In May, we kicked off the first-ever Can't Be Evil contest by inviting developers to build privacy and security first apps that are user-controlled. The response was incredible and you all had such a good time competing, we decided to host another one for all of you that missed the first! But...
At the beginning of May we announced the start of a new movement to take a stand against the broken promises and anti-user practices of big tech companies. We firmly planted our flag in the backyard of the likes of Google, and challenged you to build applications that “Can’t Be Evil”. The...
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Since the SEC qualification of our token offering on July 10th, a lot has been happening. The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fox Business, and Yahoo! Finance covered us, among others. There is an SEC requirement to start the sale within two days of qualification. We opened our sale on July...
In December 2018 we launched App Mining as the first-of-its-kind way to incentivize founders to build great decentralized apps. To date, the program has been more successful than we initially hoped. Over its 8-month run, the number of apps in the program has increased nearly 10x to over 150 and...
The Stacks token offering is officially opening today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. As part of the first SEC-qualified token offering under the Reg A+ framework, Blockstack is offering up to $28 million of Stacks tokens in our cash sale. The general offering price is $0.30 per token, and the...
We are honored to announce that Blockstack PBC’s upcoming token offering has been qualified by the SEC under Regulation A+. This is the first time in U.S. history that a crypto token offering has received SEC qualification. We believe this is a huge step forward for decentralized applications, internet security,...
Take the developer satisfaction survey for a chance to win a Blockstack hoodie. The Blockstack PBC team is relentlessly focused on helping developers make high-quality decentralized apps. This focus naturally covers developer tools, but also extends to the Stacks Blockchain, platform reliability, app funding, education, and community building. In short—you...
We’re excited to introduce the Clarity smart contract language that optimizes for predictability and security. Clarity is currently in developer preview. To get started, check out the documentation and the SDK. We’re seeking feedback from our developer community and welcome any bug reports and pull requests. Smart contracts allow developers...
In 2017, we created a vision for the future of our technology with the Blockstack Whitepaper 1.0. We completed the 2017 Blockstack token offering with a focus on regulatory frameworks. We've learned a lot since then. We released the version 2.0 of the Blockstack whitepaper last month. We're now proposing...
Join Neal Stephenson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and more, as well as angel investor and entrepreneur, Naval Ravikant. In the years since Neal Stephenson penned the science-fiction novel Snow Crash, the once futuristic world that his katana-wielding 'Hiro' explored nearly two...
In April 2019, Blockstack Token LLC publicly filed an offering statement with the SEC to conduct a token offering using the Regulation A+ framework. Upon qualification, the offering is expected to be the first SEC-qualified token offering of its kind. Although the SEC has not yet qualified the offering statement,...
