This Week’s News & Stories - Sat, 09 Dec 2023
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With North Rock Digital & Portal Ventures publishing theses on Bitcoin L2 Stacks and major entities announcing support for Stacks, excitement is ramping up as we are approaching voting for the Nakamoto Release. Let’s dive in!
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Figment to enable Bitcoin L2 rewards with upcoming support of the Stacks layer.
North Rock Digital Publishes Thesis on Bitcoin L2 Stacks.
The Stacks Governance group publishes the Ultimate Stacks Nakamoto Guide
The 2023 Stacks Awards are announced. Set a reminder here and vote for your favorite projects and people in the Stacks ecosystem.
Philip de Smedt announces Stacking DAO Liquid Stacking launch to be imminent.
Hermetica Finance announces the first leverage product powered by the sBTC Developer Release.
😋 Other tasty content
Keep track of the Nakamoto Education Series: Resources, Experts, and Key Discussions.
Portal Ventures shares Bitcoin thesis including Stacks as leading L2.
Figment shares first look research paper on L2 Stacks.
Zest Founder Tycho Onnasch publishes forum post on enabling sBTC as a gas asset on Stacks.
In a recent X Spaces, Kyle Ellicott was joined by Jakob from Hermetica, Dylan from Bitflow, and sBTC Resident Andre Serrano to discuss the future for Stacks and sBTC.
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