It’s officially time to welcome Freehold to the Stacks Ecosystem. As we forge ahead building a user-owned internet, Freehold will be taking on the role of empowering tightly knit communities to collaborate on open protocols, starting with Stacks. Freehold is the ‘Contribution Entity’ as outlined in the Stacks ecosystem’s path to decentralization. Freehold’s initial goal is to progress ideas and...
We wanted to wish the team over at KuCoin a happy 3rd anniversary and to let all of you know they are hosting a series of carnival activities as a way to give back to their users with prizes and crypto, including STX. There will be chances to win prizes like iPhones, Apple Watches, and even a Porsche 911 Turbo...
We’re very happy to announce that our docs site has undergone a significant refresh both inside and out! The docs have been updated to use new tooling (Next.js + MDX) and an improved design that meshes with Blockstack’s other properties. tl:dr Jekyll → Next.js + MDX We implemented Algolia’s Docsearch Updated content and routing for a more intuitive experience Page...
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Today we’re excited to announce Blockstack PBC is teaming with Arweave to host a bounty for enabling the Clarity smart contract language on Arweave’s smart contract protocol, SmartWeave. Both Arweave and Clarity take a unique approach to smart contracts and we’re looking forward to seeing what developers can do by...
Today is another exciting day in the Stacks Ecosystem as we welcome a new Asia-based entity. Daemon Technologies, headquartered in Hong Kong, is launching to serve as an important entry point and hub for the Stacks Ecosystem in Asia, while further decentralizing the ecosystem. Officially called Daemon Technologies 地灵科技 (Di...
Another hackathon, another round of mind-blowing smart contract submissions from diehard Stacks community developers. Clarity Hack wrapped up this Monday, and our judges have had an absolute blast this week scoring the projects and seeing how hackers have matured as Clarity devs. The first smart contract hackathon in May popped...
Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Blockdaemon to provide a seamless path to running a Stacks 2.0 node. Institutions, other corporate entities, or individuals that wish to participate in STX Mining and Stacking on the upcoming Stacks 2.0 network, but don’t want to manage their own infrastructure,...
#HackStacks starts on September 9th! Earn rewards by building tools and products for miners and stackers as part of the Stacks 2.0 Hackathon Series. → Register now on DevPost From trustless token exchanges to Bitcoin price oracles, we’ve seen what you can achieve with the Clarity smart contract...
Blockstack PBC's Head of Growth, Patrick Stanley, is joined by Dan Romero (Coinbase). They discuss the ways crypto has tried to appeal to users over the years and explore reasons why adoption has tended toward financial products, despite a multitude of exciting and likely profitable possibilities enabled by blockchains and...
Today, Crypto.com announced it has listed STX, making the cryptocurrency immediately available for convenient purchase and trading by non-U.S. persons through its highly-rated mobile app. Crypto.com is on a ‘mission to accelerate the world's transition to cryptocurrency’ and was founded on the idea that it is a basic human right to...
GreenPass is a mobile app that aims to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 by helping users track and manage health data in a secure and private way. By utilizing decentralized identity (DID), verifiable credentials (VC), and distributed storage, GreenPass is able to preserve user privacy, which is critical given the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8h9N53reY → Full transcript In this episode of The Stacks Podcast, host Patrick Stanley talks with Jeremy Welch, co-founder, former CEO, and current Advisor to Casa, which provides secure storage solutions for digital wealth (namely, Bitcoin). The longtime cryptocurrency...
