Hiro PBC (formerly Blockstack PBC), filed a form 1-U report with the SEC yesterday that summarizes the successful adoption of the Stacks blockchain by independent miners and the board approval of management’s determination to no longer treat the Stacks cryptocurrency as a security under U.S. federal securities laws. In an earlier SEC filing on December 7th, PBC discussed the release...

As you may be aware, the Blockstack ecosystem decentralized over time and evolved into a number of independent entities and developers with their own web properties. See this post for more info. The launch of Stacks 2.0 completes that transition. With this change: This blog blog.blockstack.org will be archived and no further updates will be posted here. The previous posts...

Blockstack PBC is now Hiro! In October, we introduced the Stacks brand to serve as the banner under which Stacks ecosystem entities and individuals should unite and we’ve already seen fantastic adoption throughout the ecosystem. At the time, we also announced a name change for Blockstack PBC to Hiro (pronounced he·ro); a change that’s now official. We are excited for...

Stacks 2.0 is now feature complete. Since being introduced in February, the PBC team, the Stacks Foundation, and community contributors across the world have been busy bringing this ambitious, ‘master’ blockchain design powered by Proof-of-Transfer, to life. Very soon, Stacks 2.0 will bring apps and smart contracts to Bitcoin, unlocking...

Decentralized Finance has erupted over the last two years and taken the blockchain industry by storm. HODLing is great and all, but cryptocurrency is too powerful to not put it to good use! We’ve seen DeFi platforms emerge from seemingly out of nowhere, redefining what money can do and offering...

See the OKCoin's update and register for early access to their STX airdrop. We are thrilled to share that OKCoin expects to be the first to list STX tokens in the US and will support the Stacks 2.0 release as a launch partner. The OKCoin team have been long-time supporters...

→ Read coverage from Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss in Reuters Today, Blockstack PBC released a summary of a legal memorandum supporting plans for the Stacks cryptocurrency (STX) to no longer be considered a security under U.S. law after the launch of the Stacks 2.0 blockchain. The summary is of a memorandum prepared...

With the launch of Stacks 2.0 Mainnet rapidly approaching, it’s extremely important to ensure documentation is comprehensive and easily digestible. We expect an influx of newcomers to the community, and the docs will often be the first point of contact with Stacks tech. To ensure the best possible experience, the...

Thanks to many Evangelists, ambassadors, and community managers, we’ve long seen the power in people stepping up to very intentionally build their community through local events, content, and networking. Now, we’re excited to introduce the Stacks Chapter program. Stacks Chapters, starting with this pilot in Pakistan, will take community growth...

With the mainnet clearly in sight, I’m excited to share that we’ve now entered the final phase of the Stacks 2.0 testnet: Xenon. The key change from the previous phase (Krypton) is that the Xenon testnet is integrated with the primary Bitcoin testnet whereas in Krypton we were using a...

Connecting consumers, developers and enterprises to the new internet, in a few easy clicks. That’s the promise you can find on the home page of Ankr.com. Today, we’re excited to call them partners on our mission to building a user-owned internet on Bitcoin. In the very near future, it will...

With the launch of Stacks 2.0 approaching, we can expect a surge of network activity in the form of Stacks miners and stackers. Thanks to Stacks 2.0’s novel consensus mechanism, Proof of Transfer (PoX), users will be able to mine Stacks tokens (STX) by committing Bitcoin to the network, earn...