Okcoin's Stacks recap - June 2022 edition 📆
Here’s OKcoin's monthly recap of what’s going on and being built in the Stacks ecosystem 🔍
⭐️ Stacks went to Bitcoin Unleashed to discuss our support for Bitcoin Odyssey
⭐️ Trust Machines raised $150 million
⭐️ GameFi, NFTs, and metaverse projects keep flourishing on Stacks 🚀
Read the full recap here 👇
Here’s OKcoin's monthly recap of what’s going on and being built in the Stacks ecosystem 🔍
⭐️ Stacks went to Bitcoin Unleashed to discuss our support for Bitcoin Odyssey
⭐️ Trust Machines raised $150 million
⭐️ GameFi, NFTs, and metaverse projects keep flourishing on Stacks 🚀
Read the full recap here 👇
Okcoin
Stacks recap – June 2022 edition
Here’s our monthly recap of what’s going on and being built in the Stacks ecosystem. 🔍 TL;DR We went to Bitcoin Unleashed to discuss our support for Bitcoin Odyssey Trust Machines raised $150 million GameFi, NFTs, and metaverse projects keep flourishing on…
Forwarded from ALEX Official Announcement
Hey everyone, here are all known notable events, features/changes, and updates from the month of June 2022 👋
1️⃣ STX/MIA and STX/NYC trading pair went live on block height 62,876.
2️⃣ Co-Farm with ALEX went live! Read the full details on Co-Farm HERE
3️⃣ 2nd Lockdrop snapshot taken!
4️⃣ Borrow & Lend has just gone live on ALEX! The very first Borrow & Lend will CRP enabled! Read full details HERE
5️⃣ ALEX Lottery has gone live on Block 66,551! Read the full detail HERE
👇 Some press & media shoutouts from June! 👇
1️⃣ Realvision
2️⃣ Spotify [ALEX AND THE FUTURE OF FINANCE]
3️⃣ XVerse tutorial with ALEX
-------------------
Check out the Gov Update: HERE
1️⃣ STX/MIA and STX/NYC trading pair went live on block height 62,876.
2️⃣ Co-Farm with ALEX went live! Read the full details on Co-Farm HERE
3️⃣ 2nd Lockdrop snapshot taken!
4️⃣ Borrow & Lend has just gone live on ALEX! The very first Borrow & Lend will CRP enabled! Read full details HERE
5️⃣ ALEX Lottery has gone live on Block 66,551! Read the full detail HERE
👇 Some press & media shoutouts from June! 👇
1️⃣ Realvision
2️⃣ Spotify [ALEX AND THE FUTURE OF FINANCE]
3️⃣ XVerse tutorial with ALEX
-------------------
Check out the Gov Update: HERE
Medium
Co-Farming with ALEX
We are introducing “Co-Farming with ALEX” exclusively for the STX/ALEX LP tokens that will be unlocking during cycle #32 and beyond.
Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali about Jack Dorsey's Web5 🗣
"The more builders there are in the Bitcoin ecosystem, the better. It's better to think about how we can grow together as a collective"
"These projects have historically not been able to get developers"
👇 Listen to Muneeb Ali's view on Web5 here 👇
"The more builders there are in the Bitcoin ecosystem, the better. It's better to think about how we can grow together as a collective"
"These projects have historically not been able to get developers"
👇 Listen to Muneeb Ali's view on Web5 here 👇
YouTube
Jack Dorsey’s web5 on Bitcoin & the Current Bear Market
Listen to the full stacker chats on your favourite podcast channel:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1CsbMGZHn4kp8u3IPnvQjR?si=491049b5d046443e
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/kw/podcast/stacker-chats/id1598954744
📲 In this Stacker Chats…
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1CsbMGZHn4kp8u3IPnvQjR?si=491049b5d046443e
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/kw/podcast/stacker-chats/id1598954744
📲 In this Stacker Chats…
ICYMI: Blockchain.com adds wallet support for $STX
Blockchain.com, the world’s most popular crypto wallet, has added Wallet support for $STX. With STX support already available on Blockchain.com’s Exchange, users will be able to toggle between the Wallet and Exchange to buy, sell, and earn $STX rewards 🚀
👇 Link to article 👇
Blockchain.com, the world’s most popular crypto wallet, has added Wallet support for $STX. With STX support already available on Blockchain.com’s Exchange, users will be able to toggle between the Wallet and Exchange to buy, sell, and earn $STX rewards 🚀
👇 Link to article 👇
stacks.org
Blockchain.com Adds Wallet Support for STX, Allowing Holders to Buy, Sell, and Earn
Today, we’re excited to announce that Blockchain.com, the world’s most popular crypto wallet, has added Wallet support for STX.With STX support already available on Blockchain.com’s Exchange, users will be able to toggle between the Wallet and Exchange to…
Stacks Foundation Jumpstarts New Program Providing Financial Relief for Women in Afghanistan
The Stacks Foundation has created an innovative social good program that leverages yield from cryptocurrency, specifically $STX, to fund thousands of women in Afghanistan seeking financial relief. The program is in partnership with the Stacks Foundation, Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization, and OpenGrants ❤️
Read the full article here 👇
The Stacks Foundation has created an innovative social good program that leverages yield from cryptocurrency, specifically $STX, to fund thousands of women in Afghanistan seeking financial relief. The program is in partnership with the Stacks Foundation, Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization, and OpenGrants ❤️
Read the full article here 👇
stacks.org
Stacks Foundation Jumpstarts New Program Providing Financial Relief for Women in Afghanistan
It has been long known that crypto can be used in tandem with philanthropy to provide financial aid to marginalized groups. The Stacks Foundation has taken this a step further and created an innovative social good program that leverages yield from cryptocurrency…
The Weekly Stack: Gamma NFT Updates 📰
Our friends are Gamma.io are releasing a weekly newsletter covering everything surrounding NFT events & upcoming mints 🚀
This week:
⭐️ Meet the Creators
⭐️ NFTNYC Recap
⭐️ Gamma Updates
Read last week's newsletter & subscribe here 👈
Our friends are Gamma.io are releasing a weekly newsletter covering everything surrounding NFT events & upcoming mints 🚀
This week:
⭐️ Meet the Creators
⭐️ NFTNYC Recap
⭐️ Gamma Updates
Read last week's newsletter & subscribe here 👈
Stacks Community Events: June Recap 📆
It has been incredible seeing so many Stacks community members attending real life and virtual events 🚀 June has been a whirlwind of exciting conferences, hackathons, workshops and meetups. Web3Week, Consensus 2022, NFTNYC, Miami for Everyone, Dev Workshops etc. 🤯
Check out what we’ve been up to and find out how you can join us at future events 👇
It has been incredible seeing so many Stacks community members attending real life and virtual events 🚀 June has been a whirlwind of exciting conferences, hackathons, workshops and meetups. Web3Week, Consensus 2022, NFTNYC, Miami for Everyone, Dev Workshops etc. 🤯
Check out what we’ve been up to and find out how you can join us at future events 👇
stacks.org
Stacks Community Events: June Recap
At the Stacks Foundation, June has been a whirlwind of exciting conferences, hackathons, workshops and meetups. Check out what we’ve been up to and find out how you can join us at future events.
Bringing Speed to the Stacks Blockchain ⛓
In this video, Aaron Blankstein, Staff Software Engineer at Hiro, explains hyperchains, a layer-2 scaling solution for the Stacks blockchain. Hyperchains will offer the ability to process high throughput and low latency workloads, enabling developers to build fast and reliable experiences on Stacks 🚀
Watch here 👇
In this video, Aaron Blankstein, Staff Software Engineer at Hiro, explains hyperchains, a layer-2 scaling solution for the Stacks blockchain. Hyperchains will offer the ability to process high throughput and low latency workloads, enabling developers to build fast and reliable experiences on Stacks 🚀
Watch here 👇
YouTube
Hyperchains Explained
In this video, Aaron Blankstein, Staff Software Engineer at Hiro, explains hyperchains, a layer-2 scaling solution for the Stacks blockchain. Hyperchains will offer the ability to process high throughput and low latency workloads, enabling developers to build…
ICYMI: You're still part of the #1 Web3b project on Bitcoin 👀
📈 STX Addresses from 417K (Q1-2022) to 444,490 (Q2-2022)
📈 Smart Contracts built from (Q1-2022) 3,235 to 5,127 (Q2-2022)
📈 Entities building on Stacks from 45 to 72
📈 TVL 478M $STX to 524M $STX
The Stacks community has proven the incredible potential of smart contracts for Bitcoin, from DeFi to NFTs, city coins to philanthropic efforts, portable identity to new infrastructure ✊
Read the Cointelegraph article 👇
📈 STX Addresses from 417K (Q1-2022) to 444,490 (Q2-2022)
📈 Smart Contracts built from (Q1-2022) 3,235 to 5,127 (Q2-2022)
📈 Entities building on Stacks from 45 to 72
📈 TVL 478M $STX to 524M $STX
The Stacks community has proven the incredible potential of smart contracts for Bitcoin, from DeFi to NFTs, city coins to philanthropic efforts, portable identity to new infrastructure ✊
Read the Cointelegraph article 👇
Cointelegraph
Stacks ecosystem becomes #1 Web3 project on Bitcoin
Currently, its 11,000+ users earn more than 100 BTC per month via Stacks' PoX consensus mechanism.
The number one Stacks Bitcoin blogging platform is announcing their update 🚀
Sigle, the Decentralised and open-source Web 3.0 writing platform, has announced a major update ❤️
The update involves:
✍️ writers on Sigle will be able to monitor their growth and better understand their community.
🌐 Ceramic protocol Stacks Grant
👁 Changelog Sigle 1.3
⭐️ More!
Read the full Sigle article here 👇
Sigle, the Decentralised and open-source Web 3.0 writing platform, has announced a major update ❤️
The update involves:
✍️ writers on Sigle will be able to monitor their growth and better understand their community.
🌐 Ceramic protocol Stacks Grant
👁 Changelog Sigle 1.3
⭐️ More!
Read the full Sigle article here 👇
Sigle
Hot From The Press #4 | Sigle
In this newsletter, we tell you all about the new Creator + plan, the first NFT gated feature and what's next on Sigle.
Start becoming a Stacks Contributor & Builder 👷
Let's accelerate the growth of the Stacks community 🚀
Ever thought about making a move to crypto?
Make yourself visible for the Stacks projects and join the conversation 🗣
Search for jobs & join the talent pool 👇
Let's accelerate the growth of the Stacks community 🚀
Ever thought about making a move to crypto?
Make yourself visible for the Stacks projects and join the conversation 🗣
Search for jobs & join the talent pool 👇
www.stacks.co
Job Board
Find articles on key topics and important information about protocol design, research, and progression.
Gamma updates the NFT Creator Tool 🚀
New features are introduced to make it easier for artists and creators to start their new NFT project on Stacks!
⭐️ Continuous collections
⭐️ Managing Smart Contracts
⭐️ Customized sale framework
⭐️ Much more!
Read the full thread on what's updated here 👇
New features are introduced to make it easier for artists and creators to start their new NFT project on Stacks!
⭐️ Continuous collections
⭐️ Managing Smart Contracts
⭐️ Customized sale framework
⭐️ Much more!
Read the full thread on what's updated here 👇
📺 Miner Incentives for Bitcoin 📺
The Bitcoin Miner incentives are a very important topic ☝️
Bitcoin runs on this newly minted coins that are coming and not the transaction fees, and that's the biggest criticism that gets brought up.
👇 Watch Muneeb explain this concept 👇
The Bitcoin Miner incentives are a very important topic ☝️
Bitcoin runs on this newly minted coins that are coming and not the transaction fees, and that's the biggest criticism that gets brought up.
👇 Watch Muneeb explain this concept 👇
YouTube
Long Term Security Budget & Miner Incentives for Bitcoin
Listen to the full stacker chats on your favourite podcast channel:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1CsbMGZHn4kp8u3IPnvQjR?si=491049b5d046443e
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/kw/podcast/stacker-chats/id1598954744
📲 In this Stacker Chats…
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1CsbMGZHn4kp8u3IPnvQjR?si=491049b5d046443e
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/kw/podcast/stacker-chats/id1598954744
📲 In this Stacker Chats…
Stacking on Mobile with Xverse 🚀
Stacking is a novel technique that rewards STX token holders for participating in the Proof of Transfer consensus process on the Stacks blockchain (PoX).
Earning up to 10% annual Bitcoin yield by doing so 📈
Read through the full tutorial & share it with your non-stacking friends 👈
Rather share the video version, you can do so here 👈
Stacking is a novel technique that rewards STX token holders for participating in the Proof of Transfer consensus process on the Stacks blockchain (PoX).
Earning up to 10% annual Bitcoin yield by doing so 📈
Read through the full tutorial & share it with your non-stacking friends 👈
Rather share the video version, you can do so here 👈
Medium
Earn Bitcoin by Stacking with Xverse
Stack a minimum 100 STX and earn on average 10% APY in native Bitcoin with Xverse.
The Stacks Bitcoin connection explained by a Clarity developer 👁
🤔 Why does Stacks make the critique on Bitcoin's energy consumption less valid?
🤔 How is Stacks connected to Bitcoin?
🤔 Why does me stacking $STX help the Stacks blockchain?
Stacks Foundation Developer Advocate Kenny Rogers perfectly answers these questions for you 🚀
👇 Watch the full video here 👇
🤔 Why does Stacks make the critique on Bitcoin's energy consumption less valid?
🤔 How is Stacks connected to Bitcoin?
🤔 Why does me stacking $STX help the Stacks blockchain?
Stacks Foundation Developer Advocate Kenny Rogers perfectly answers these questions for you 🚀
👇 Watch the full video here 👇
YouTube
Explaining the Stacks Bitcoin Connection & Solving the Energy Problem
Become a Clarity Developer! Join the Waitlist for the next Clarity Course Cohort: https://clarity-lang.org/universe#camps
Watch Stacks Foundation Developer Advocate Kenny Rogers Explain the connection Stacks has to Bitcoin, and why Stacks contributes to…
Watch Stacks Foundation Developer Advocate Kenny Rogers Explain the connection Stacks has to Bitcoin, and why Stacks contributes to…
Stacks NFTs Secured by Bitcoin Are Thriving 🚀
So much is happening in the Stacks NFT space ⤵️
⭐️ Bitcoin Monkeys Eggs Minting July 22
⭐️ Megapont announced the internactive Kong Fu mint
⭐️ The Mintery starting up the next cohort to onboard new Stacks NFT projects (deadline to apply: 27th)
⭐️ Satoshibles successfully launched Monster Satoshibles
⭐️ So much more 🤯
The Stacks community does what it's best at, building 🏗✊
So much is happening in the Stacks NFT space ⤵️
⭐️ Bitcoin Monkeys Eggs Minting July 22
⭐️ Megapont announced the internactive Kong Fu mint
⭐️ The Mintery starting up the next cohort to onboard new Stacks NFT projects (deadline to apply: 27th)
⭐️ Satoshibles successfully launched Monster Satoshibles
⭐️ So much more 🤯
The Stacks community does what it's best at, building 🏗✊
mintery.co
The Mintery
A 30-day NFT and metaverse launchpad for artists, by artists.
Introducing the Stacks Roadmap 🛣
The Stacks Foundation set out to create one place where roadmap-related content can be collected and displayed. At a glance, you should be able to tell what major improvements are coming up as well as get a sense for smaller tooling, team, or other more specific updates.
TL;DR:
The top section = big picture direction stuff for the network
The bottom section = day to day updates and granular progress
Read more about the Roadmap 👈
The Roadmap 👈
The Stacks Foundation set out to create one place where roadmap-related content can be collected and displayed. At a glance, you should be able to tell what major improvements are coming up as well as get a sense for smaller tooling, team, or other more specific updates.
TL;DR:
The top section = big picture direction stuff for the network
The bottom section = day to day updates and granular progress
Read more about the Roadmap 👈
The Roadmap 👈
stacks.org
Introducing the Stacks Roadmap
Audience and stakeholders of all different types need to know where the network is headed, so we set out to create one place where ‘roadmap’-related content can be collected and displayed. At a glance, you should be able to tell what major improvements are…
🔥4
Megapont Newsletter 📰🦍
Stacks NFT market leader Megapont is not slowing down 📈
This newsletter covers the highlights of what the Megapont team have been working on, including:
📌 $MEGA coin
📌 Kong Fu: The new interactive NFT drop
📌 More exciting news
Stacks NFT market leader Megapont is not slowing down 📈
This newsletter covers the highlights of what the Megapont team have been working on, including:
📌 $MEGA coin
📌 Kong Fu: The new interactive NFT drop
📌 More exciting news
Medium
Newsletter #9
Welcome to another Megapont newsletter! As I was writing this update, I had to pause for a moment to reflect on the fact that we are making…
🔥5
🗞 Former 'Bitcoin Maximalist' Dan Held sees a future in DeFi for the digital asset
Dan Held will be officially joining the community to support Bitcoin adoption & growth 🚀
He will be taking an active role building DeFi products on top of Bitcoin, starting with a marketing partner role at Bitcoin-focused ecosystem and platform, Trust Machines.
👇 The full article 👇
Dan Held will be officially joining the community to support Bitcoin adoption & growth 🚀
He will be taking an active role building DeFi products on top of Bitcoin, starting with a marketing partner role at Bitcoin-focused ecosystem and platform, Trust Machines.
👇 The full article 👇
TechCrunch
Former ‘Bitcoin maximalist’ Dan Held sees a future in DeFi for the digital asset
As the crypto markets continue to tumble, a major industry player’s beliefs are also taking a turn as he shifts from being a “Bitcoin maximalist” to what he calls a “Bitcoin rationalist.”
🔥3
Stacks enables Bitcoin applications, but what does that mean in practice? 🤔
The Stacks blockchain is uniquely positioned to make reading from the Bitcoin chain easy for smart contracts on the Stacks network, and proof-of-transfer consensus even makes certain kinds of bitcoin transactions programmable from the Stacks network. 🚀
This post will cover two different kinds of applications that can make use of this power (bridges and programmable proof-of-transfer slots), and discuss some proposed mechanisms in SIP-015 that make implementing those applications possible in the Stacks network 🌐
Read the full Hiro article 👇
The Stacks blockchain is uniquely positioned to make reading from the Bitcoin chain easy for smart contracts on the Stacks network, and proof-of-transfer consensus even makes certain kinds of bitcoin transactions programmable from the Stacks network. 🚀
This post will cover two different kinds of applications that can make use of this power (bridges and programmable proof-of-transfer slots), and discuss some proposed mechanisms in SIP-015 that make implementing those applications possible in the Stacks network 🌐
Read the full Hiro article 👇
www.hiro.so
Future Work for Clarity: Better Bitcoin Interactivity
How does Stacks interact with Bitcoin, and how can we add support for new Bitcoin functionality?
❤2
Bitcoin DeFi protocol Arkadiko Summer Update
Arkadiko has shared an update on their protocol 🚀
⭐️ Announcing Arkadiko Keepers: Smart contract automation for Stacks developers
⭐️ Front-end updates
⭐️ New collateral
⭐️ Arkadroids NFT projects: created to reward loyal members and to bring some new eyes to Arkadiko.
👇 Read more 👇
Arkadiko has shared an update on their protocol 🚀
⭐️ Announcing Arkadiko Keepers: Smart contract automation for Stacks developers
⭐️ Front-end updates
⭐️ New collateral
⭐️ Arkadroids NFT projects: created to reward loyal members and to bring some new eyes to Arkadiko.
👇 Read more 👇
Medium
Arkadiko Summer Update
Hello Arkadians