“When Hiro first saw this place, ten years ago, the monorail hadn’t been written yet; he and his buddies had to write car and motorcycle software in order to get around. They would take their software out and race it in the black desert of the electronic night.” – Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash, 1992) Almost 30 years ago, Neil Stephenson...
→ Full transcript For the latest Stacks podcast, Patrick Stanley — Founder of Freehold, the newest addition to the Stacks ecosystem — chatted with Amanda Cassatt, advisor and former CMO of ConsenSys. Cassatt joined ConsenSys during Ethereum's crucial growth period from 2016 to 2018, when she created,...
It’s all about Stacks! Today, we’re excited to introduce the Stacks brand, including the first Stacks logo and a complete design system tailor-made to be used by all of us working together to build a user-owned internet. We’re proud of our thriving community and couldn’t be more excited about the future, especially with Stacks 2.0 soon bringing apps and smart...
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The Stacks 2.0 blockchain brings apps and smart contracts to Bitcoin. Proof of Transfer, which connects the Stacks chain to Bitcoin and makes this possible, also makes Stacks (STX) a unique crypto asset. By ‘Stacking’, or locking STX to the network and sending periodic transactions, STX holders actively support PoX...
As of the beginning of August, there was over $4 billion locked in DeFi markets. Today, just about one month later, that number is over $10 billion. As new projects launch seemingly everyday, the title of DappRadar’s recent article covering Clarity, “DeFi is exploding, but are we building it responsibly?”,...
Blockstack PBC and Chainlink are joining forces to integrate Chainlink as the preferred oracle solution for the Blockstack and Algorand-supported Clarity smart contract language. Blockstack developers will soon be able to build sophisticated Clarity smart contracts that are enhanced with secure, validated data spanning millions of data providers, web APIs,...
We’re pleased to announce we’re once again collaborating (#FuturePROOF) with Dystopia Labs to co-host the Redefine Summit as part of the larger Liquidity2020 DeFi Summit. We've also partnered on the event with Chainlink and Algorand to bring you the best speaker lineup and content possible. The virtual event will be...
An update on timelines and remaining work for the much-anticipated launch of the Stacks 2.0 blockchain by independent miners. → whenmainnet.co Now that Krypton, phase 3 of out of a total 4, is live on the Stacks 2.0 testnet bringing Proof-of-Transfer with it, it’s a good time to revisit projections...
Developers, don't miss the technical forum post with resources for the launch of Krypton/PoX. Today marks another huge step toward the launch of Stacks 2.0: Phase 3 (Krypton), including a full implementation of Proof-of-Transfer (PoX), is now live on the testnet. Since the Stacks 2.0 Testnet launched, it’s been a...
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...
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...
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...
