Stacks Updates

2023-02-08 03:05:04 This week in sBTC
(by Andre.btc)

We made great progress this week, scoping the technical and business milestones and aligning the ecosystem around sBTC. Here’s a breakdown of the main activities from this week.

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2023-02-04 23:22:01 What is Stacks?
Although it's likely that none of the people in this channel need education on Stacks, we're sharing this great Stacks explainer blog post by Xverse anyway in case you want to share this with your friends. Read full article Open / Comment

2023-02-03 23:17:03 ICYMI: Stacks is the number one Bitcoin layer
Despite some losses in 2022 due to the market downturn, Stacks has shown steady developer growth since its launch. In addition to healthy developer interest, Stacks has had nearly 24,000 smart contracts deployed, 1 million NFT events, 500,000 stacks addresses, 140,000 .btc names registered, 7 billion STX transferred, and dozens of companies launched in the ecosystem.

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2023-02-02 23:15:08 Industry Lessons: Due Diligence for Developers
Researching protocols? Don't let hype and market cap distract you from what counts.

As a developer, you didn't select the language you first learned without consideration, and you shouldn't do that with protocols, either. Protocols are more than just a modular part of your application or business, they’re fundamental to the value you're going to provide users.

Below, we've compiled a list of critical aspects to consider when assessing which protocol is right for you (and which will still be around next year).
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2023-02-01 23:14:02 State of Stacks - Messari Q4 2022 Report
One of the core tenets of the Stacks community has always been transparency and open dialogue between the great contributors, experts, and builders who are working to grow and elevate the network. Messari leverages their industry-leading crypto market intelligence to bring the same transparency and discussion we believe in to the entire crypto industry. We are excited to share some of the key takeaways from their State of Stacks Q4 2022 report that was just released. Read the full article Open / Comment

2023-01-31 23:00:50 Stacker Chats with Stacks creator Muneeb Ali is Back
Tune in for weekly insights about Building on Bitcoin!

In this episode, Muneeb Ali and Gina Abrams talk about how sBTC (via Stacks) makes building on Bitcoin more decentralized.

They also discuss why's there is a need for a separate gas token ($STX) to make a decentralized building on Bitcoin future work.

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2023-01-29 17:47:02 The Weekly Stack - Gamma's newsletter
Featured Artists & Collections
Stacks Parrot Radio
We love seeing NFT projects go beyond art — and Stacks Parrots has done just that with the STX Parrot Radio, now available on iOS & Android!

Parrot Radio is the first Web3 music player on Stacks, supporting all audio and audio-visual NFTs. If you’re a Stacks Parrot holder, you’ll get lifetime access to the app. Check it out!
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2023-01-28 04:25:02 This Week in sBTC with Andre.btc

Andre.btc sBTC residency proposal finalized
Go-To-Market plan
Engineering: sBTC bridge development & more

Weekly updates: View the first update down below. Updates will soon expand in size as activities to successfully launch sBTC increase Open / Comment

2023-01-27 17:12:01 Why Developers Should Build on Bitcoin in 2023
Developers Are Heads Down Building
Tooling Is Getting More Sophisticated
Stacks 2.1 Is Coming
Subnets Arrive in 2023
More Big Network Unlocks on the Horizon

Read the full article by Hiro Open / Comment

2023-01-27 00:34:37 State of Stacks - Messari Report Q4 2022
Stacks network average daily active users and addresses, increased by 76% and 42%, respectively, in Q4’22.
Smart contracts deployed compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8%.

State of #Stacks report by @MessariCrypto - full report available Open / Comment