{"id":12867,"date":"2020-03-11T14:19:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=12867"},"modified":"2020-03-11T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:40:45","slug":"proof-of-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/proof-of-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof of Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Unedited by Larry Chiang&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">March 2020<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(126, 126, 126); font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; padding: 0px 20px 5px\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(126, 126, 126)\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 12px; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(33, 31, 109)\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 22px\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">Blockstack Ecosystem Updates<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(126, 126, 126); font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; padding: 5px 20px 15px\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(126, 126, 126)\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">February was a productive month in the Blockstack community as various groups formed around projects related to Stacks 2.0. In particular, there has been new activity surrounding \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=98cd46f6&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Proof of Transfer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (PoX)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">, a mining mechanism proposed for securing the Stacks 2.0 blockchain while rewarding miners with STX, and STX holders with BTC.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><em style=\"line-height: inherit\">Sign up for weekly Stacks 2.0 updates covering STX Mining and Proof of <\/em><\/span><strong><em>Transfer<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\"><em style=\"line-height: inherit\"> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; margin: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">Community Updates:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: inherit\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Newly formed Working Groups tackled everything from business models to governance projects. Learn more and<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=44bb42e5&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">join here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Hundreds of you joined us at<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=25a92f8d&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">February&#8217;s Townhall<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">to talk Proof of Transfer.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">New and existing community members joined several virtual events such as the<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=4b92ad84&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">AMA with Dapp.com<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">, Muneeb Ali&#8217;s Asia-focused<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=f9df2b9e&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">AMA with the BiHu<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">community (where he chatted with over 8,000 guests and Blockstackers), and of course the recurring<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=97e4a997&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Engineering and Evangelist calls<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">The community also connected at in-person events throughout the month, highlighted by the<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=9d4427ab&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">DeFi Meetup in NYC<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">, the<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=f968365f&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Fireside Chat with Balaj Srinivasan in Austin<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">, and several hackathons.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">Stacks 2.0 and Technical Progress:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: inherit\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Blockstack developers started publishing weekly updates on Stacks 2.0 (including PoX updates). You can find past updates in full detail<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=9753b456&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">or subscribe to receive updates via email by clicking<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=2a80c0ec&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">. Highlights include:<\/span>\n<ul style=\"line-height: inherit\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Implemented the Clarity Smart Contract traits to enable Dynamic Dispatch.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Developers being able to write, deploy and interact with smart contracts on a local testnet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Finished implementing dynamic cost tracking for runtime and analysis for the Clarity VM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Continued working on an issue that enables the Genesis Block of the Stacks 2.0 test net, which will better enable testing token transfers on test net.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">App developers started using the new beta &#8216;Blockstack Connect&#8217; library to offer a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=251e324c&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">smoother login experience<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">to their users.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">Looking ahead:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: inherit\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Launch of the first phase of the public Stacks 2.0 testnet is expected in early April. (<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=4b25b045&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Get Updates<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">A final version of the Proof of Transfer whitepaper, currently in draft form, is expected this month. (<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=41853e79&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Get Updates<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">The Blockstack community is scheduled to connect at&nbsp; many in-person and virtual events throughout March:<\/span>\n<ul style=\"line-height: inherit\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Istanbul:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=8316f968&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Developer Workshop with Talha @ Devnot<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Bangalore:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=b3b75c1f&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">World Enterprise Blockchain Conclave<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Virtual:<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=ed2d7b61&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Blockstack<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=ed2d7b61&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">\u00e4\u00bb\u017d\u00e5\u00bc\u20ac\u00e5\u008f\u2018\u00e5\u2026\u00a5\u00e9\u2014\u00a8\u00e5\u02c6\u00b0\u00e6\u0160\u20ac\u00e6\u0153\u00af\u00e5\u00ae\u017e\u00e6\u02c6\u02dc<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=97e4a997&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">All events<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Take a look below for links to major news and announcements from this past month and please<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=5f60fd7b&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">connect with the community on Discord<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">if you haven&#8217;t yet. If you have any questions about these updates or how to get further connected with ongoing efforts, please send a message to<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a title=\"hello@blockstack.org\" href=\"mailto:hello@blockstack.org\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">hello@blockstack.org<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">or reply to this message.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">See you soon,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">The Blockstack PBC Team<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"divider\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" valign=\"top\" style=\"line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; table-layout: fixed; border-spacing: 0px; min-width: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%\">\n<tbody style=\"line-height: inherit\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" style=\"line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse\">\n<td class=\"divider_inner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; min-width: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 10px\">\n<table class=\"divider_content\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" role=\"presentation\" valign=\"top\" style=\"line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; border-spacing: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); width: 355px\">\n<tbody style=\"line-height: inherit\">\n<tr valign=\"top\" style=\"line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse\">\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit\"><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(126, 126, 126); font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; padding: 5px 20px 15px\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(126, 126, 126)\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">Realizing Web 3.0: Proof of Transfer Mining with Bitcoin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">We believe that the next big chapter for crypto is emergence of a user-owned internet on top of blockchains. In early February, we<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">&nbsp;published the (draft) whitepaper proposing a novel mining mechanism called Proof of Transfer or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153PoX\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. If adopted, we believe Proof of Transfer will be a key tool in fully realizing a user owned internet and the promise of Web 3.0 in a secure way.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=315b7f72&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">\u00e2\u2020\u2019 Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">Developer Experience: Q4 2019 Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\">In February, we compiled&nbsp; some high-level quarterly updates about&nbsp;developer tools as well as the Stacks Blockchain, overall toolset reliability, app funding, education, and community building. In this post, we dive deeper into developer experience specific updates from Q4.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=3bfbf14e&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">\u00e2\u2020\u2019 Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">Blockstack PBC Annual Report for 2019: Enabling A User Owned Internet<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\">Blockstack\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mission is to enable a user owned internet; an internet where users have privacy and complete control of their digital assets. In 2017, we registered as&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; background-color: transparent\">a public benefit corporation to encode this mission in our company. As part of that commitment we deliver an&nbsp;annual report in which detail how we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve worked toward our declared public benefit over the past year.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; background-color: transparent\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; background-color: transparent\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=5fd7e0ba&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">\u00e2\u2020\u2019 Read the Report<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; margin: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\">The Next Phase of App Mining<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">Throughout 2019, App Mining has been one of several channels supporting app growth on the Blockstack network, helping to grow the total number of apps from 46 to over 400. However, after&nbsp;working with the App Miners&nbsp;on some of the more critical of challenges of running the program, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve decided to&nbsp;pause the App Mining pilot&nbsp;in its current form to focus on the next iteration and supporting an independent entity that can run it in the future.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><strong style=\"line-height: inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=31ec62b3&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">\u00e2\u2020\u2019 Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"divider\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\" valign=\"top\" style=\"line-height: inherit; 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color: rgb(126, 126, 126); font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; padding: 5px 20px 15px\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(126, 126, 126)\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">In case you missed it:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">\u00e2\u2020\u2019<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=98cd46f6&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Proof of Transfer Whitepaper Draft v0.2<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\">\u00e2\u2020\u2019<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/list.mg1.mlgnserv.com\/track\/click?u=fa20332b82d5b9c5a7b6dca8046aa7bd&#038;id=83a1e4a9&#038;e=8e50c854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(55, 0, 255)\">Introducing Proof of Transfer &#8211; Blockstack Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><b>From:<\/b> Blockstack PBC &lt;.org&gt;<br \/>\n<b>Date:<\/b> March 10, 2020 at 10:16:17 AM CDT<br \/>\n<b>To:<\/b> &#8220;Larry Chiang CEO Duck9&#8221; &lt;<a href=\"mailto:larry@duck9.com\">larry@duck9.com<\/a>&gt;<br \/>\n<b>Subject:<\/b>&nbsp;<b>Proof of Transfer&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Blockstack developers started publishing weekly updates on Stacks 2.0 (including PoX updates)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unedited by Larry Chiang&nbsp; March 2020 Blockstack Ecosystem Updates February was a productive month in the Blockstack community as various groups formed around projects related to Stacks 2.0. In particular, there has been new activity surrounding \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcProof of Transfer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (PoX), a mining mechanism proposed for securing the Stacks 2.0 blockchain while rewarding miners with STX, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-underground-cryptocurrency-knowledge-9","category-jobapreneur"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}