Stacks Snacks - This Week's News & Stories

This week’s Snacks are coming to you from sunny Miami, where the community has gathered for Building on Bitcoin, Bitcoin Miami, the Ordinals conference, and more! 🌴 Got a tip for next week’s issue? Submit a link here.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• The first-ever Bitcoin Builders event was a huge success!

• ALEX Bridge from Binance Smart Chain BSC to Stacks opened May 14

• …and, the first BRC20 token is now being traded on #B20ByALEX

• Trust Machines takes Bitcoin Miami 2023

• Muneeb discussed the case for Bitcoin layers at @TheBitcoinConf

• The first NeoSwap BTC Ordinals auction @ Ordinals ‘23

😋 Other tasty content

• A technical primer thread on sBTC via @KenTheRogers

• Trust Machines: What is the BRC-20 Standard? 

• The Block: Dress as a wizard, take a shower: step one toward mainstreaming Bitcoin

• Nakamoto_1 was featured in German magazine @btecho

👋 New here? New to Stacks? Welcome!

Stacks is a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts; it enables smart contracts and 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, decentralized asset. Learn more here.

🛠️ Ecosystem Comms Working Group Updates

No fresh updates this week, as everyone is in Miami! Stay tuned for more next week!

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