Introducing Stacks Snacks - Weekly Stories and Updates

If you’ve ever felt like you need to constantly refresh your Twitter feed just to keep track of all the exciting Stacks news, this newsletter might come in handy. Expect weekly updates that track big ecosystem news you might have missed. We’ll also share the latest storytelling and messaging resources as they are finalized.

Until next week!

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• The Stacks 2.1 activation landed this week! The cutover for the Stacks 2.1 activation occurred on March 20th. Read more here.

• Gamma launched its own Ordinals Marketplace. Read more here.

• The Hiro Platform is now live. Watch a video walkthrough of the platform to discover all its features and learn more about the platform here.

• Xverse wins 1st place at Paris Block Week!

• A roundup of upcoming Stacks events was published on the Foundation blog. Check out what’s coming this year!

• Introducing Nakamoto_1: the 1st ever interplanetary treasure hunt, powered by Bitcoin-secured NFTs.

• ALEX is bringing Bitcoin value to the multi chain. Join the whitelist here.

• Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol announces a huge partnership with industry leader BitGo.

😋 Other tasty content

• Stacks 2.1: What you Need to Know via Flagship

• Stacks makes the Top 10 search list on LunarCrush

• A new Stacks guide from Cryptonews

• A bevy of Bitcoin explainers from Trust Machines

  • What Are Bitcoin Ordinals?

  • What Are Rollups and How Can They Work on Bitcoin?

  • An Introduction to Building on Bitcoin

  • An Introduction to Bitcoin Defi

  • What are Bitcoin Layers and Why Are They Important?

• Creator of $1.4B Bitcoin Layer 2 Gives Backstory on 98% Jump w/Forbes

🛠️ Updates from the Ecosystem Comms Working Group

• Agreed on three initial “strike teams” for more focused project work: Narrative, sBTC, and PR.

  • Narrative team updates: with the technical Stacks one-pager completed, the team is now reviewing drafts of the Stacks marketing one-pager and FAQ.

  • sBTC team updates: The first priorities for this strike team will include providing design/brand feedback for the sBTC working group team and supporting development of the sBTC website and glossary.

  • PR: Forming initial team.

Further updates and discussions available on the Working Group’s Github page.

_{This newsletter is curated by the Stacks Ecosystem Comms Working Group.}