build trust.

DoxDen · 1263· 1y ago · negative10

“Hayal kırıklığı yaratan ağ”Starknet’i ilk zamanlardan beri kullanmaya çalıştım ama deneyimim çok tatmin edici olmadı. İşlemler yavaş ilerledi, köprüleme denemelerim sonucunda farklı cüzdanlarda ufak tefek bakiyelerim kaldı. Kullanışlılık beklerken karmaşa yaşadım.

bhrbkl35 · 1385· 1y ago · negative10

“Scamm team and project”StarkNet was a project that everyone was talking about in 2022, but after the token distribution, everything suddenly disappeared. The main reason was that the project founder called his own community ebeggars and mocked everyone. In addition, all the VCs of this garbage project started a massive sale of tokens from the day the token was released, so that the price dropped from $3 to $0.10!!!

kaveh · 1286· 1y ago · negative10

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