Starknet v0.13.6 is about to be released, integrating StarkWare's next-generation STARK prover S-Two into the Mainnet.

Gate News bot message, Starknet posted on X stating that the new version v0.13.6 is about to be released:

Launching the testnet on June 30 (next week) Launched the mainnet on July 8

This version is part of the roadmap for integrating StarkWare's next-generation STARK prover S-Two into the Starknet mainnet. S-Two will reduce the proof time for 2B L2 gas blocks from 24 minutes to under 3 minutes, while also reducing the proof cost by at least 2 times. This is just the MVP version, and further optimization work is underway.

Although S-Two has not yet been launched, v0.13.6 introduces some key changes that make Starknet compatible with it.

This version will also:

Enable resource counting Maintain the trading costs and user experience unchanged.

Note: Cairo Native is temporarily disabled on testnet (and not enabled on mainnet) and the team plans to reintegrate later in Q3.