Stacks Updates

2023-02-26 19:07:03 Accepted Grants & Residency to grow the Stacks ecosystem
Decentralizing the Stacks network through mining is one of the top priorities for Stacks ecosystem. The Stacks Foundation therefore awarded a grant to @BowTiedSirJonathan & the Stacks Degens team who will work on making this happen. (GitHub)
Fungible Systems will update the Stacking Club website / tool for continuous stacking with the support of the following accepted grant (GitHub)
@andre.btc / @andrerserrano has been approved as the new sBTC Resident to drive awareness, adoption and support for sBTC (GitHub) Open / Comment

2023-02-25 18:02:02 We're hosting a Twitter AMA with Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali on Monday
Do you have a question about Bitcoin layer Stacks, Ordinals or building on Bitcoin with sBTC?


Reply below this Telegram message with your question

Set a reminder for the AMA Open / Comment

2023-02-25 01:47:02 Stacks: State of the Network
Smart Contracts Deployed > 40,000
Cumulative STX Volume > 8,000,000,000 $STX
Active accounts last week > 35,000 (record)
New accounts last week > 47,000 (record)

More information Open / Comment

2023-02-24 18:06:01 What You Should Know About Bitcoin Ordinals?
Ordinals proves that Bitcoin is censorship resistant.

Bitcoin is the largest asset and most secure chain, and a lot of people agree that Bitcoin will be the chain that will survive the longest. Because of this, people will buy a premium price for Bitcoin block space.

Watch the full 5 minute video by Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali Open / Comment

2023-02-23 22:54:34 Starting in 1 hour - Peg Wallet Design Office Hours
Join Christopher & Jude (Stacks Foundation), Max (Hiro Systems) and Igor (Trust Machines) on today's office hours to discuss the new proposed Peg Wallet Design.

The proposal for the new Peg Wallet Design can be found here

Set a reminder
Link to the Twitter spaces Open / Comment

2023-02-23 22:40:05 Why you should be excited about sBTC for Bitcoin?
"People forget how many Bitcoiners are out there."
"Bitcoin over the last years has evolved into a holding asset."

Wrapped $BTC has a 5 billion dollar circulating supply on Ethereum. Bitcoiners would want to use solutions that are much closer to the Bitcoin ethos. sBTC can be that solution.

Watch the full video here Open / Comment

2023-02-22 19:42:02 Stacks Gains Popularity
STX, the native token of Bitcoin layer 2 Stacks Network, is surging as the recent arrival of the Ordinals protocol has unleashed a new narrative of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Link Open / Comment

2023-02-21 19:39:02 Stacks 2.1 - ICYMI
Stacks 2.1 binaries are now available

This is a monster release. Read the full changelog here

2.1 consensus rules will activate on mainnet at Bitcoin block 781,551.

Update Tweet Open / Comment

2023-02-20 21:55:05 Stacks sBTC Resident @andrerserrano sharing last week in sBTC

"sBTC will be imperative for scaling ordinals long term, so it’s worth covering this trend closely"
Technical Roadmap scoping 30 projects
Community Town Hall with 100+ attendees

Explore the update Open / Comment

2023-02-19 17:23:00 Join the next Hackathon and win great prizes
Welcome to the Building on Bitcoin Hackathon!

A virtual hackathon where you'll build your very own smart contracts using Clarity. The hack will let you experiment and familiarize yourself with Clarity’s developer environment.

Join Ciara & Aakanksha for office hours sessions on February 28th and March 2nd at 11:00am EST for one hour each.

How to join Open / Comment