Bitcoin Layer Stacks counts for almost 30,000 smart contracts deployed.
⛲️ Let that sink in.

1) Roughly 30,000 smart contracts deployed
2) Roughly 500,000 non-zero addresses
3) Over 3,000,000 cumulative transactions

Check out the State of the Network dashboard for more information.

🚀 Stacks entities path to success
How NFT-backed lending protocol Liquidium successfully launched their Bitcoin secured protocol:

1️⃣ Learned about smart contracts
2️⃣ Joined the Web3startup lab
3️⃣ Requested a Grant
4️⃣ Became a Bitcoin DeFi powerhouse

Learn how to walk the same path 👇
1️⃣ Learn smart contracts
2️⃣ Join startup program
3️⃣ Apply for a Grant

🚨 Join the next Hackathon and win great prizes
Welcome to the Building on Bitcoin Hackathon!

A virtual hackathon where you'll build your very own smart contracts using Clarity. The hack will let you experiment and familiarize yourself with Clarity’s developer environment.

🙋‍♀️ Join Ciara & Aakanksha for office hours sessions on February 28th and March 2nd at 11:00am EST for one hour each.

How to join 👇

Stacks sBTC Resident @andrerserrano sharing last week in sBTC

⭐️ "sBTC will be imperative for scaling ordinals long term, so it’s worth covering this trend closely"
⭐️ Technical Roadmap scoping 30 projects
⭐️ Community Town Hall with 100+ attendees

Explore the update ⬇️

Stacks 2.1 - ICYMI
Stacks 2.1 binaries are now available

This is a monster release. Read the full changelog here

2.1 consensus rules will activate on mainnet at Bitcoin block 781,551.

Update Tweet 👇

Stacks Gains Popularity 🚀
STX, the native token of Bitcoin layer 2 Stacks Network, is surging as the recent arrival of the Ordinals protocol has unleashed a new narrative of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Link 👇

Why you should be excited about sBTC for Bitcoin?
"People forget how many Bitcoiners are out there."
"Bitcoin over the last years has evolved into a holding asset."

Wrapped $BTC has a 5 billion dollar circulating supply on Ethereum. Bitcoiners would want to use solutions that are much closer to the Bitcoin ethos. sBTC can be that solution.

Watch the full video here 👇

🚨 Starting in 1 hour - Peg Wallet Design Office Hours
Join Christopher & Jude (Stacks Foundation), Max (Hiro Systems) and Igor (Trust Machines) on today's office hours to discuss the new proposed Peg Wallet Design.

The proposal for the new Peg Wallet Design can be found here 👈

Set a reminder 👇
Link to the Twitter spaces

📺 What You Should Know About Bitcoin Ordinals?
Ordinals proves that Bitcoin is censorship resistant.

Bitcoin is the largest asset and most secure chain, and a lot of people agree that Bitcoin will be the chain that will survive the longest. Because of this, people will buy a premium price for Bitcoin block space.

Watch the full 5 minute video by Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali 👇

📈 Stacks: State of the Network
⭐️ Smart Contracts Deployed > 40,000
⭐️ Cumulative STX Volume > 8,000,000,000 $STX
⭐️ Active accounts last week > 35,000 (record)
⭐️ New accounts last week > 47,000 (record)

More information 👇

📢 We're hosting a Twitter AMA with Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali on Monday
Do you have a question about Bitcoin layer Stacks, Ordinals or building on Bitcoin with sBTC?


Reply below this Telegram message with your question 👇

⏰ Set a reminder for the AMA ⏰

Accepted Grants & Residency to grow the Stacks ecosystem 🚀
⭐️ Decentralizing the Stacks network through mining is one of the top priorities for Stacks ecosystem. The Stacks Foundation therefore awarded a grant to @BowTiedSirJonathan & the Stacks Degens team who will work on making this happen. (GitHub)
⭐️ Fungible Systems will update the Stacking Club website / tool for continuous stacking with the support of the following accepted grant (GitHub)
⭐️ @andre.btc / @andrerserrano has been approved as the new sBTC Resident to drive awareness, adoption and support for sBTC (GitHub)

Why Bitcoin Builders Are Excited About sBTC on Stacks?
Listen to Xverse CEO Ken Liao, Zest Protocol Founder Tycho Onnasch, Gamma Founder Jamil, Podcast Host Jake Blockchain and more to find out about the potential of sBTC.

Watch the video 👇

🏗 Building on Bitcoin Hackathon
7 Days till deadline
A virtual hackathon where you'll build your very own smart contracts using Clarity. The hack will let you experiment and familiarize yourself with Clarity’s developer environment.

⏰ Today: Join us for office hours sessions on February 28th and March 2nd at 11:00am EST in Discord

Join here 👇

sBTC Update: Bitcoin Writes
⭐️ The sBTC system has potential to support ordinals
⭐️ Jude Nelson shared his Mini-sBTC proposal


Read up on the latest #Bitcoin writes (sBTC) news with sBTC resident Andre.btc 👇

🏗 Building the future of #Bitcoin layer #Stacks
⭐️ Stacks Startups kicked off cohort 3
⭐️ Bitcoin Startup pre-accelerator cohort 3 in progress
⭐️ Clarity Camp smart contract education in progress

We can't wait too see what the next generation of #Bitcoin builders will build 💜

Do you want to:
1️⃣ Learn how to create smart contracts? 👉 Explore here
2️⃣ Create your startup? 👉 Explore here
3️⃣ Scale your existing startup 👉 Explore here

STX Price Stacks Up Well, Outperforming Bitcoin
(Source: Blockworks)

The native token of Bitcoin layer-2 protocol Stacks (STX) has seen its value soar this year with its performance continuing to carry over into March, edging it to a top spot this week.

Following the buzz generated by the Ordinals on Bitcoin, which opened the floodgates for non-fungible token use cases on the world’s oldest blockchain, STX is riding shotgun.

Read more 👇

Sending $BTC to your .btc address 👀?
Building on Bitcoin entity Mechanism's Hank.btc teased a new feature for the Bitcoin / Stacks Hiro wallet that allows you to send Bitcoin to your .btc name.

Visit Hank.btc's GitHub issue for more information 👈

🚀 Over 200,000 .btc Bitcoin Name System names registered
Secured by the most secure and robust blockchain, Bitcoin

What are these decentralized identities? 🤔
Think .com, but for Web3. In the early days of the internet, users had to enter a long and complicated IP address to reach a website. Then Domain Name Service (DNS) came along, which was a naming system that allowed users to type in a human-readable text string ending in .com to access their favorite websites. In the same way that DNS made the Internet more user-friendly, Bitcoin Name System (BNS aka .btc) stands to do the same for the world of Web3.

Read more 👇

Laura Shin, writer, crypto journalist, and podcaster recently sat down with the Stacks Founder and CEO of Trust Machines, Muneeb Ali to talk about the much hyped Bitcoin Ordinals 🖼️

ℹ️ What are Ordinals? In the simplest of explanation, Ordinals are non-fungible tokens (NFT) you can mint on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Watch the full episode below👇
https://t.co/LWaTWtjqO6

🗞 Weekly sBTC Newsletter
sBTC will be the biggest unlock for Bitcoin this year!
Read up on the latest updates around sBTC.

⭐️ Published Go-To-Market Flywheel
⭐️ sBTC roadmap update with GTM working group.
⭐️ Progress: Peg-In integration test
⭐️ Much more

Read the full newsletter 👇