Stacks Updates

2021-01-14 21:15:27 Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Wrapped.com, a collaboration between industry stalwarts Tokensoft and Anchorage, and specialists in wrapped crypto assets, will soon offer wrapped bitcoin on Stacks, or ‘xBTC’. Wrapped bitcoin on Stacks is a huge step toward native DeFi on Bitcoin and because the Stacks 2.0 blockchain settles to Bitcoin in shared consensus already, xBTC will be the first wrapped asset actually backed by Bitcoin.

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2021-01-14 18:59:13 JUST IN: Stacks 2.0 is bringing Ethereum-like features to the Bitcoin network. Here's how they plan on doing it.

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2021-01-13 20:54:34 JUST IN: Blockdaemon to support Stacks on road to Stacks 2.0 Mainnet.

More details here: https://blockdaemon.com/blog/blockdaemon-supports-stacks-on-road-to-stacks-2-0-mainnet/ Open / Comment

2021-01-13 19:58:43 Hiro and Skynet of SiaTechHQ are teaming up on a bounty to support collaboration between the Stacks and Skynet protocols.

Money bag $2,000 will be rewarded to the best tutorial that integrates Skynet with Clarity smart contracts.

Check out the bounty: https://blog.stacks.co/stacks-plus-skynet#bounty Open / Comment

2021-01-12 21:17:58 Stacks 1.0 has stopped processing further transactions. All state, including accounts and balances, will be automatically included in the Stacks 2.0 genesis block.

For those wondering about exchanges and custody providers, please note that all existing STX holdings, whether on an exchange or otherwise, will convert from Stacks 1.0 to Stacks 2.0 once the Stacks 2.0 mainnet goes live. Binance and KuCoin have recently signaled their support for the Stacks 2.0 upgrade, but users with STX on other exchanges or custody providers should refer to updates from those respective exchanges and custody providers on how the network upgrade might impact them (if at all).

For what to expect on the Stacks side, please go through the guide linked here: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1349051291520151552?s=20 Open / Comment

2021-01-11 23:33:36 After 2+ years of development and ~8 months of testing, the Stacks 2.0 mainnet is scheduled go live later this week! The high-level launch process is similar to what was first proposed back in November and we shared a more granular plan two weeks ago. Read further details on the forum post linked here: https://twitter.com/Stacks/status/1348729461127184386 Open / Comment

2021-01-11 19:40:04 UPDATE: An earlier version of the launch details post included a block timeline that was putting the launch earlier than Thur Jan 14th given faster than expected Bitcoin blocks. The block heights were adjusted to stick with the expected Thur Jan 14th launch and to allow more time for Stacks 1.0 transactions to come through, given the timelines we had projected earlier.
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2021-01-11 17:11:28 As we detailed on January 9th, Stacks 2.0 reached miner activation. It is now estimated that the full blockchain state from Stacks 1.0 will automatically transfer to Stacks 2.0 sometime on Wednesday, January 13th (Eastern Time). Read the full launch details: https://twitter.com/Stacks/status/1348632680179634178 Open / Comment

2021-01-09 18:24:03 Stacks 2.0 activation reached miner threshold this morning. We're 572 Bitcoin blocks away from launch, the count down has started putting launch at Thur Jan 14th approx noon. See details: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1347926807765516289?s=20 Open / Comment

2021-01-09 01:14:27 We're thrilled to be around the corner from mainnet launch, but this is just the start of the journey. To that end, there are a few things we want early adopters of Stacks to keep in mind when upgrading to the 2.0 network, and we've outlined those areas below. Please see the brief summary in the blog noted here and jump to any specific topic for further details:
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