Stacks Updates

WE HAVE ONE GOAL! 🏁 Together with the whole Bitcoin Builders Community, and with your help, we're going to achieve it! 🚀 Excited for the future and want to contribute? 🤝 Check out some resources below 👇 Stacks 💜 sBTC 📒 Hiro 📙

Don't forget that Building on Bitcoin is happening soon! 🚨 Bitcoin development is booming. Ordinals alone have set off a wave of new experiments and use cases highlighting just the beginning of what’s possible with Bitcoin. 💡 sBTC Product Lead Andre Serrano shares his excitement around Ordinals 💬 He said "Ordinals have been a huge black swan for Bitcoin and for the entire industry" Adding that "People are starting to sort of reimagine the role of Bitcoin and what it can be used for in the future" ⚡ Join the movement and unleash Bitcoin's full potential 🚀 Register for free ◀️

Did you know that sBTC allows Bitcoins to have a limitless use-case like any other ecosystem? 🚀 Peter Giammanco from Ordinal lending protocol Liquidium (Fungus Inc.) shares his view on the use cases for sBTC 💭 ℹ️ Liquidium is a groundbreaking solution for Ordinal lending on Bitcoin that leverages the power of Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) and Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs) by partnering with DeepLake. Join us in unleashing Bitcoin's full potential and participate in the Bitcoin L2 pitch competition 🏆

Reminder: 🛖 Our Q2 Town Hall 🛖 We will discuss: 1) sBTC Progress 2) Working group coordination 3) Blockchain core development 4) Testing and upgrades processes 5) Grants decentralization 📆 June 29 - 11 AM EST 📲 Set a reminder

Co-founders of ALEX recently published - ALEX’s Exciting Journey with Bitcoin and the Path Forward 📖 Learn about their mission, key insights on the future growth around Ordinals, BRC20, and Bitcoin L2 (Stacks), and the roadmap of one of the top DeFi platforms in the ecosystem! 🔖 Read the full article HERE 📙 Trade, invest, and earn today with their platform ⬅️

Happening soon: Bitcoin Builders Workshop 🚨 Kenny Rogers of Stacks Open Internet Foundation will host a dev workshop for you to do the following things with Clarity 👇 ✅ Create Bitcoin Decentralized Finance ✅ Mint Bitcoin Secured NFTs by sending $BTC ℹ️ In this workshop, you'll write a Clarity smart contract to read and verify a Bitcoin transaction, all on-chain. This will allow us to verify that a Bitcoin transaction actually occurred and was mined and extract data from that transaction Save the deets ⤵️ 🗓️ June 28 ⌛ 11 AM EST Check the event in Discord ⬅️

Unleashing Bitcoin's Full Potential 🚀 Houseofchimera published an infographic detailing how Stacks is working on this through ⤵️ 🌟 Proof of Transfer (PoX) 🌟 Bitcoin NFTs 🌟 Bitcoin DeFi 🌟 No Fork Needed 🌟 Energy Efficient More resources below 👇 Stacks 💜 sBTC 🧡

A new era on #Bitcoin 🚀 🔸 Ordinals 🔸 BRC-20 🔸 Bitcoin DeFi 🔸 BNS Join us, and let's celebrate Bitcoin Summer by supporting the Bitcoin builders ⚒️ Deets 👇 🗓️ July 13 ⏳ 10 AM EST Register for the Building on Bitcoin virtual live event with speakers from the Stacks community 🎫 Save your spot today! 🚨

Stacks recently trended! 📈 As featured CoinMarketCap Trending Coins/Tokens! ✅ ℹ️ They are the world's most-referenced price-tracking website for cryptoassets in the rapidly growing cryptocurrency space Join us in unleashing Bitcoin's full potential ☚ More about CoinMarketCap HERE ◀️

Upcoming: Stacks Q2 Town Hall 🏛️ Join us as we discuss the following: ⭐ sBTC Progress ⭐ Working group coordination ⭐ Blockchain core development ⭐ Testing and upgrades processes ⭐ Grants decentralization Save the date 💾 🗓️ June 29 🕚 11 AM EST Reserve your spot 🎟️

Hot off the press: OKX x Stacks x Xverse 🚀 You can now stack $STX and earn yield in $BTC right from the OKX Wallet 💱 ℹ️ OKX is an innovative cryptocurrency exchange with advanced financial services. We rely on blockchain technology to provide everything you need for wise trading and investment Start your stacking journey today! 👇 Get started HERE

ICYDNK: What is sBTC? 🤔 House of Chimera published an infographic that gives you an overview of the basics 👇 ✅ Decentralized Peg Mechanism ✅ Issued on Bitcoin Layers ✅ Promotes Productive Use of BTC ✅ Economic Incentives for Operation ✅ Trustless Writing to Bitcoin Blockchain Learn more HERE 🔍

ICYMI: Messari's report State of L1s Q1 2023📝 STX outperformed during Q1, driven by the popularity of Bitcoin Ordinals 🚀 Stacks led featured L1s in ⤵️ ⭐ QoQ growth in market cap (340%) ⭐ Revenue (218%) ⭐ Network usage (~35%) ⭐ DeFi TVL (276%) ⭐ DEX volume (330%). Read the full report HERE ☚

Hear the thoughts of various industry leaders and amazing builders from the ecosystem on sBTC and why we are excited about the upcoming Stacks update! 🚀 "What sBTC allows is truly unlocking that ability to have a trustless Bitcoin economy built on Bitcoin Layers" -Jamil Dhanani, Founder of Gamma.io 💭 Learn more HERE 👈

Discover how you can harness the power of an indexer on Stacks 📚 Our friends over at Indexer (formerly Byzantion) shared a few different ways you can utilize an NFT Indexer, also known as a blockchain indexer 👇 🌟 Tools for Artists 🌟 NFT Lending Protocols 🌟 NFT Galleries 🌟 Understanding the Whole Ecosystem Read the full blog HERE Check out Indexer's website to learn more!

Why does Stacks has a token? 💭 Kenny Rogers Developer Advocate of Stacks Open Internet Foundation breaks it down for us ⤵️ ⭐ Help secure the network ⭐ Soon function as a signer for sBTC "So if you look at Stacks' consensus mechanism Proof-of-transfer, you can think of it as one level up from Bitcoin's Proof-of-work" - Kenny Rogers 👨‍💻 Now, that you know why Stacks has a token. Learn how to stack $STX HERE 🪙

💥 JUST IN: STX listed on Coinone KRW market. Exchange Announcement: https://coinone.co.kr/info/notice/2233

ICYMI: BitFlow Finance Went Live On Mainnet! 🚀 Surfs Up, Bitcoiners! Are you ready to ride the wave of secure, transparent, and decentralized way of trading? 🏄‍♂️ ℹ️ Bitflow is a Decentralized Exchange for Bitcoiners where you can trade and earn with Bitcoin without malicious middlemen. Learn more here 🌐 Join their Discord 📟

Learn what lies ahead and the current state of alexGo.btc from one of the founders herself, Dr. Chiente Hsu 💱 "I think most people would want to use it (sBTC) to manage their BTC risk" - Dr. Chiente Hsu Watch the video below 📺 Learn more about the sBTC update mentioned in the video 👈

Calling all Hungry Artists 📣 Time to #UnlockYourDreams 🔮 The Mintery joined forces with HungryArtist aka Mary Lai and Gamma.io to launch a 6-month Bitcoin-only NFT Gallery at an exclusive location. 🖼️ You'll have the opportunity to ⤵️ ⭐ Have your artwork minted & displayed in the iconic gallery. ⭐ Have your artwork seen by collectors, creators, art connoisseurs & media at an exclusive VIP event. ⭐ Be featured on the homepage of Gamma marketplace. Want to see your work featured? Join HERE ⬅️