Stacks Updates
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Blockstack PBC engineers have received new US patents on application-specific blockchains and methods for publishing smart contracts, all new patents have been released under the existing PBC patent pledge, as with previous patents.
Blockstack Q2 ecosystem updates are live; excited about the progress towards Stacks 2.0 launch (phase 3 Krypton in implementation!), joint support of Clarity language with Algorand, growth of apps like Pravica and Blocksurvey etc: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1285205259053346816?s=21
On this Hidden Forces podcast I discuss the recent Twitter hack (my account was also targeted), we go over design principles of the early internet, where we went wrong and how the R&D work we’ve done for the Stacks design directly addresses these issues. Let me know what you think and we can continue this discussion topic in our Telegram — Muneeb https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/muneeb-ali-blockstack-twitter-hack/
You can now view a progress tracker for phase 3 (Krypton) of the Stacks 2.0 testnet on GitHub! Check out the full details here: https://github.com/orgs/blockstack/projects
Tune in to a panel discussion featuring Muneeb Ali, Vitalik Buterin, Sergey Nazarov & Daniel Wang at #EDCON2020

Registere here.
JUST IN: Blockstack PBC is contributing 100M STX (~$23M at today’s price) to the independent Stacks Foundation.

We believe in their mission to deliver the promise of Web 3; apps and smart contracts connected to Bitcoin.

https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1292823214717050882
JUST IN: Pravica, a communication platform built on top of Blockstack that raised $500k just released their Alpha 1.01.

Stackers can now test out some of its functionality like emails, chat, video and voice calls.
Over 50 speakers are joining #FuturePROOF to discuss:

🔑 Self-sovereignty & privacy
Mining innovations with PoW & #BTC
🎲 Game theory, security & governance

Register and tune in THIS WEEKEND: https://community.blockstack.org/futureproof