Hiro Systems: Release Roundup - October 2022
In October we shipped a number of updates across our products, including API v6, the ability to search by .btc name in the Explorer, a new re-architected VS Code extension, and our team continued to work toward code completion of Stacks 2.1. Let’s jump in. (full Hiro article)

✅ SIP (@Stacks Improvement Proposal) Call 🔎 with
@herogamer21btc

💬 What: Open Discussion
📅 When: TODAY - 11am ET (Starting in 1 hour)

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🚨 Stacks and the Stacks Ecosystem Post-FTX
Published by Stacks Foundation Team on November 21, 2022

"Given the latest market developments and our commitment to transparency, we’re providing an update on the status of the Stacks Foundation and indexing related responses from other organizations operating within the Stacks Ecosystem. We’re disappointed and frustrated by the latest events related to FTX and Alameda, but have not been directly impacted by the fallout or resulting liquidity issues. We hope that through collaboration, we can build a more trustworthy Web3 together."

Read the full article here 👇

Introducing: State of the Chain #1
Published by Babo on November 21, 2022

1️⃣ Introducing Stacks on Chain core features
2️⃣ Network Overview
3️⃣ Decentralized app catalogue

Read the first release here 👇

👁 Learn to implement NFTs into Web Apps

Stacks Degens developer "Deployer" will teach you how to implement an NFT into your Web App during this free workshop 🚀
Will you be the next Stacks Degens or Sigle in the Stacks ecosystem? 🤔

📆 When: November 30, 4PM (EST)
📍 Where: Add the event to your calendar

🚀 Stacks Foundation Grants Program Status

🙋‍♀️ 21 Applications in review for Cohort 19
🟠 7 completing initial deliverable
🟢 6 Completing milestone deliverable
✅ 1 completing final deliverable

View the full dashboard here 👇

🧐 What is Blockchain Naming System?
Published by Xverse on November 21, 2022

During the first week of November 2022, the surge in transaction volume for domain names with .btc reportedly shot up to 260%. Why?

BNS is short for Bitcoin Name Space or Blockchain Naming System, with .btc being a user-owned, blockchain-powered version of Web 2.0’s DNS.

Read the full article 👇

🗳 Reminder: Vote for Stacks 2.1
Every Stacks holder should vote for the new Stacks upgrade 🚀

Stacks 2.1
Stacks 2.1 brings stacking improvements, Smart Contract language improvements, better bridges, decentralized mining pools, Bitcoin native Assets. More on Stacks 2.1

Watch the tutorial video for voting here 👇

Developer Spotlight: Brice Dobry, Hiro
Brice Dobry is a Senior Software Engineer at Hiro Systems. Prior to joining the team at Hiro, Brice had no prior experience with Blockchains. Today, he's 1 year in with the team at Hiro and at the forefront of building on Stacks. In our discussion, he talks about how he got started and how you can too.

Read the full article 👇

👁 Ever heard about BowTiedDeployer building the number one Stacks gamefi project StacksDegens ?

He will teach you how to integrate NFTs into your Web app 👇

When: Nov 30 - 4PM (EST) (Tomorrow)
Where: Add to your calendar 👇

✅ SIP (@Stacks Improvement Proposal) Call 🔎 with @herogamer21btc

💬 What: Discussing the next SIPs
📅 When: Friday 2nd December - 11am ET

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Improve Stacks Together ✊💜

🚨 The Stacks community call

What are community members building on Stacks?
Join the discussion with #Stacks Grants, Residents and chapters 📢

📅 When: December 8th
Set a reminder 👇

🔊 Stacks community!

Which builders have contributed the most to the Stacks ecosystem in 2022? 🤔

Fill in the following survey for the annual Stackies awards 🏆

Here ⬇️

🚨 Highlighting the current Grant priorities

⭐️ Technologies that leverage the Stacks 2.1 upgrade and/or strengthen the connection between Stacks and Bitcoin
⭐️ Technologies/resources that attract developers & founders to Stacks

Read & apply here 👇

ALEX shares Procedure for New Tokenomics Vote & Implementation
Should ALEX change from a fixed emissions schedule to dynamic emissions relative to the trading volume on the platform?

Read the full article 👇

Deadlines getting close for the Startup Lab & Accelerator
Future development on Bitcoin layer Stacks will enable entrepreneurs to leverage over 300 billion dollar in $BTC capital 🚀

Are you one of those entrepreneurs? 🤔
1️⃣ Create your startup 👈
2️⃣ Scale your startup 👈

🚨 The last Stacks community call of this year

⏰ Tomorrow: Join us during an exciting discussing about innovation and progression in the Stacks ecosystem 🚀

With great community leaders like the Stacks Advocates leaders, Hero Gamer, the Clarity Education team, the Stacks Chapters and more!

Set reminder 👇

✅ SIP (@Stacks Improvement Proposal) Call 🔎


💬 What: Discussing the next SIPs
📅 When: Friday 9nd December - 11am ET

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Improve #Stacks Together ✊💜

How the Stacks 2.1 Transition Impacts Stacking
(Source: Hiro Systems)
The day of the Stacks 2.1 upgrade approaches! Sometime around January 17th, if SIP-015 is approved, the network will activate a number of stacking improvements. For developers building apps with stacking capabilities or integrations, the upcoming 2.1 changes to stacking will impact the user experience, and in this post, we will walk through the 2.1 transition so you can understand what will happen and provide a more seamless experience for your users. Read more 👇

👀 There’s a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity Waiting for You
(source: Hiro Systems)

Bitcoin dominates the cryptocurrency market, with a 45% market share as of today. To put that dominance into perspective, the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, has less than half of Bitcoin’s market share, totalling 18% of the crypto market.

Read more 👇