Stacks Updates

2022-11-10 10:12:49 Stacks 2.1 Upgrade is Approaching — Enhanced Connection between Stacks & Bitcoin | Written by GM Chung

Just as the Ethereum ecosystem has grown through this year's the merge, various innovations & changes are taking place on Bitcoin as well. In particular, Stacks is injecting new utility into Bitcoin by introducing a smart contract layer without modifying Bitcoin.

Expected to be at the end of this year, the Stacks 2.1 upgrade is the biggest update since the launch of the Stacks 2.0 mainnet, and will provide the foundation for a stronger relationship between Stacks chain and Bitcoin chain.

In the article below, you can find the major changes and improvements the upcoming upgrade will bring and how it will affect.

https://medium.com/despread-global/stacks-2-1-upgrade-is-approaching-enhanced-connection-between-stacks-bitcoin-bc7e0aa37c67

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2022-11-09 21:44:01 Stacks 2.1: Your Guide to Voting
With this upgrade, expect more efficient Bitcoin yield via Stacking, more robust bridges to other networks, more simplicity with how developers can link and trigger interactions between Stacks and Bitcoin, and helpful groundwork for Subnets - which will bring additional speed and scalability to the network once launched.

Voting
Voting will take place during Stacking rewards cycles 46 and 47, estimated to begin around November 10, 2022 and end around December 8, 2022.

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2022-11-09 15:38:15 Why Stacks? A Robust Architecture for Building

Why not just Bitcoin? Why not just Ethereum? Why no Solana? What makes Stacks so great?

If you ever had one of the questions listed above, this video from Stacks Foundation developer advocate Kenny Rogers will provide you with the answers Open / Comment

2022-11-08 19:04:01 Grant Cohort 19: Applications closing...

Just one week left until the Grant application process for Cohort 19 closes. If you want to apply for funding to help grow the Stacks ecosystem, do it now!

Checkout the Grants launchpad for more information Open / Comment

2022-11-08 01:28:49 This Week's Stacks Events
An exciting week of live events ahead! Let's take a look

Starting in 30 minutes: Hiro is hosting a Discord NFTs on Bitcoin, event together with many special guests
Wednesday: Let's talk Non-custodial Bitcoin on Stacks (Twitter spaces)
Thursday: What's next in web3 with Stacks Foundation Exec. Dir. Brittany Laughlin (Twitter spaces)
Friday: SIP Community Call (Stacks 2.1) (Zoom)
End of November: Stacks Degens announced their technical session on integrating NFTs into games (Register)

We'll see you there Open / Comment

2022-11-03 17:50:13 Community Call: in 10 minutes
Join all the #Stacks builders during this month's community call

Starting in 10 minutes

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2022-11-02 18:50:44 Live in 10 minutes: Gaming on Stacks
The future of gaming on #Stacks looks bright

Join StacksDegens @BowTiedSirJonat together with @0ZeroAuthority Stacks Force
's @KozlovAnatoly & @NRedkie discussing the future of on-chain gaming with #Stacks

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2022-11-01 01:59:02 State of #Stacks Q3 2022
ICYMI: Messari released their Q3 State of Stacks report

Highlights:
QoQ 60% growth in smart contract deployment
Stackers holding for the long term
2022 average Stacking yield of 9% in #Bitcoin

Read the full report by Messari Open / Comment

2022-10-30 21:04:01 Stacks Startup Lab: Bootcamp
The deadline for the Stacks Startup Lab bootcamp November 5th
Jumpstart your Web3 startup with a supportive and fast growing Web3 community.

Stacks Startup Lab Cohort 1
- Stacks Force launched 3 games
- BitFlow Finance launched their Beta
- Liquidium (formerly NFT2Loan) launched testnet
- Much more startups will launch soon

Are you the next builder that starts a company on Stacks ?
Help onboard the next generation of Stacks builders Share & Apply here Open / Comment

2022-10-27 01:32:02 ALEX: Pioneering Bitcoin DeFi
Non-custodial #Bitcoin on Stacks is the key to:

Billions Bitcoin capital flowing into Stacks
The ultimate use case for Bitcoin #DeFi
Bitcoin -> productive asset

Ethereum Bridge: ALEX is also building "Bridge", connecting USDC on Ethereum with xUSD on Stacks. Bridge is a wrapped bridge, with Tokensoft as the tech partner.

Watch the full video Open / Comment