# The Starknet Culture with Abdel Bakhta

*Author: David Hoffman*
*Published: Feb 18, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/the-starkware-culture-with-abdel-bakhta*

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Today, we have a classic LayerZero style episode with nonother than Abdel Bakhta.

Abdel is the Head of Ecosystem at Starkware and is onboarding new species to 

the Least Aligned L2, Starknet.

We cover the origins of Starkware and how its culture has evolved, there’s also a ton of Starkware Project Alpha on this episode so stay tuned.

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## TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro

4:01 Abdel’s Background

11:12 Starkware Beginnings

14:59 Ethereum Alignment Meme

17:53 Starkware Culture Evolution

26:19 Getting to Decentralization

35:32 The Starknet Playbook

39:50 The Stark Dads

47:21 What’s Next

52:38 The Starknet Mafia

57:09 Abdel Focus Areas

1:01:00 Closing Thoughts

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## RESOURCES
Abdel Bakhta

https://twitter.com/dimahledba

Starkware

https://starkware.co/ 

Starknet

https://www.starknet.io/en