Innovation meets execution this week. The Dual Stacking Litepaper introduces a new path for Bitcoin yield, surging developer activity lands Stacks at #5 in ecosystem growth, and Clarity 4 voting opens to the community. Meanwhile, projects are closing funding rounds, educational initiatives are taking off globally, and builders across the network are cooking up their next releases. Let’s dive in.
🍿 Stacks Snacks
The Dual Stacking Litepaper was released, introducing a new way to earn Bitcoin rewards directly through Stacks. Check out the full Litepaper here.
Stacks ranks #5 among the fastest-growing dev ecosystems. The Bitcoin builder momentum keeps growing as Odin.fun’s Bob Bodily praises Stacks, saying, “Bitcoin DeFi is coming.”📈
Voting for SIP-033: Clarity 4 is now live! Cast your vote here to weigh in on critical upgrades to Stacks’ smart contract language.
Stacks is helping to build a blockchain innovation hub in Pakistan, driving Bitcoin and Web3 adoption across emerging markets.
😋 Other tasty content
Ryder just raised a $3.2 million seed round to accelerate production of its self-custodial Ryder One wallet, scale the team, and fuel the next marketing push🔥
Muneeb sits down with CoinDesk to discuss privacy, Bitcoin, and the future of decentralized systems in an in-depth interview🎙️
DeGrants Cohort 3 applications are now closed — 126 new proposals spanning DeFi, tooling, NFTs, and SocialFi are in. The next wave of Stacks innovation is brewing.
Bitflow launches a Bitcoin DeFi Bootcamp (Portuguese Edition 🇧🇷) to expand Bitcoin DeFi education to new audiences and grow the ecosystem’s reach.
Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts. It enables decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as an asset and settle transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks exists to unlock Bitcoin’s full potential as the largest, most valuable, durable, and decentralized asset. Learn more here.