🍿 Nakamoto Release Update & Exciting New Events

Nakamoto Release news: core developers further updated the test net with the latest stacks-core software Release Candidate 2. As they continue to work with builders, Signers, and others, they have decided to wait on picking a new block this week and instead plan to select one next week after they hard fork the Primary Stacks Testnet with this same rc2. More.

🍿 Stacks Snacks

• Solana shares Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali talking about bringing Stacks’ sBTC to Solana.

• Hermetica announces its stablecoin USDh to be live on DEX Velar, with 30x Hermetica points and 10K VELAR tokens per day for the first 30 days.

• Research group House of Chimera shares why Bitcoin needs Stacks.

• Leo, the community behind STX Tools, successfully mints out their celebratory NFT collection Leo Cats.

🎪 Events Special

• Stacks Foundation, in collaboration with Hiro, LearnWeb3, Trust Machines, and other partners release BTC Bash virtual developer event details and coding prizes.

• Bitcoin Unleashed Amsterdam, organized by Stacks and Gamma, is giving away tickets to the event in Amsterdam.

• EasyA announces multiple developer workshops focused on Stacks.