Stacks Updates

Since February, Blockstackers have been leading the charge on solving some of the biggest problems within the Blockstack ecosystem via community working groups. Some of the issues that these groups are tackling include ecosystem governance, business model innovation, and ensuring the robust success of Proof of Transfer (PoX) on Stacks 2.0. You can stay up to date on the progress of these working groups here: https://forum.blockstack.org/c/Working-Groups

The Stacks blockchain engineers continue to make progress toward the Stacks 2.0 protocol upgrade. Read this thread to see the latest features added: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1247289170344566784

Muneeb and Kyle Samani talked about network effects, building global financial rails, (weak) subjectivity, and more on the latest episode of the Stacks podcast: https://twitter.com/KyleSamani/status/1245802000706609153

Andreas Antonopoulos spoke about interoperability between chains, a topic he covered in his talk at Blockstack Summit 2019, on his podcast, "Unscrypted". Listen to the full episode: https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/1245501708811284480

New Internet Labs founder and Blockstack open-source developer, Larry Salibra, is working to enforce a "Can't Be Evil" terms of service on the web using software. Read more about the New Internet extension and "Can't Be Evil" sandbox that would block 3rd party assets, cookies, and more: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1245420427045978113

Blockstack Head of Growth, Patrick Stanley, talks with Partner at Placeholder VC, Joel Monegro about a unique investment thesis, the evolution of business models in crypto, and the concept of user-staking on the Stacks Podcast: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1244971133516029952

Blockstack's Governance working group has been working hard to draft a governance proposal for the Blockstack ecosystem. Join the effort by filling out this stakeholder survey: https://stacksgov.typeform.com/to/GJzIeI

Muneeb spoke to Amol Sarva, Co-founder of Knotel, on the "In the Know" podcast. Check it out here: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1243575904959434752.

NASDAQ picks up Muneeb's op-ed in Bitcoin Magazine: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-king-of-blockchains-bitcoin-can-become-the-foundation-for-web-3.0-2020-03-24

Op-Ed in Bitcoin Magazine penned by Muneeb Ali: How Bitcoin can become the foundation for Web 3.0 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-king-of-blockchains-bitcoin-can-become-the-foundation-for-web-3-0

Just announced: Blockstack partners with Hack Quarantine to help combat issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1242224638521835520

JUST IN: FireChat integrates Blockstack Login. FireChat is a privacy chat app that has been on featured in BBC, CNN, Telegraph, etc. and has been globally used in disaster recovery and peer to peer communications: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1241009303273852931

Jude Nelson, one of the lead developers working on the Clarity smart contracting language (and the Stacks 2.0 blockchain), recently took to Discord for a virtual AMA: https://blog.blockstack.org/ama-with-jude-nelson-app-chains-clarity-smart-contracts-stacking-jude/

March Community Town Hall will cover upcoming launch of the Stacks 2.0 testnet. Register now and tune in on March 25th at 9:30am EST / 1:30pm GMT: https://community.blockstack.org/townhall-testnet

Muneeb Ali chats with Azeem Azhar about Web 3.0 on Harvard Business Review's 'Exponential View' podcast: https://twitter.com/azeem/status/1240274510269431814?s=21

Muneeb Ali discusses crypto token compliance and the U.S. coronavirus policy with Forbes contributor, Jason Brett: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2020/03/18/ceo-of-blockstack-pbc-talks-crypto-token-compliance-us-coronavirus-policy/#3519ce5a53e1

Stacks 2.0 public testnet tentatively scheduled to launch the week of March 30th: https://forum.blockstack.org/t/stacks-2-0-testnet-coming-soon/10510

Textbook on Computer Networks Features the Blockstack Network and Decentralized Internet: https://blog.blockstack.org/textbook-on-computer-networks-features-the-blockstack-network-and-decentralized-internet/

Blockstack is preparing for the launch of mining on the Stacks 2.0 blockchain. Listen to Muneeb Ali on the Hashr8 podcast for answers to common questions by STX miners: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RdknuBiJAdKEKSFoNxB4E?si=gbtr9sKIQLeTlY2EJf_6CQ

The Blockstack PBC annual public benefit report is now available: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1230172243524759553