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 ‘Proof of Transfer’ (PoX), a mining mechanism proposed for securing the Stacks 2.0 blockchain while rewarding miners with STX, and STX holders with BTC.
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Community Updates:
- Newly formed Working Groups tackled everything from business models to governance projects. Learn more and join here.
- Hundreds of you joined us at February’s Townhall to talk Proof of Transfer.
- New and existing community members joined several virtual events such as the AMA with Dapp.com, Muneeb Ali’s Asia-focused AMA with the BiHu community (where he chatted with over 8,000 guests and Blockstackers), and of course the recurring Engineering and Evangelist calls.
- The community also connected at in-person events throughout the month, highlighted by the DeFi Meetup in NYC, the Fireside Chat with Balaj Srinivasan in Austin, and several hackathons.
Stacks 2.0 and Technical Progress:
- Blockstack developers started publishing weekly updates on Stacks 2.0 (including PoX updates). You can find past updates in full detail here or subscribe to receive updates via email by clicking here. Highlights include:
- Implemented the Clarity Smart Contract traits to enable Dynamic Dispatch.
- Developers being able to write, deploy and interact with smart contracts on a local testnet.
- Finished implementing dynamic cost tracking for runtime and analysis for the Clarity VM.
- 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.
- App developers started using the new beta ‘Blockstack Connect’ library to offer a smoother login experience to their users.
Looking ahead:
- Launch of the first phase of the public Stacks 2.0 testnet is expected in early April. (Get Updates)
- A final version of the Proof of Transfer whitepaper, currently in draft form, is expected this month. (Get Updates)
- The Blockstack community is scheduled to connect at many in-person and virtual events throughout March:
- Istanbul: Developer Workshop with Talha @ Devnot
- Bangalore: World Enterprise Blockchain Conclave
- Virtual: Blockstack从开å‘入门到技术实战
- All events
Take a look below for links to major news and announcements from this past month and please connect with the community on Discordif you haven’t yet. If you have any questions about these updates or how to get further connected with ongoing efforts, please send a message to hello@blockstack.org or reply to this message.
See you soon,
The Blockstack PBC Team
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The Next Phase of App Mining
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In case you missed it:
From: Blockstack PBC <.org>
Date: March 10, 2020 at 10:16:17 AM CDT
To: “Larry Chiang CEO Duck9” <larry@duck9.com>
Subject: Proof of Transfer
Blockstack developers started publishing weekly updates on Stacks 2.0 (including PoX updates)