JUST IN: Check this video of Muneeb Ali, Co-founder of Blockstack and Sergey Nazarov, Co-founder of Chainlink as they discuss the importance of Chainlink oracles on Stacks 2.0.

https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1312026581263618048

Today, we’re excited to share a new calculator that allows STX holders to estimate potential BTC returns through Stacking. The calculator is based on community feedback and is intended to help STX holders project potential scenarios and earnings for participation based on various assumptions and variables. For example, at a 50% participation rate in the consensus algorithm with 10 miners or pools (along with certain other assumptions, including assumptions related to the price of BTC and STX), the earning rate would be approximately 9%.

https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1314596923307962368

📣 Introducing Stacks: a brand designed to unite the many projects and entities working to build a user-owned internet on Bitcoin.

The brand includes the very first Stacks logo and a complete design kit that community members can use to customize their own Stacks-related projects: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1316750595743723522

#HackDeFi has officially started! This latest hackathon aims to bring to DeFi to Bitcoin using the power of Stacks 2.0.

Developers will be rewarded up to $7,000 in prizes for building safe, secure projects that leverage Stacks 2.0 features like Proof-of-Transfer and Clarity.

https://hackdefi.devpost.com/

Blockstack PBC is becoming Hiro Systems, an entity committed to developers. As PBC’s work on the Stacks 2.0 public infrastructure winds down, it will shift gears to focus exclusively on building developer tools and apps for the Stacks ecosystem.

https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1319385690237526016

The STX Mining Challenge has begun and there are already 60 miners on testnet 🙌🏽. Start mining now: https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1321148779987423237

Q3 saw numerous developments for the Stacks ecosystem, including: Full PoX on testnet, further ecosystem decentralization (with the debut of Freehold and Daemon Technologies), the launch of the Stacks ecosystem brand, and more. Thank you to the Stacks community for yet another amazing quarter! We're looking forward to the world of possibilities brought on by Stacks 2.0 🚀. https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1321487268381630465

As we gear up for Stacks 2.0 Mainnet Launch, we are bringing you a community led AMA series to answer all your questions about the upcoming mainnet and how it ties STX and Bitcoin altogether. See the full AMA schedule below and join these telegram groups to participate 👇

→ 🇵🇭 November 3 : STX Philippines
→ 🇰🇷 November 4 : STX Korea
→ 🇷🇺 November 6: Binance Russia
→ 🇮🇳 November 6: STX India
→ 🇹🇷 November 9: Binance Turkey
→ 🇮🇩 November 12: STX Indonesia
→ 🌎 November 16: ICO Speak
→ 🌎 November 17: Binance Youtube
→ 🇸🇦 November 18: STX Arabia | CryptoZoom
→ 🇻🇳 November 24: Tradeplus
→ 🇳🇬 November 26: STX Nigeria
→ 🇪🇸 December 1: Binance Spain

The Stacks blockchain now supports Coinbase’s Rosetta standard. Rosetta is an initiative for open-source specifications that make blockchain integrations easy.
https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1326204797041713152?s=20

JUST IN: Staked will support Stacking and be a Stacks 2.0 launch partner.

A leading staking service provider, Staked’s robust infrastructure will make it easy for STX holders (who meet a dynamic minimum requirement) to earn Bitcoin rewards on the Stacks network.

https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1328699579794153472

The Stacks 2.0 mainnet will reach code completion by Dec 15th and is set to launch on Jan 14th.

Upon code completion, the network will undergo thorough testing as well as work on integrations with exchanges and launch partners. The additional time will ensure that the Stacks 2.0 mainnet is high-quality and truly decentralized.

To celebrate code completion, the Stacks Foundation will also put up 1 million STX to be won in an upcoming mining competition run by Daemon Technologies. This STX reward will help independent miners kickstart the Stacks network come launch day.

https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1329442662135509001

JUST IN: Blockstack is partnering with Ankr to support a seamless experience on Stacks 2.0.

A leader in developing Web 3.0 infrastructure, Ankr will provide solutions for users to easily run Stacks nodes, as well as for regional exchanges to integrate stacking.

https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1331313794795048967

TESTNET UPDATE: We have now entered the final phase of the Stacks 2.0 testnet: Xenon.

Instead of using the Bitcoin regtest, Xenon is integrated with the primary BTC testnet.

This is a key part of hardening the Stacks 2.0 network ahead of the mainnet launch.

https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1331686588686995458

Stacks Pakistan has kicked off the worldwide Stacks Chapters program. We're excited to welcome the team to the ecosystem and look forward to seeing what this chapter builds!
https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1334586375627132929

JUST IN: Summary of new legal memo details anticipated change of status of Stacks (STX) cryptocurrency to a non-security upon Stacks 2.0 launch.

This change would permit STX trading in the U.S. on non-securities crypto exchanges.

https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1335972550560669698

BREAKING: OKCoin expects to be the first to list STX tokens in the US!

In addition to the STX listing, OKCoin plans to support Stacks 2.0 as a launch partner and offer BTC rewards via Stacking once mainnet goes live.

OKCoin will play a key role in completing the STX historic compliance journey by giving US-based purchasers secondary-market access to STX for the very first time.

https://twitter.com/blockstack/status/1336659651983597568

On the latest episode of "On the Brink," Muneeb chats with Castle Island Ventures General Partner, Nic Carter about the launch of Stacks 2.0 and its evolution from a securities offering to a freely tradable instrument in the U.S. They also cover Bitcoin-based smart contracts on Stacks 2.0.

https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1336693063004151811

JUST IN: The Stacks 2.0 whitepaper draft has been released! The paper gives an overview of the Stacks 2.0 blockchain design, connection to Bitcoin, and further technical details. This paper can serve as a helpful go-to resource for anyone in the community, as well as a helpful onramp for those first getting oriented with the Stacks ecosystem.
https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1338570059187417090?s=20

Excited to announce that Stacks 2.0 is now feature complete! The first GitHub code commit that started the Rust implementation of Stacks 2.0 was in Nov 2018. Over the last 2 years, just the stacks-blockchain code repo saw 646k additions and 372k deletions over 5K+ commits. It’s an important landmark for our community. Cheers to all the hard work by Hiro PBC and Stacks Foundation engineers and open source contributors. More details: https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/1338897834674941954?s=21