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Introducing: OrdiGallery ๐Ÿ“ฃ

Powered by Stacks Parrots, this innovation allows you to experience Bitcoin Art on a whole new level! ๐Ÿš€

Check it out HERE ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

Flex your Ordinals today! ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ
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From the Forum: Stacks Blockchain Core Development Update (June 2023)


โ„น๏ธ This provides a clear look at the technical priorities for the next several months.

The core developers and technical contributors have organized around the following key areas to invest in for the health and robustness of the Stacks blockchain โคต๏ธ

โœ… Improving testing infrastructure, hardening, and refactoring
โœ… Orphan blocks
โœ… Bitcoin MEV
โœ… sBTC (which includes the Stacks blockchain performance and security updates covered in the Nakamoto whitepaper)
โœ… Subnets

Read more HERE ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ
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๐Ÿšจ You have one more day! ๐Ÿšจ

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Market Potential of sBTC ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Tune in and hear from Philip De Smedt of Arkadiko Finance as he discusses the market potential of sBTC ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

"I believe that we can at least, you know, like over the next 5 to 10 years, at the very least, 10X the amount of Bitcoin in existence that we can make programmable..." Philip ๐Ÿ’ญ

Watch the video below ๐Ÿ“บ

Learn more HERE ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
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Calling all Hungry Artists ๐Ÿ“ฃ

Time to #UnlockYourDreams ๐Ÿ”ฎ

The Mintery joined forces with HungryArtist aka Mary Lai and Gamma.io to launch a 6-month Bitcoin-only NFT Gallery at an exclusive location. ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ

You'll have the opportunity to โคต๏ธ
โญ Have your artwork minted & displayed in the iconic gallery.
โญ Have your artwork seen by collectors, creators, art connoisseurs & media at an exclusive VIP event.
โญ Be featured on the homepage of Gamma marketplace.

Want to see your work featured? Join HERE โฌ…๏ธ
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Learn what lies ahead and the current state of alexGo.btc from one of the founders herself, Dr. Chiente Hsu ๐Ÿ’ฑ

"I think most people would want to use it (sBTC) to manage their BTC risk" - Dr. Chiente Hsu

Watch the video below ๐Ÿ“บ

Learn more about the sBTC update mentioned in the video ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
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ICYMI: BitFlow Finance Went Live On Mainnet! ๐Ÿš€

Surfs Up, Bitcoiners! Are you ready to ride the wave of secure, transparent, and decentralized way of trading? ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ

โ„น๏ธ Bitflow is a Decentralized Exchange for Bitcoiners where you can trade and earn with Bitcoin without malicious middlemen.

Learn more here ๐ŸŒ

Join their Discord ๐Ÿ“Ÿ
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๐Ÿ’ฅ JUST IN: STX listed on Coinone KRW market.

Exchange Announcement:
https://coinone.co.kr/info/notice/2233
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Why does Stacks has a token? ๐Ÿ’ญ

Kenny Rogers Developer Advocate of Stacks Open Internet Foundation breaks it down for us โคต๏ธ

โญ Help secure the network
โญ Soon function as a signer for sBTC

"So if you look at Stacks' consensus mechanism Proof-of-transfer, you can think of it as one level up from Bitcoin's Proof-of-work" - Kenny Rogers ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป

Now, that you know why Stacks has a token. Learn how to stack $STX HERE ๐Ÿช™
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Discover how you can harness the power of an indexer on Stacks ๐Ÿ“š

Our friends over at Indexer (formerly Byzantion) shared a few different ways you can utilize an NFT Indexer, also known as a blockchain indexer ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐ŸŒŸ Tools for Artists
๐ŸŒŸ NFT Lending Protocols
๐ŸŒŸ NFT Galleries
๐ŸŒŸ Understanding the Whole Ecosystem

Read the full blog HERE

Check out Indexer's website to learn more!
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Hear the thoughts of various industry leaders and amazing builders from the ecosystem on sBTC and why we are excited about the upcoming Stacks update! ๐Ÿš€

"What sBTC allows is truly unlocking that ability to have a trustless Bitcoin economy built on Bitcoin Layers" -Jamil Dhanani, Founder of Gamma.io ๐Ÿ’ญ


Learn more HERE ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
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ICYMI: Messari's report State of L1s Q1 2023๐Ÿ“

STX outperformed during Q1, driven by the popularity of Bitcoin Ordinals ๐Ÿš€

Stacks led featured L1s in โคต๏ธ
โญ QoQ growth in market cap (340%)
โญ Revenue (218%)
โญ Network usage (~35%)
โญ DeFi TVL (276%)
โญ DEX volume (330%).

Read the full report HERE โ˜š
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ICYDNK: What is sBTC? ๐Ÿค”

House of Chimera published an infographic that gives you an overview of the basics ๐Ÿ‘‡

โœ… Decentralized Peg Mechanism
โœ… Issued on Bitcoin Layers
โœ… Promotes Productive Use of BTC
โœ… Economic Incentives for Operation
โœ… Trustless Writing to Bitcoin Blockchain

Learn more HERE ๐Ÿ”
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Hot off the press: OKX x Stacks x Xverse ๐Ÿš€

You can now stack $STX and earn yield in $BTC right from the OKX Wallet ๐Ÿ’ฑ


โ„น๏ธ OKX is an innovative cryptocurrency exchange with advanced financial services. We rely on blockchain technology to provide everything you need for wise trading and investment

Start your stacking journey today! ๐Ÿ‘‡
Get started HERE
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Upcoming: Stacks Q2 Town Hall ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

Join us as we discuss the following:
โญ sBTC Progress
โญ Working group coordination
โญ Blockchain core development
โญ Testing and upgrades processes
โญ Grants decentralization

Save the date ๐Ÿ’พ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ June 29
๐Ÿ•š 11 AM EST

Reserve your spot ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
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Stacks recently trended! ๐Ÿ“ˆ

As featured CoinMarketCap Trending Coins/Tokens! โœ…

โ„น๏ธ They are the world's most-referenced price-tracking website for cryptoassets in the rapidly growing cryptocurrency space

Join us in unleashing Bitcoin's full potential โ˜š

More about CoinMarketCap HERE โ—€๏ธ
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A new era on #Bitcoin ๐Ÿš€

๐Ÿ”ธ Ordinals
๐Ÿ”ธ BRC-20
๐Ÿ”ธ Bitcoin DeFi
๐Ÿ”ธ BNS

Join us, and let's celebrate Bitcoin Summer by supporting the Bitcoin builders โš’๏ธ

Deets ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ July 13
โณ 10 AM EST

Register for the Building on Bitcoin virtual live event with speakers from the Stacks community ๐ŸŽซ

Save your spot today
! ๐Ÿšจ
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Unleashing Bitcoin's Full Potential ๐Ÿš€

Houseofchimera published an infographic detailing how Stacks is working on this through โคต๏ธ

๐ŸŒŸ Proof of Transfer (PoX)
๐ŸŒŸ Bitcoin NFTs
๐ŸŒŸ Bitcoin DeFi
๐ŸŒŸ No Fork Needed
๐ŸŒŸ Energy Efficient

More resources below ๐Ÿ‘‡
Stacks ๐Ÿ’œ
sBTC ๐Ÿงก
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Happening soon: Bitcoin Builders Workshop ๐Ÿšจ

Kenny Rogers of Stacks Open Internet Foundation will host a dev workshop for you to do the following things with Clarity ๐Ÿ‘‡

โœ… Create Bitcoin Decentralized Finance
โœ… Mint Bitcoin Secured NFTs by sending $BTC

โ„น๏ธ In this workshop, you'll write a Clarity smart contract to read and verify a Bitcoin transaction, all on-chain. This will allow us to verify that a Bitcoin transaction actually occurred and was mined and extract data from that transaction

Save the deets โคต๏ธ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ June 28
โŒ› 11 AM EST

Check the event in Discord โฌ…๏ธ
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Co-founders of ALEX recently published - ALEXโ€™s Exciting Journey with Bitcoin and the Path Forward ๐Ÿ“–

Learn about their mission, key insights on the future growth around Ordinals, BRC20, and Bitcoin L2 (Stacks), and the roadmap of one of the top DeFi platforms in the ecosystem! ๐Ÿ”–

Read the full article HERE ๐Ÿ“™

Trade, invest, and earn today with their platform โฌ…๏ธ
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Reminder: ๐Ÿ›– Our Q2 Town Hall ๐Ÿ›–

We will discuss:
1) sBTC Progress
2) Working group coordination
3) Blockchain core development
4) Testing and upgrades processes
5) Grants decentralization

๐Ÿ“† June 29 - 11 AM EST
๐Ÿ“ฒ Set a reminder
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