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:

coinone.co.kr

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 ⬅️

Market Potential of sBTC 📈 Tune in and hear from Philip De Smedt of Arkadiko Finance as he discusses the market potential of sBTC 🎙️ "I believe that we can at least, you know, like over the next 5 to 10 years, at the very least, 10X the amount of Bitcoin in existence that we can make programmable..." Philip 💭 Watch the video below 📺 Learn more HERE 👈

🚨 You have one more day! 🚨 Become one of the next Bitcoin startups by joining the Startup Lab BootCamp! 🚀 Join the FIRST all-Bitcoin Startup Pre-Accelerator 🚀 The 1st Pre-accelerator on Web3 Bitcoin. 🚀 Application Deadline: June 10, 2023 ℹ️ The rigorous program is designed for those of you who desire to breakthrough your limits and develop champion abilities to build an investment-worthy startup on Bitcoin! 👉 Apply today 👈

From the Forum: Stacks Blockchain Core Development Update (June 2023) ℹ️ This provides a clear look at the technical priorities for the next several months. The core developers and technical contributors have organized around the following key areas to invest in for the health and robustness of the Stacks blockchain ⤵️ ✅ Improving testing infrastructure, hardening, and refactoring ✅ Orphan blocks ✅ Bitcoin MEV ✅ sBTC (which includes the Stacks blockchain performance and security updates covered in the Nakamoto whitepaper) ✅ Subnets Read more HERE 🗒️

Introducing: OrdiGallery 📣 Powered by Stacks Parrots, this innovation allows you to experience Bitcoin Art on a whole new level! 🚀 Check it out HERE 👈 Flex your Ordinals today! 🖼️

Don't miss the next Virtual Building on Bitcoin event! 🚀 Join us for a deep dive into the tech, culture, and community that’s giving Bitcoin new life. 👋 During the summer edition of Building on Bitcoin, you'll hear about 👇 💟 Scaling Bitcoin with Layer 2s and beyond 💟 New innovations developing from Ordinals 💟 What developers are building on Bitcoin through the Stacks sBTC Pitch Competition 💟 Where investors are looking to put their money within the oldest crypto community More information at the event's official website ℹ️ Register HERE ✍️

ICYMI: An exciting Stacks Snacks update was published over a week ago 🚨 ℹ️ Stacks Snacks is a bite-sized weekly 'best-of' newsletter covering the Stacks Ecosystem. Brought to you by the Communications Working Group. Highlights ⏬ ⭐ alexGo.btc introduces permissionless listings for BRC-20 tokens ⭐ Stacks reached $10B in cumulative trading volume & 65,000 deployed smart contracts ⭐ Stacks Open Internet Foundation puts up 12 BTC & 250k STX for key infrastructure ⭐ Bithumb (#2 exchange in Korea) adds STX ⭐ Gamma.io debuts Ordinals alley at Ordinals conference ‘23 ⭐ And so much more! Read more hits from that week's issue 🗞️ 👉 Subscribe and get the best of the best news weekly 👈

ICYMI: You can now transfer Native BRC-20 with your Hiro Wallet 🚀 You only need a few clicks, and you can send BRC-20 tokens 💱 Here's how it works⤵️ 🌟 To start, click "Send" on the home screen, select a BRC-20 token 🌟 Select a fee level to pay for the creation of a "transfer" inscription 🌟 Review and submit your inscription request 🌟 Follow the status of your new transfer inscription request 🚨 Take advantage of the new feature and send BRC-20 tokens more easily between wallets or peg them into BRC-20 marketplaces like ALEX for trading on Bitcoin L2s! 🚨 Get your Hiro wallet today! 💳

State of Stacks Q1 2023 Report by Messari Messari released its State of Stacks report 🚀 Key Insights ⭐️ Average daily transactions and average daily active addresses increased 34% and 35% QoQ ⭐️ Ordinals and Inscriptions proved that the Bitcoin ecosystem has a serious demand for NFTs, fungible tokens, and DeFi. Stacks is perfectly positioned to meet that demand, with its added functionality and deep Bitcoin compatibility. ⭐️ Stacks 2.1 enabled trust-minimized bridging to Bitcoin and decentralized mining pools. Bitcoin assets bridged to Stacks such as sBTC and sOrdinals can be incorporated into sophisticated applications that wouldn’t be possible on Bitcoin. Full report can be found here 👇

Have you heard of BRC-20? Curious to know how it affects Bitcoin? 💭 ℹ️ BRC-20 tokens could be described as a new token standard on the Bitcoin blockchain and as a meme. It was created in March of 2023 by a pseudonymous on-chain analyst named Domo. Trust Machines recently published an article explaining the BRC-20 token standard and how it could change the Bitcoin ecosystem ✍️ Discover the following ⤵️ ⭐ Ordi: The first BRC-20 token ⭐ Types of BRC-20 transactions and wallet capabilities ⭐ The long-term vision for BRC-20 ⭐ Differences from Ethereum’s ERC-20 ⭐ Token Economics ⭐ And much more Read the full article HERE 👇

Stacking: Last Call For Cycle 60 ⏰ Cycle 60 starts at Bitcoin Block 791,950 (Current Bitcoin Block mined: 791,913) There's not much time left before Stacking cycle 60 starts. Lock your Stacks with your preferred pool to earn Bitcoin rewards. Pick your Stacking provider 👇

The Stacks 2.4 upgrade was recently activated and since then it has been possible to Stack on your own via the Hiro Desktop Wallet version 4.10.0 or higher. Or via the lockstacks.com app using the Extension, which has also been updated. You can now use it to Stack on your own or Delegate your STX to a pool operator/contract. The pooling contracts have been upgraded to work with Stacks 2.4 and the upgraded Proof of Transfer contract (PoX-3). You have about a day left to stack for Cycle 60. Cycle 60 starts at Bitcoin Block 791950.

Colored Coins. What are they? 🤔 Trust Machines recently published an article breaking down the basics of Colored Coins and how they relate to Bitcoin 📖 Learn 👇 ✐ The History of Colored Coins ✐ How Do Colored Coins Work ✐ Use Cases for Colored Coins ✐ And more Read it HERE 👈

Time for another weekly SBTC update and a quick recap of Bitcoin Miami 2023 🚀 Andre Serrano, Product and Partnerships lead at sBTC, breaks down the key takeaways from the inaugural Bitcoin Builders Conference 👇 ⭐ Ordinals are accelerating Bitcoin ⭐ BRC-20s are here to stay ⭐ ZK rollups are coming to Bitcoin ⭐ Trustless Two-Way Pegs are the holy grail ⭐ Stacks is well positioned We're echoing the resounding sentiment we've been hearing the past week, #Bitcoin builders' culture is back 🧡 Shoutout to all the supporters, builders, and community members! It was great seeing everyone! 💜 Read more HERE 👈

💥 JUST IN: STX listed on Bithumb KRW market. Exchange Announcement:

cafe.bithumb.com

Stacks Open Internet Foundation is now funding up to 12 BTC + 250k STX 🚀 ℹ️ Critical Bounties are RFP-style grants that support the development of a user-owned & open-source internet anchored in Bitcoin technology Here are some of the open bounties 🔻 ⭐ sBTC Protocol | Testing Team ⭐ Stacks Protocol | Liquid STX ⭐ Bitcoin on Stacks | Improvements ⭐ Stacks & Clarity | Improvements Explore multiple funding opportunities ☚

Kenny Rogers, Developer Advocate from the Stacks Foundation, discussing the Stacks Nakamoto Release 🚀 ✅ Faster block times for a better user experience ✅ Leveraging 100% #Bitcoin security budget Watch the full clip below 🎥 Learn more about the Stacks Nakamoto release & sBTC 👈

ICYMI: Stacks Open Internet Foundation shared their OKRs for Q2 of 2023 🎯 TL;DR ⭐ Resourcing and alignment on sBTC ⭐ Realigning messaging around Stacks as a Bitcoin Layer ⭐ Developer education and experience Read the full article here 👈 ➕ Don't miss the full recap of Q1 HERE 🚀 Visit stacks.org to learn more 💟

Ordinals Alley: Introducing the Open Call Artists 🎨 Gamma.io partnered with Xverse and organized an open call for artists to share their backgrounds and ideas, giving them a chance to have their work showcased at the event and brought to a global audience 🖌️ Meet the six artists who made the cut! 🖼️

Building on Bitcoin: A Guide to Bitcoin Miami 2023 🏝️ Ahead of the much-anticipated event tomorrow, Trust Machines published an in-depth guide for all the attendees! 📝 ℹ️ The annual conference, which is the largest Bitcoin conference in the world, will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center venue from May 18 to 20 and will involve over 150 speakers, 2,000 companies, and over 250 sponsors! Catch the full guide here ☚ Visit b.tc/conference to learn more! 🚀 We'll see you there! 👋

House of Chimera recently published a Twitter thread on Stacks 💭 They've discussed the following ⤵️ 🌟 What is Stacks? 🌟 What makes Stacks Unique? 🌟 What is the utility of the $STX Token? Check out the full thread here 🧵 ℹ️ Houseofchimera delivers comprehensive research papers and advisory services while simplifying crucial financial concepts. Learn more about the Blockchain Research and Advisory Group focusing on blockchain start-ups HERE 👈

T - 2 Days! 🚀 We're excited to see everyone at the first-ever Bitcoin Builders Conference 🏗️ Dive into the world of Bitcoin through industry keynotes, panel discussions with engineering leaders, hands-on workshops, a developer hackathon, and more. Get the chance to 👇 💟 Meet Bitcoin Layers 💟 Get Technical 💟 Discover Bitcoin Innvonations 💟 Connect with Builders See you there! 👋 💭 Bitcoin Builders Conference 🗓️ May 17, 2023 📍Miami, FL 📩 hello@bitcoinbuildersconf.com Learn more and get your tickets here 🎫 Here are the event's 👇 ✅ Agenda ✅ Speakers ✅ Hack & Networks Follow the event's Twitter Page to get the latest news and updates!

ICYMI: The Indexer Startup Program for Stacks developers is here! 🤝 They recently announced that they are now offering their suite of tools for FREE to help you build powerful applications on their platform! 👨‍💻 ℹ️ Indexer is a multichain NFT platform that provides on and off-chain indexing and interpretation data layers for Web3 applications. Visit Indexer's website to know more! 📗 And if incase you need a quick intro on Indexer, read this article 👈

When Stacks 2.4 (PoX-3) and Stacking again? Most up to date details here:

forum.stacks.org

TLDR: Assuming that testing and rollout go smoothly, Stacks holders that want to participate in Stacking should be able to start earning rewards again in Cycle 60

Unlocking Bitcoin’s Full Potential with Layer 2 Technology 🔓 While Bitcoin is already the largest, most valuable, and most durable decentralized asset, Layer 2 technologies can further enhance its utility and enable new use cases and applications. 🚀 This blog breaks down the ways in which Layer 2 technologies are enabling faster, cheaper, and more expressive interactions with BTC. Read the full article here 👈 ➕ Learn more and stay connected on all things sBTC

Memecoins on Bitcoin? Xverse is here for it. 🚀 View BRC-20 token balance today in your Xverse wallet Chrome extension. COMING SOON: ✅Transfers 📲Mobile support 🔁Trading via ALEX 🔒Hardware support Follow Xverse on Twitter for more updates.

We're thrilled to hear that Hiro Wallet now supports Bitcoin Stamps! 🤝 You can now store and view them safely within the "Collectibles" area of Hiro Wallet (v4.20.0) ✅ Stamps operate a bit differently than Ordinals, but still live permanently on the Bitcoin blockchain as an immutable form of digital art 🖼️ Try creating your first Bitcoin Stamp with Hiro Wallet today via 👇 If you want to know more about Bitcoin Stamps, Trust Machine published a twitter thread on Stamps 🧵 Install Hiro wallet to get started 💳

Don't miss Ordinals 2023, the first-ever Bitcoin Ordinals Conference 📣 Presented by Gamma.io, the event will bring together the top builders, projects, and investors pioneering the future of digital artifacts 🖼️ 🗓️ May 18, 2023 📍 Miami Beach 🪑 Limited Seats 🎙️ 30+ Speakers Visit Ordinals 2023 website to learn more ✅ Get your tickets today! 🎟️

Hiro gears up for the First-Ever Bitcoin Layer 2 Conference! 🚀 A groundbreaking event as it is the inaugural Bitcoin Builders Conference! 🏗️ 📅 May 17, 2023 📍 Miami, Florida It will be a developer-focused event that promises to unite the most brilliant minds and innovators within the Bitcoin Layer 2 ecosystem, showcasing the latest advancements and developments in Bitcoin technology 👨‍💻 Read the full article here 👈 Visit the Bitcoin Builders Conference Website to learn more ✅ And follow the Event's Twitter to stay updated on conference news!

Christopher Perceptions, Project Manager at the Stacks Open Internet Foundation, shares his thoughts on what caused this year's growth and excitement for Bitcoin layers! 📈 He said that "The Ordinals has piqued a lot of interest as far as what's possible in Bitcoin." 🚀 Adding that the Stacks "community is really good with responsible growth." 🤝 Watch the full clip ⏫ Learn more about Ordinals and how it's changing Bitcoin and Web3 Startups 👈

We're witnessing an explosive growth of Bitcoin use cases! 🚀 Muneeb Ali, CEO of Trust Machines and co-founder of Stacks, said "Bitcoin is fun again because there's a place to build again." 🛠️ Trust Machine's report identified the following as the key use cases driving new growth and adoption ⤵️ ⭐ Bitcoin non-fungible tokens (NFT) ⭐ Bitcoin name services (BNS) ⭐ Recent developments on the Stacks blockchain Read more here 👈

How did we get here? From Bartering to Banknotes to Bitcoin 🤔 In one of their recent blog posts, Hiro dives deep into the evolution of money 💵 ℹ️ What is money? Britannica defines money as “a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange.” Money is ultimately a social construct—it doesn’t work unless both parties in the exchange agree on the medium of value. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are the next big step in the evolution of money, but to understand how important Bitcoin is, we first need to take a step back and look at the history of money 🪙 Read the full blog here 🔍

Are NFTs Dead? ☠️ Or Is There Exciting Latent Potential in NFT Technology? 🚀 These are the questions Hiro answered in their recent blog. 💭 As we all know, the NFT hype has cooled with the recent wave of rug pulls, trademark lawsuits, declining NFT sales, a challenging crypto bear market, and scams 📉 However, Hiro believes (with us included) that NFTs are just getting started! ⚡ Read the full article ➡️ here

How do Web3 projects get their communities involved and determine to what extent? 🤔 It is made through Web3 Governance 🗳️ This refers to the decision-making process for a decentralized system -- it dictates how consensus is formed and to what degree the community can be involved with the direction of a project ℹ️ Hiro published a guide which covers ⤵️ ⭐ What is Web3 Governance? ⭐ Why Web3 Projects May Benefit From Community Governance? ⭐ Types of Web3 Government Models? ⭐ How To Choose The Right Model For Your Project? Read it here 🗂️

Why do we need Decentralized Finance? 🤔 ℹ️ DeFi aka Decentralized Finance emerged due to the advancements in blockchain technology, particularly in the development of smart contracts. We've asked a number of industry leaders within the ecosystem. Hear their thoughts on why this breakthrough is important! 🚀 Watch the full clip 📼

The recent sBTC weekly update tackles its product-market fit 🧩 Product-market fit is when a product satisfies a strong market demand. The goal for sBTC is to successfully deploy Bitcoin capital in apps, products, and smart contracts alike that prove that you can unlock Bitcoin into productive use cases 📱 Read the full newsletter here 🗞️