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Here's another Builder Spotlight with BlockSurvey โ˜„๏ธ

We sat down with Wilson Bright, the co-founder of BlockSurvey, to learn more about their mission, project, and so much more! ๐Ÿ’ฌ

They provide users with a stack of tools and audiences for data collection with ownership, privacy, and security at an affordable cost. ๐Ÿ”


Read the full feature below ๐Ÿ”ป
https://stacks.org/spotlight-blocksurvey
ICYMI: Codeacademy just launched a free and beginner-friendly course in partner with the Stacks Foundation! ๐Ÿ“š

Explore the tech behind Web3, Metaverse, and cryptocurrency with their new intro course and learn about ๐Ÿ“™

โญ Web2 and Web3 architecture differences
โญ Decentralization's pros and cons
โญ What smart contracts are, their uses, and the programming languages behind them
โญ Metaverse and how to design your own -- and more!

Check it out below ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://bit.ly/3LEME8H
๐Ÿšจ Live in 10 minutes: ReFi ๐Ÿšจ
There needs to be a holistic approach to sustainability in the blockchain industry. And, finally, the focus seems to be converging on that cross chain collaboration for bolstering ReFi. We talk to builders and advocates across blockchain communities all working towards a better future on

Join the conversation
Join Host: Kyle Ellicott (@Kyleellicott). Panelists: Brittany Laughlin (@br_ttany), Kevin Owocki (@owocki), Jeanne Bloch (@JeanneBloch) talking about ReFi

๐Ÿ‘‡ Join live here ๐Ÿ‘‡
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๐Ÿšจ Priorities from the 2022 Ecosystem Offsite
On September 19, 2022 the Stacks Foundation held the first Stacks Offsite with builders from the ecosystem to talk through technical priorities, share opportunities, and discuss the known challenges within the roadmap. The goal was to bring together a diverse group of builders to outline common priorities, and build working groups and a public roadmap to share with the community.

As a community, we identified three priorities:
โญ๏ธ Speed and Scalability Improvements
โญ๏ธ Bitcoin Write
โญ๏ธ Bitcoin NFTs

Read more about the results ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿšจ Stacks Grants Program Approved Funding Requests - Cohort 18 (Part I/2)
11 Grant funding requests have been approved by the Stacks Grants committee. The first 5 Grants are displayed below. Be sure to comment & star your favourite Grants to show support for future initiatives.

โญ๏ธ Trajan creates crypto endorsements to build a comprehensive reputation of merit, which becomes a decentralized identity that generates crypto assets. More here ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
โญ๏ธ Metastackdata.com proudly presents the first legally compliant Stacking pool with Lightning payouts. For the first time, Stackers will be able to stack STX and earn BTC at zero-commission with the lowest possible BTC tx fees. More here ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
โญ๏ธ Creating an โ€œAdvanced mobile games toolset for F2P and P2E mergerโ€ will create a bridge between Free to Play Web 2.0 gaming and Play to Earn Web3 gaming allowing non-crypto game dev studios and publishers to easily implement Stacks blockchain to their games. More here ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
โญ๏ธ Stacks Commerce (STX-C) is a smart contract system enabling independent buyers, sellers & value add parties to contribute & be rewarded for the exchange of goods & services. More here ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
โญ๏ธ This project aims to make the WalletConnect protocol compatible with Stacks apps and wallets. More here ๐Ÿ‘ˆ


Watch the full workflow of all cohort Grant submissions on the GitHub Repo. Add the GitHub page to your Watchlist & Star the page to get continuous updates on what's going on.
๐Ÿšจ Stacks Grants Program Approved Funding Requests - Cohort 18 (Part 2/2)
11 Grant funding requests are approved by the Stacks Grants committee. The last 6 accepted funding requests are displayed below. Be sure to comment & star your favourite Grants to show support for future initiatives.

โญ๏ธ  This grant proposal aims to standardize & improve a cross-collections staking experience so that teams can deploy flexible, tested staking experiences. Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

โญ๏ธ Unlocking native BTC funded DAOs will open up Stacks to the broader bitcoin holder market who could then use their BTC to fund DAOs, ranging from grant-giving DAOs and investment DAOs, to service DAOs and special purpose DAOs (like ConstitutionDAOs). Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

โญ๏ธ The first stableswap DEX live on Stacks. A 'real yield' protocol design that rewards liquidity providers with the same tokens used in the underlying pools Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

โญ๏ธ The project aims to build stxmempool.space - an open source implementation of mempool.space for Stacks. Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

โญ๏ธ A standalone service continuously extracting all Bitcoin data into PostgreSQL db Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

โญ๏ธ NFT2Loan will be launched, >1000 NFT holders have access to NFT loans. Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

Watch the full workflow of all cohort Grant submissions on the GitHub Repo. Add the GitHub page to your Watchlist & Star the page to get continuous updates on what's going on.
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๐Ÿ‘โ€๐Ÿ—จ Why You Should Be Excited About Stacks 2.1
Watch Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali, Stacks Foundation Executive Director Brittany Laughlin, and Trust Machine's Gina Abrams discuss everything that Stacks 2.1 will deliver ๐Ÿ—ฃ

๐Ÿ‘‡ Available here ๐Ÿ‘‡
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๐Ÿšจ Hiro Stackathon ๐Ÿšจ
It's time to sharpen your skills in this October's Stackathon. All month long we're bringing you remixable challenges to push your imagination to the limitsโ€”with opportunities to win great swag along the way.

Between now and october 31st, youโ€™ll have the chance to create an application, or to remix, repackage, and recode existing projects, adding your personal touch to each one. Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
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Too much excitement in the #Stacks community ๐Ÿ’œ

โญ๏ธ StacksDegens NFT customization
โญ๏ธ ALEXLabBTC Bridge Testnet started
โญ๏ธ web3startuplab's next cohort
โญ๏ธ ZestProtocol launched testnet
โญ๏ธ Hirosystems adding #Bitcoin support

We cannot choose what we're most excited about.
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๐Ÿ’ก Spolight - Stacks: A Deeper Understanding (by @Jackbinswitch)
"Stacks has a lot of moving parts, and for the longest time I wasn't familiar with them. I am used to buying a coin, joining some project Discords/Telegrams, staring at charts, and degening to my heart's content. If words such as SIP and CAB don't currently hold any meaning for you, that's ok we are going to remedy that in this piece." Read more ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
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๐Ÿšจ The Future of Gaming Lies On-chain ๐Ÿšจ
With the likes of Stacks Degens and Stacks Force, the future of on-chain gaming with Stacks looks bright! But what are the use cases? How do we accelerate the growth of on-chain gaming? How can you become part of the on-chain game builders community? Join this exciting session to find out!

During this event, Stacks Degens Founder BowTiedSirJonathan.btc (@BowTiedSirJonat) will go over everything that you need to know about gaming on Stacks, secured by Bitcoin.

Jonathan will be joined by moderator Zero (@0ZeroAuthority), Wannabe.games Founder norbertredkie.btc (@NRedkie), and many more!

๐Ÿ‘‡ Save your spot ๐Ÿ‘‡
โœ… SIP (Stacks Improvement Proposal) Call ๐Ÿ”Ž
Let's discuss #Stacks 2.1 ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ’ฌ What: Steering Committee October Update
๐Ÿ“… When: Friday 28th October - 11am ET

๐Ÿ“Add the SIP call to your calendar ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
Grow #Stacks Together โœŠ๐Ÿ’œ
Oh wow do we have a treat this week for all you hackers out there. The Hiro Monthly Developer Call is back in action! Tune in this Thursday, October 27th @ 16:00 UTC (12:00pm EST). โš ๏ธ

This month we have a jam-packed agenda with a rockstar guest list. Youโ€™ll be hearing the latest and greatest Stacks ecosystem updates straight from the source. ๐Ÿšฐ

๐Ÿ“Š Brian Franklin will be coming on to spill the tea on results from Hiroโ€™s latest Developer Survey! Come hear all the interesting takeaways from the Stacks dev community.

๐Ÿ”ฎ Maxim Efremov will be looking into the crystal ball, and giving us a sneak peek of upcoming Clarity upgrades with the launch of Stacks 2.1.

๐Ÿ’ฐI know Thanksgiving isnโ€™t until next month, but this month itโ€™s Grantsgiving! Our friend from the Stacks Foundation, Will Corcoran, will be joining the meeting to give a rundown of the multitude of improvements to the Stacks Grants process.

๐ŸŠ For those who are still dealing with FOMO from missing all the festivities in Bitcoin Amsterdam, the Zest Protocol team will be on the call (fresh off their testnet launch!) to share a brief recap on all the happenings from Stacksโ€™ Eurotrip.

Cannot wait to see all you diehard devs this week, and discuss the latest hot topics from around web3 ๐ŸŒŽ3๏ธโƒฃ

You can get all registered for the session here: https://hiro.so/calls
๐Ÿ‘ค Community Call: Next week ๐Ÿ‘ค

โœ… 11 new Grantees have been onboarded
โœ… Residents onboarding builders
โœ… Chapters introducing #Stacks locally

Let's recap what happened in October โญ๏ธ

๐Ÿ“… Nov 3. 11AM (ET)
๐Ÿ‘‡ Save a spot for the event ๐Ÿ‘‡
ALEX: Pioneering Bitcoin DeFi
Non-custodial #Bitcoin on Stacks is the key to:

โ–ถ๏ธ Billions Bitcoin capital flowing into Stacks
โ–ถ๏ธ The ultimate use case for Bitcoin #DeFi
โ–ถ๏ธ Bitcoin -> productive asset

Ethereum Bridge: ALEX is also building "Bridge", connecting USDC on Ethereum with xUSD on Stacks. Bridge is a wrapped bridge, with Tokensoft as the tech partner.

๐Ÿ‘‡ Watch the full video ๐Ÿ‘‡
โญ๏ธ Stacks Startup Lab: Bootcamp
๐Ÿ“† The deadline for the Stacks Startup Lab bootcamp โžก๏ธ November 5th
๐Ÿš€ Jumpstart your Web3 startup with a supportive and fast growing Web3 community.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Stacks Startup Lab Cohort 1
- Stacks Force launched 3 games
- BitFlow Finance launched their Beta
- Liquidium (formerly NFT2Loan) launched testnet
- Much more startups will launch soon

Are you the next builder that starts a company on Stacks ๐Ÿ‘€?
Help onboard the next generation of Stacks builders ๐Ÿ‘‰ Share & Apply here ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
๐Ÿšจ State of #Stacks Q3 2022 ๐Ÿšจ
ICYMI: Messari released their Q3 State of Stacks report ๐Ÿš€

๐Ÿ’ก Highlights:
๐Ÿ“ˆ QoQ 60% growth in smart contract deployment
๐Ÿ“ˆ Stackers holding for the long term
๐Ÿ“ˆ 2022 average Stacking yield of 9% in #Bitcoin

Read the full report by Messari ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
๐Ÿšจ Community Call: in 10 minutes ๐Ÿšจ
Join all the #Stacks builders during this month's community call ๐Ÿš€

โฐ Starting in 10 minutes โฐ

๐Ÿ‘‡ Come join here๐Ÿ‘‡
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๐Ÿ“บ This Week's Stacks Events ๐Ÿ“บ
An exciting week of live events ahead! Let's take a look ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ‘ Starting in 30 minutes: Hiro is hosting a Discord NFTs on Bitcoin, event together with many special guests
๐Ÿ‘ Wednesday: Let's talk Non-custodial Bitcoin on Stacks (Twitter spaces)
๐Ÿ‘ Thursday: What's next in web3 with Stacks Foundation Exec. Dir. Brittany Laughlin (Twitter spaces)
๐Ÿ‘ Friday: SIP Community Call (Stacks 2.1) (Zoom)
๐Ÿ‘ End of November: Stacks Degens announced their technical session on integrating NFTs into games (Register)

We'll see you there ๐Ÿš€