Stacks Updates

📲 The Reign of Centralized Apps is Ending The main differences between a decentralized app and a centralized one relate to ownership, data storage, and how users interact with one another. Read more about the main differences and how we can start replacing apps for Dapps. (Article) 👈

That's a wrap! Thanks to everyone who joined the Bitcoin Innovation Summit! We'll see you IRL in Miami before Bitcoin 2022! 😉

Underway: Cities as the new protocols. 🏙️ Kelly Lannan, Author of Bitcoin Urbanism, Patrick Stanley of Freehold, and CityCoins, and Erick Gavin of Venture Miami discuss the innovative ways cities could fund, distribute, and leverage new economic activity. 🏦

The drink's on us at Bitcoin Miami. How? 😎 Tune in to learn how projects leverage Stacks in unique ways to acquire more Bitcoin, from social causes to community involvement and NFTs. Featuring Mitchell, Jason, and Dan. 🔁

▶️ Taking place: Philip de Smedt walks through the differences in stablecoins, the benefits of the technology and will show how to build new protocols with USDA, Arkadiko's stablecoin. 🏗️

Let's talk about Energy! ⚡️ Our next panel, Peter Young and Nolan Bauerle, will go over the issues concerning Bitcoin and its interrelation with energies, cities, and municipalities! 🏛️

❗️Right now❗️ Friedger Müffke, Core Contributor of Ryder, explains their mission and how their hardware manages the decentralized identities of all crypto-related operations. ⌚️

📣 In progress: A conversation with two outstanding fellow builders, Samantha Bohbot and Gabriel Kurman with Muneeb Ali. They will talk about their why's on building on Bitcoin. 🛠

⏬ On-going ⏬ Starting your NFT Project and need help with choosing a chain? ⛓️ Hear from the degens themselves and find out what features supported them in making their decision! Featuring LHexe of SOLgods, Andrew Hayward of Decrypt, and Mark McKenzie of Megapont. 🖌️

Curious to know the place Bitcoin will take in the growing ecosystem of Blockchains❓ Listen to Dan Elitzer, Xan Ditkoff, and Kia Mosayeri to learn more. 🗒️

Happening now: Hiro Hyperchains, The Freeway of Transactions. Designed for high-throughput, low-latency use-cases. 🛣️ Join Hiro’s Staff Software Engineer Aaron Blankstein will be diving deep into the utilization and future of the new solution. 🚀

📺 xBTC on Stacks 📺 Stacks held their weekly Crypto Internet Show on Twitter Spaces. The topic for the day? xBTC, or wrapped Bitcoin. Some of the brightest minds in Stacks, and crypto at large, came together to discuss why this new asset is needed and what some of the applications for that asset might be. 🗒 Read the full transcript 👈 📺 Watch the highlight 👈

⭐️ $STX listed on Coinbase ⭐️ $STX listed on CoinList ⭐️ $STX stacking on Binance So much has already been achieved in 2022 ❤️ All thanks to the amazing Stacks community 🙏 📺 Check out our latest video 📺 https://youtu.be/Hn2MQ93jcJw

🚨 Tomorrow: Bitcoin Innovation Virtual Summit 🚨 During tomorrow's #BitcoinInnovation Summit, Muneeb Ali, Brittany Laughlin & Diwaker Gupta will go through the highlights of last year and what’s up next for Stacks 🚀 Which progress should they discuss? 🤔 Join us live on February 24 at 10:30 AM (ET) https://hopin.com/events/bitcoin-innovation-virtual-summit

Celebrating Stacks Chapters Across the World 🌍 It's been almost a year since we introduced the launch of Stacks Chapters, where life-long community members become leaders to accelerate the Stacks ecosystem’s local community growth and development efforts. Read more 👈

We’re excited to announce that CoinGecko Head of Research Zhong Yang Chan will join us during Stacks’ #BitcoinInnovation Summit and dive into the Bitcoin DeFi Ecosystem 🔬 Which #BitcoinDeFi project should he highlight? 👀 Join us live on February 24 10:30 AM (ET) 👇 https://hopin.com/events/bitcoin-innovation-virtual-summit

🚨 Stacker Chats 🚨 We're excited to announce that Stacker Chats will continue on Stacks' YouTube channel 🚀 Check out the latest episode with host Gina Abrams & Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali on how gas tokens power Bitcoin smart contracts 👇 Watch here

Always wanted to know how to build an NFT on Stacks? Join Marvin Janssen & Kenny Rogers during the #BitcoinInnovation Summit where they discuss Stacks’ smart contract language Clarity 🚀 👇 Join us 👇 https://hopin.com/events/bitcoin-innovation-virtual-summit

🚀 Bitcoin Unleashed Summit 🚀 Stacks is hosting the "Bitcoin Unleashed Summit" in Miami! You can be part of this amazing event. Not only by joining as a viewer, but also by submitting a session to be considered for the developer track of the Bitcoin Unleased Summit. Submit your session here 👈

🌆🐱 INTRODUCING CITY CATS! 🌇🐱 City Cats is a P2E NFT game that leverages CityCoins and a cute cat character. There are a total of 2,050 first-generation city cats, which are composed of unique skin, face, background, hair, and body. Each city cat reflects a strong personality and will be the most essential part of the City Cats ecosystem going forward. Read more