Stacks Snacks - Weekly Ecosystem News and Updates (Thread)

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 05 May 2023

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We’re back this week with a few tasty articles about L2 and the growth of Bitcoin use cases, info on the latest Stacks release, updates from the ecosystem, a look at the past bullish month for STX, and more. Feel free to drop a tip if you have a story for next week!

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Stacks Foundation: Making BTC Fully Programmable with Layer 2 Technology

• Lunar Crush: A bullish month for Stacks in numbers

• A new release that addresses recent bug now ready (related SIP here)

• Xverse: How to Earn Interest on Bitcoin

• There’s a Bitcoin layer you’re not paying attention to…

• Ryder's Exciting Q1 2023 Progress Report

• Bitcoin Writes: This week in sBTC

• Hiro announces wallet support for Bitcoin stamps

• CoinDesk: Bitcoin Use Cases Are Seeing ‘Explosive Growth,' Trust Machines Says

😋 Other tasty content

• Decrypt: Bitcoin Daily Transactions Hit All-Time High With 3 Million Ordinals Inscriptions

• Amb Crypto: Binance supports Stacks upgrade: Bitcoin L2 scaling takes a step forward

• Hiro: From Early Adopters to the Mass Market: Tracking Blockchain Adoption Through the Hype Cycle

• Trust Machines: Consensus 2023 and the Revival of Bitcoin Building

• KimchiBlock/MatrixPort: Ordinals Can Make STX a Multibillion Dollar Token

📅 Coming up quick: Bitcoin Builders conference in Miami - register now!

👋New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

🛠️ Ecosystem Comms Working Group Updates

• sBTC team: Ongoing persona research + amplification research repository actively begging added to

• Comms team: Meeting the week of 5-8 to develop a thematic roadmap for content and outline topics for H2

• PR team: Submitted outreach to public channels with new Stacks materials

_{Further updates and discussions available on the Working Group’s Github page.}

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 12 May 2023

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This week’s roundup includes big news from ecosystem projects and artists, what you can expect at the upcoming Miami Bitcoin events, and more.

💡 Got a tip for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• ALEXBridge, connecting Binance Smart Chain + Stacks, launches Sunday

• Trust Machines: What to expect this year at Bitcoin Miami

• Gamma is transforming how auctions work on Bitcoin

• Exploring BRC-20s: New Opportunities for sBTC via Bitcoin Writes

• The Q3 Critical Bounties are here → check them out!

• Stacks Artist Mary Lai kicks off residency with the W Hotel in L.A.

• Gear up for #BRC20 trading on #B20ByAlex!

• Check out the stacked (pun intended) roundup of speakers at #BitcoinBuilders

• Launching in June: Ordinal Lending on Stacks with Liquidium

• 2.3.0.0.1 is out (address a DoS vulnerability related to Clarity type-checking tuples) via @StacksStatus

• Progress update on PoX-3 (SIP -022) - testing will go into Cycle 59

😋 Other tasty content

• Altcoin Buzz: The Top 3 NFT Collections in Stacks

• 🧵House of Chimera’s take on what makes Stacks unique

• Trust Machines: Lightning Dev Kit’s Impact on the Bitcoin Lightning Network

📅 The Bitcoin Builders conference is next week!

👋New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

🛠️ Ecosystem Comms Working Group Updates

• sBTC team: Team members are working independently on their projects and will reconvene after Miami events.

• Narrative team: The narrative team met today to flesh out a roadmap for 2023 H2 content. The initial quarterly themes are mapped out through Q2 2024, with next steps including content development based on sBTC use cases.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Sat, 20 May 2023

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This week’s Snacks are coming to you from sunny Miami, where the community has gathered for Building on Bitcoin, Bitcoin Miami, the Ordinals conference, and more! 🌴 Got a tip for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• The first-ever Bitcoin Builders event was a huge success!

• ALEX Bridge from Binance Smart Chain BSC to Stacks opened May 14

• …and, the first BRC20 token is now being traded on #B20ByALEX

• Trust Machines takes Bitcoin Miami 2023

• Muneeb discussed the case for Bitcoin layers at @TheBitcoinConf

• The first NeoSwap BTC Ordinals auction @ Ordinals ‘23

😋 Other tasty content

• A technical primer thread on sBTC via @KenTheRogers

• Trust Machines: What is the BRC-20 Standard?

• The Block: Dress as a wizard, take a shower: step one toward mainstreaming Bitcoin

• Nakamoto_1 was featured in German magazine @btecho

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

🛠️ Ecosystem Comms Working Group Updates

No fresh updates this week, as everyone is in Miami! Stay tuned for more next week!

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 26 May 2023

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We’re back this week with more hits from a big week in Miami, the next Building on Bitcoin event, news from the Stacks art world, more Stacks milestones, and more.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Stacks 2.4 was released, re-enabling Stacking for Cycle 60!

• ALEX introduces permissionless listings for BRC-20 tokens

• STX reached $10B in cumulative trading volume & 65,000 deployed smart contracts

• Stacks Foundation puts up 12 BTC & 250k STX for key infrastructure

• Bithumb (#2 exchange in Korea) adds STX

• Gamma debuts Ordinals alley at Ordinals conference ‘23

• Stacks Founder addresses a recent Blockworks report on Stacks

• Taproot + Gamma hosted “Make Bitcoin Magical Again”

Mark your calendars: June 22nd Virtual Building on Bitcoin event!

😋 Other tasty content

• MattySTX drops a thread on BRC-20’s

• BNS Review, Q1 2023 courtesy of the BNS Working Group

• A new sBTC website has been spotted!

• A guide to Stacks via @FlagshipFYI

• What’s happening with BRC-20, Ordinals, and Stacks?

• This week in sBTC: Bitcoin Miami 2023

• HireVibes breaks down how Stacks aligns w/Satoshi’s early thoughts

• USV (early Stacks backer) to 'double-down' on web3 investing

• Foundation blog: Stacks creators’ new exhibit at W Hotel

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Twice a year, Hiro surveys the Stacks developer community to learn more about your experience using Hiro tools. Your insights help us prioritize new features and products. Let us know what you think. Please take this 10-minute survey and share your experience 👉 https://survey.hiro.so/

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👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 02 Jun 2023

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This week we’re sharing out Messari’s latest report on all things Stacks (for Q1 2023), a bunch of BRC-20 news, updates from ALEX, Xverse, and more.

☝️ Got a tip for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Messari’s Q1 “State of Stacks” report is out now

• Messari research compares Stacks within top 15 crypto blockchains

• Hiro Wallet re-introduced its Stacking hub, Lockstacks

• Stacks & Xverse partner with UniSat marketplace for BRC-20 trading

• Total of 1.6 Million $LUNR burned re: minting of Nakamoto 1 Android NFTs

• Hiro shares 101 on transferring BRC-20 tokens via their wallet

• Register for Bitcoin Startup Lab (less than 2 weeks left!)

• Scaling BRC-20 with sBTC

• Xverse reopens Stacking, now continuous + no manual restacking.

• Bitcoin secured NFT creator "The Artist" launches free stealth NFT collection

Mark your calendars: June 22nd Virtual Building on Bitcoin event!

😋 Other tasty content

• Trust Machines: What is the RGB protocol on Bitcoin?

• Trust Machines: What is the Blockchain Trilemma and how does it work?

• Gamma: Ordinals on Bitcoin - art that will live on

• Trust Machines: BRC-20 Token Standard vs. ERC-20: What’s the Difference?

• Trust Machines: How BRC-20 Token Standard Makes the Case for Bitcoin Layer 2s

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📝 Hiro Developer Survey

Twice a year, Hiro surveys the Stacks developer community to learn more about your experience using Hiro tools. Your insights help us prioritize new features and products. Let us know what you think. Please take this 10-minute survey and share your experience 👉 https://survey.hiro.so/

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👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 09 Jun 2023

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💡Pro Tip: Be sure to re-stack your STX tokens to earn Bitcoin yield. The next Cycle (61) starts at Bitcoin block 794050 - early next week. More info here.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Stableswaps have been missing on Bitcoin, until now

• Check out Ready Layer 2: the 1st Bitcoin L2 pitch competition

• Foundation: The Future of Bitcoin Has Begun - 6 Innovations

• Rootstock’s goal to identify and fund 100 Bitcoin projects

• Bitcoin Startup Lab application window closes TOMORROW!

• Check out the Stacks June Core Dev update here

DATE CHANGE: The Virtual Building on Bitcoin event is now taking place on July 13th

😋 Other tasty content

• The Bitcoin MEV problem explained

• Kenny Rogers explains why Stacks has a token

• ICYMI: Messari’s State of Stacks report for Q1 2023

• Gamma: Why do we love PFPs?

• Check out Hiro’s May release roundup here

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👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 16 Jun 2023

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This week includes big updates for Gamma, ALEX, sBTC, a look at the impact layers have on Bitcoin, some fresh perspective into how the Foundation operates and why (check out the gardener series), and more.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• sBTC Tech Lead Igor shares alpha on sBTC Testnet

• Foundation: How Layers Can Secure Bitcoin’s Future

• Bitflow DeFi announced sBTC / sBTC stableswap pool

• BNS gets a brand refresh

• BRC-20 creator DOMO becomes advisor for BRC-20 / Stacks pegged DEX ALEX

• Hiro partners with OnChainMonkey to release OCM Dimensions

• Decentralized Mining and Stacking pull undergoing audits

• Gamma releases Mintpass, faster inscriptions and flexible creator royalties

😋 Other tasty content

• Lead Like a Gardener pt 1: Adaptability and ‘Team of Teams’

• Lead Like a Gardener pt 2: Events at the Stacks Foundation

• Know a talented writer? Stacks Foundation is hiring!

• Reminder: Virtual Building on Bitcoin event - now July 13th

• Trust Machines: What is a Hard Fork? (+history)

• ALEX: B20 and the First Ever BRC20 IDO Airdrop Whitelist

• ALEX: BRC20 and Moving Towards Decentralized Indexing

• Xverse: The Future of Generative Art on Bitcoin

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👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 23 Jun 2023

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Happy Friday, snackers! This week we bring you the latest news from Xverse, ALEX, the world of sBTC, and a roundup of thought leadership pieces spanning Bitcoin DeFi, rollups, Ordinals and NFTs, and more. Got a story for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• The Path for Bitcoin Innovation: Rollups & Stacks

• This week in sBTC: Bitcoin Summer is Here

• OxResearch with Muneeb Ali: Is Bitcoin DeFi overhyped or just getting started?

• ZestProtocol’s Tycho Onnasch explains key DeFi use cases

• ALEX’s exciting journey with Bitcoin and the path forward

• Xverse + OKX: stack $STX and earn BTC right from the OKX wallet

• Chain Debrief: How Stacks is Scaling Bitcoin with Smart Contracts

• Trust Machines: Witnessing the Rise of Bitcoin Ordinals & NFTs

📅 Virtual Building on Bitcoin event: July 13th

Join us for a deep dive into the tech, culture, and community that’s giving Bitcoin new life. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• The Stacks mini course available now on LearnWeb3

• $STX makes CoinMarketCap’s list of trending tokens

• Altcoin Buzz: 3 Coins that Grew 40% in the Last Week

• CoinDesk: BTC Crosses $30K and Bitcoin Layer 2 Stacks Gains 15%

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👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 30 Jun 2023

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This week: Stacks is featured in a Binance deep dive on 3 blockchains racing to become the top security provider. Also: recaps from the Stacks town hall and an L2 Twitter Spaces discussion, news from Velar, ALEX, Hiro wallet, and more.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Stacks in Binance: one of the top 3 blockchains racing to become top security provider

• Bitcoin Economy & L2s, BRC20, & more: Stacks Town Hall recap

• RocketX + Stacks: unlock the power of the interchain

• Stacks L2 DeFi platform Velar hosted session on Binance Live - watch

• …and Velar’s Staking now live on testnet w/ Hiro Wallet

• Foundation: Bitflow - A Real-Yield DEX for Bitcoiners

• Bitcoin L2 & L1 DeFi Protocol ALEX shares roadmap

📅 July 28th: Bitcoin L2 sBTC pitch competition

Join us and pitch, connect with mentors and judges, and win prizes. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• Trust Machines: What is Litecoin and how was it inspired by Bitcoin?

• ICYMI: Leveraging DLCs for Ordinals Auctions, Trading, and Lending

• Bitpad & Hiro wallet team up

• ICYMI: Emergence of L2s and BRC/ORC standards (Twitter Spaces)

• CoinEx: A Review of the Bitcoin Ecosystem (feat. Stacks)

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👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 07 Jul 2023

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This week: check out upcoming events with great speakers and mentors, Bitcoin Startup Lab’s summer cohort kicks off, ALEX stableswap pool is live, Stacks company Velar hits 50,000+ unique wallets, and more.

Got a story for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• 50,000+ Unique Wallets on Stacks Company Velar’s Testnet

• The ALEX Stableswap Pool is Now Live!

• Bitcoin Startup Lab Summer cohort kicked off this week

• Work on Bitflow’s non-custodial bridge between Stacks and Rootstock is underway

• Project Indigo (on Stacks) announced big updates to their interactive RPG experience

• Learn more about Stacking with OKX (next cycle early next week!)

• ICYMI: Register for the Ready Layer 2 Bitcoin Pitch Competition

• Don’t Forget - July 13 - Register for a spot at the virtual Bitcoin builders event

📅 July 28th: Bitcoin L2 sBTC pitch competition

Join us and pitch, connect with mentors and judges, and win prizes. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• Trust Machines: What is Decentralized Identity and How Does it Work on Bitcoin?

• House of Chimera: Why Bitcoin Needs Stacks - A Layer 2 Solution

• Golteum: Unleashing the Power of Decentralization: GLTM, ICP, and STX Compared

• Job alert: Know a talented writer with a background in crypto? The Foundation is hiring a staff writer/community scribe!

• Job alert: Hiro is looking for a content writer with experience in technical subject matter

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 14 Jul 2023

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This week: wins from ecosystem teams including ALEX, Hermetica Finance, Project Indigo, and more. Plus, Stacks noted as a Layer 2 solution by Digital Asset News and LunarCrush.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Yesterday’s Building on Bitcoin virtual event brought together builders, speakers, mentors, and more

• Hiro: Subnets are Ready for Mainnet

• Lunar Crush notes “Bitcoin layer 2” trending with Stacks as a solution

• Digital Asset News: Calls out Stacks as the layer to scale Bitcoin

• Stacks on-chain game Project Indigo announces mobile questing to be the final state of testing

• BBA: Ethereum Founder Vitalik's Advice For Bitcoin Builders

• ALEX partners with Luminex

• Hermetica Finance announces their beta

• ICYMI: Register for the Ready Layer 2 Bitcoin Pitch Competition

📅 July 28th: Bitcoin L2 sBTC pitch competition

Join us and pitch, connect with mentors and judges, and win prizes. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• Trust Machines: Recursive Inscriptions and the Future of Bitcoin Blockchain Technology

• Trust Machines: What Makes the Bitcoin Blockchain Secure?

• Job alert: Hiro is looking for a content writer with experience in technical subject matter

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 21 Jul 2023

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This week: new research paper on Stacks and sBTC, ALEX’s decentralized launchpad, a closer look at the Nakamoto release, and more.

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Crypto Research Group Soberin releases report on Stacks & sBTC

• ALEX introduces their Decentralized Launchpad

• Nakamoto Release deep dive 🧵 via @alexxela_btc

• Check out Hiro’s focus areas for Q3

• Emblem Vault announces Stacks’ own protocol-based curated collection post legacy migration

• Mega 🧵 Unpacking Clarity - less hackable, more transparent, ultra-secure smart contracts

• Introducing the approved Critical Bounties for Q3

• ICYMI: Scope the Ready Layer 2 pitch competition (winning concept takes home $5K!)

📅 July 28th: Bitcoin L2 sBTC pitch competition

Join us and pitch, connect with mentors and judges, and win prizes. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• Xverse: Understanding the Bitcoin Mempool

• Trust Machines: What is Blockchain Gaming and How Does it Work on Bitcoin?

• Foundation: Lead Like a Gardener - Security at the Stacks Foundation

• Trust Machines: What is the SRC-20 Token Standard and How Does it Impact Bitcoin?

• Trust Machines: What is Mintlayer and How Does it Work as a Bitcoin Layer 2?

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 28 Jul 2023

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This week: Check out Messari’s Q2 Stacks report, which continues to point to Stacks as a solution positioned to meet the demand for Bitcoin programmability. More Q2 highlights below, news from Stacks companies, and more.

Got a story for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• NEW: Ledger Support Comes to Ordinals with Xverse

• A big, juicy roundup of Q2 highlights is out now

• Papaya DAO: liquid stacking for the Stacks community

• Messari’s key metrics show Stacks’ strength

• Hiro Wallet announces support for DLCs!

• Velar Bitcoin DeFi teases launch of STX xBTC pool on Mainnet

• Gamma announces upgraded profile features

📅 July 28th: Bitcoin L2 sBTC pitch competition

Join us and pitch, connect with mentors and judges, and win prizes. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• Bitcoin Hermetics 🧵: Bitcoin’s Magic Comes to Life with Stacks

• Xverse: Bitcoin Stablecoins - A Complete Beginner’s Guide

• Trust Machines: The Rise of Bitcoin Layer 2

• A 🧵 on Liquid Stacking from Alex Vela

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 04 Aug 2023

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This week: News from Velar, Deep Lake, DLC Link, Magic Protocol, ALEX, and more. Plus: Allbridge releases a Stacks bridge connecting Stacks to 19 chains!

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Allbridge releases a Stacks bridge, connecting Stacks to 19 chains

• VelarBTC launched their beta on Mainnet

• Learn more about Deep Lake’s Bitcoin toolkit via this week’s Spaces

• DLC_link announces their wallet integration with Hiro

• Magic Protocol announces $50K liquidity supply enabling BTC —> xBTC swapping on Stacks

• CaptainAltCoin: Why is ALEX Lab Surging? Unmaking the Bitcoin Uniswap

• Bitcoin Writes: The sBTC July recap

• 🎉 Catch us in London October 19-21! 🎉

📅 July 28th: Bitcoin L2 sBTC pitch competition

Join us and pitch, connect with mentors and judges, and win prizes. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• House of Chimera’s episode on all things Stacks

• Alex Xela: Stacks' Recipe for Less Hackable, More Transparent, and Ultra-Secure Smart Contracts

• Stacks Foundation’s Q2 quarterly recap and Q3 OKR introductions

• Trust Machines: Bitcoin Independence Day and the Enduring Block Size Debate

• Xverse: Bitcoin Layers - What Are They and Why Do They Matter?

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 11 Aug 2023

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This week: fundraising news from Xverse, Hiro’s Chainhook launches, spotlights on Stacks, and more ecosystem wins!

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Congrats to Xverse on a $5M fundraising round!

• Introducing Chainhook, from Hiro

• L2 DeFi startup Hermetica Finance reports on their latest yield

• SIP10 token swaps (like $STX <> $ALEX) within the Xverse Bitcoin Wallet are live!

• Maintain liquidity while Stacking with Papaya 🤩

• 🎉 Catch us in London October 19-21! 🎉

📅 August 18th: Bitcoin L2 sBTC pitch competition

Join us and pitch, connect with mentors and judges, and win prizes. Register today.

😋 Other tasty content

• Trust Machines’ Muneeb Ali: The Most Exciting Thing about Bitcoin Summer

• Lead Like a Gardener: Governance at the Stacks Foundation

• Xverse: What are .Sats names on Bitcoin?

• Trust Machines: Scaling Solution of the Week - Subnets

• Stacks: Bitcoin’s Future Internet Blueprint via JGuru

• Introducing Zin, a browser for the Bitcoin internet

• Lead Like a Gardener: Governance at the Stacks Foundation

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 18 Aug 2023

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This week: You can now create a STX account in Ledger Live Desktop + Mobile to send and receive STX! Plus, spotlight on LNSwap, 5 innovative use cases for L2 smart contracts, & more.

Got a story for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Stacks Joins Ledger Live: Unlock Bitcoin Capabilities Securely

• Check out the X Spaces recording all about the Ledger Live integration

• Introducing the Gamma Partner Program

• Zest: Chainhooks a major step forward for Bitcoin DeFi

• Kicking off Today: The Ready Layer 2 Pitch Competition!

• Trust Machines App Spotlight: LNSwap

📅 October 19-12: Bitcoin Unleashed in London

Join us for live demos, technical workshops, keynote speeches, parties, panels, and discussions on everything from DeFi to decentralized gaming, NFTs, Ordinals, Regulation and more. Learn more + Register! 🎟️

😋 Other tasty content

• The Coin Republic: STX Blockchain - Advantages and List of the Popular NFTs

• Foundation: 5 Innovative Use Cases for Bitcoin L2 Smart Contracts

• Stacks Community: The Next Stacks Update & Exciting Bitcoin Innovation

• Trust Machines: Bitcoin Scaling Solution of the Week: Layer 2s

• Bitcoin Apostle (blog): Stacks - The Ultimate Savings Account

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 25 Aug 2023

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This week: Between the Ready Layer 2 pitch competition and an in-person sBTC hackathon, builders have been busy! Check out winners below, sBTC updates, and more news.

Got a story for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• The Ready Layer 2 Pitch Competition wraps!

  • 1st Place Winner: StacksBot - an onboarding and educational tool for the Stacks ecosystem. View the StacksBot pitch here.

  • 2nd Place Winner: BTX - trade perpetually, trade decentralized. View the BTX pitch here.

  • 3rd Place Winner: Asigna - Creating a secure and non-custodial multisig wallet for Stacks. Learn more about Asigna here.

• Updates from last week’s sBTC in-person hackathon & more

• Devs: now you can build smart contracts with access to Pyth’s 300+ price feeds

• September 6: “We are Bitcoin Hiros” event, ft. Stacks, Hiro, Trust Machines, DeSpread, ALEX, Xverse, Spartan

• (also) September 6: Stacks Town Hall —> Set a Reminder!

📅 October 19-12: Bitcoin Unleashed in London

Join us for live demos, technical workshops, keynote speeches, parties, panels, and discussions on everything from DeFi to decentralized gaming, NFTs, Ordinals, Regulation and more. Learn more + Register! 🎟️

😋 Other tasty content

• Xverse’s introduction to the Stacks ecosystem

• CoinGecko’s top Layer 2s to Watch (hint: Stacks is one)

• Devs & Builders: Don’t forget about weekly office hours for Clarity in Discord

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 01 Sep 2023

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This week: Bitcoin wallet providers & decentralized finance protocols have been working overtime with multiple integrations, announcements, and… a rebrand? Let’s dive into the tasty snacks of this week 👇

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🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Hiro Wallet is now called Leather! Trust Machines announces Leather to be part of its app portfolio.

• Bitcoin assets are now within reach for all OKX Wallet's DEX users thanks to OKX’ integration with DeFi protocol ALEX.

• LunarCrush introduces $LUNR on the Stacks network via ALEX

• Hardware wallet Ryder announces partnership with ALEX.

• Bitcoin Unleashed London announces first speakers with Muneeb Ali, Jameson Lopp & more.

• Bitcoin Startup Lab Bitcoin hackathon submission deadline in 30 days

• Indexer xyz launches the Indexer Notification System on Stacks

• Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol announces Copper custody support.

📅 September 6: Stacks Q3 Townhall

Join the Stacks Core Engineers & other guests during next week’s Stacks Townhall & receive the latest news around sBTC & the Stacks Nakamoto release. Get involved by submitting a question for the Core engineers here 👈

😋 Other tasty content

• 5 innovative use cases for Bitcoin L2 smart contracts.

• Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali shares his excitement for the upcoming Stacks updates.

• House of Chimera on why Bitcoin needs Stacks.

• The Stacks community picks most promising DeFi protocol

• Free Bitcoin L2 Primer course available.

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Fri, 08 Sep 2023

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This week: New opportunities to become a bigger part of the Stacks community! Accelerate your Bitcoin project or take part in discussions around improving the Stacks network.

Got a story for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Degen Lab launches Decentralized Stacking Pools on testnet. Create your own stacking pool via their open source code or join their new stacking pool.

• Stacking DAO reveals itself to the Stacks community, aiming to deliver liquid stacking.

• Bitcoin Frontier Fund announces Stacks projects also eligible for the new accelerator cohort.

• The Stacks community Grants working group held a meeting on the proposal submission process.

• Hiro Systems CEO Alex Millers announces his speaker spot at Bitcoin Unleashed London.

• ALEX Founder Chiente Hsu reveals over $23 million in BRC-20 trading on ALEX’ Stacks L2 scaling solution for BRC-20 trading.

📅 Deadline in 10 days: Bitcoin Startup Lab

Entry to the Bitcoin Oympics, a hackathon initiated by the Bitcoin Startup Lab accelerator program, closes in 10 days. The Bitcoin Olympics marathon features prizes to build with Stacks. View Bitcoin Startup Lab’s tweet here.

😋 Other tasty content

• STX:LDN Launches the Community Builders Initiative.

• sBTC Product Lead Andre Serrano shares the latest news around sBTC and Stacks Core development.

• CryptoDep celebrates Stacks as coin of the day based on social interactions.

• OKX lists latest integrations including ALEX.

• ALEX Founder Chiente Hsu shares Nakamoto Proposal V1 created by Jude Nelson.

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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This Week’s News & Stories - Sat, 16 Sep 2023

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This week: Bitcoin DeFi entity ALEX once again shows what scaling the Bitcoin economy is about. Furthermore, as sBTC testnet is arriving soon, builder hackathons and developer focused events are thriving.

Got a story for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• ALEX reveals the world’s first on-chain indexer for BRC-20 tokens, made possible with Bitcoin L2 Stacks.

• Bitcoin Wallet application Xverse announces official Ledger support for $STX.

• Stacks Foundation Director of Activation Mitchell Cuevas shares proposal for working group process in the Stacks ecosystem.

• Degen Lab shares decentralized stacking pool Testnet Cycle happening soon.

• Trust Machines reveals attendance and speaking spots at Bitcoin Unleashed London.

• 500,000+ developer community EasyA announces 60 Days of Stacks challenge for developers.

• Learn Web 3 hosts the Decentralized Intelligence hackathon season 1 including challenges for building with Bitcoin L2 Stacks.

😋 Other tasty content

• Early Bird application deadline for Bitcoin Frontier Fund accelerator due today

• Stacks Australia hosted Ready Layer 2 builders connect spaces with winning RL2 pitch groups.

• Final submission date (September 30) closing in for Bitcoin Olympics hackathon.

• Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali spoke at Bitcoin Builders Signapore event, as well as Aubrey Strobel with Ryder Co-Founder Louise & Hiro CEO Alex Miller

• Bitcoin Wallet Leather shares possibilities of connecting with Bitcoin applications like Magic Eden, Gamma, Velar and Sigle.

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

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