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Foundations Newsletter Vol 11 January 27, 2021
Hello Stacks Community,
Welcome to the new world of Stacks 2.0!
We are excited to share that the Stacks 2.0 Mainnet successfully launched on Thursday, January 14th, 2021! This means that Stacking and Mining are now live too! Launch day videos, including more news and partnership announcements, are viewable here.
You can learn more about what Stacks 2.0 means for you here, including:
- Community Led Governance
- BTC Rewards for STX holders
- STX Now Trading in the US
- More Grant Funding for Research, Governance, and Beyond
We've also upgraded the Stacks Grants program to include wishlist grants, a faster application, and more room for community comments and feedback! Want to see what's being built? Join us for the next Stacks Grants Demo Day on February 11th.
So what are you most excited about? Share with us on Telegram or Discord.
Thanks,
Brittany
Executive Director, Stacks Foundation
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Stacks 2.0 Launch Recap
Soon after ushering in the new year, the Stacks Foundation, Hiro PBC (formerly Blockstack PBC), and the Stacks community celebrated a major milestone on January 14th, 2021: The Stacks 2.0 Mainnet Launch.
Upgrading The Stacks Grants Process With Grant.io
We’re excited to announce the launch of Stacks Grants using Grant.io! We've upgraded our grants workflow from GitHub to offer a funding experience that aligns with our values of community access, transparency, and ownership.
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On-Chain Stacks 2.0 Activity Will Be Live And Public On The Flipside Data Cooperative
Stacks was one of the first blockchain projects to join the Flipside Data Cooperative - a transparency initiative for partner networks to showcase their on-chain activity publicly.
A new version of the public dashboards will be launched in February 2021 to provide insights and data into Stacks 2.0’s health as a project.
Blockchain.com To Support Stacks 2.0 Upgrade, List STX Cryptocurrency
Blockchain.com is one of the most established and long running crypto companies that has helped build the foundations of crypto access since the beginning.
The team has been working to bring crypto to the masses since even before Stacks was founded back in 2013.
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Mainnet is Live! What Stacks 2.0 Means For You
The Stacks 2.0 mainnet is live! This is a huge milestone for the Stacks ecosystem. It brings more blockchain functionality through Clarity smart contracts, an upgraded consensus mechanism through Stacking that rewards STX holders, and more community ownership of the blockchain, consensus, and the future of the protocol.
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Attention, App Developers : Stacks 2.0 Mainnet Changes
With the launch of Stacks 2.0, there are a number of changes that may impact existing apps built on the Stacks Blockchain. Hiro PBC's Product Lead Mark Hendrickson shares more in this forum post on what to look at with the new changes.
Stacks Grants Demo Day - February 11th, 2021
It's back again! Register now for the next Stacks Grants Demo Day and see what your community has been working on with the support of the Stacks Foundation!
For a recap of last time, visit here.
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Community Call - Thursday, February 4 10:00EST/15:00UTC
Hear about what peers are building in the Stacks Ecosystem.
Community calls are about you, so bring ideas, feedback, or challenges you're looking to tackle. See you there February 4th at 10:00EST/15:00UTC!
Announcing The Beta Release Of Daemon's Mining Bot
Stacks Grant recipient Daemon Technologies' initial focus has been to lower the barrier of entry and improve the experience of mining Stacks (STX) tokens.
To this end they are excited to announce the Beta release of the Mining Bot for mainnet!
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