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ICYMI: An exciting Stacks Snacks update was published over a week ago ๐Ÿšจ

โ„น๏ธ Stacks Snacks is a bite-sized weekly 'best-of' newsletter covering the Stacks Ecosystem. Brought to you by the Communications Working Group.

Highlights โฌ
โญ alexGo.btc introduces permissionless listings for BRC-20 tokens
โญ Stacks reached $10B in cumulative trading volume & 65,000 deployed smart contracts
โญ Stacks Open Internet Foundation puts up 12 BTC & 250k STX for key infrastructure
โญ Bithumb (#2 exchange in Korea) adds STX
โญ Gamma.io debuts Ordinals alley at Ordinals conference โ€˜23
โญ And so much more!

Read more hits from that week's issue ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Subscribe and get the best of the best news weekly ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
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Don't miss the next Virtual Building on Bitcoin event! ๐Ÿš€

Join us for a deep dive into the tech, culture, and community thatโ€™s giving Bitcoin new life. ๐Ÿ‘‹

During the summer edition of Building on Bitcoin, you'll hear about ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ’Ÿ Scaling Bitcoin with Layer 2s and beyond
๐Ÿ’Ÿ New innovations developing from Ordinals
๐Ÿ’Ÿ What developers are building on Bitcoin through the Stacks sBTC Pitch Competition
๐Ÿ’Ÿ Where investors are looking to put their money within the oldest crypto community

More information at the event's official website โ„น๏ธ

Register HERE โœ๏ธ
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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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โ„น๏ธ The rigorous program is designed for those of you who desire to breakthrough your limits and develop champion abilities to build an investment-worthy startup on Bitcoin!

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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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