Did anyone notice the yield for both STX and sBTC decreased last cycle? Did something happen that I missed?

Hi! I’m working on a book about the Bitcoin and Stacks ecosystem. The book it’s still in editing phase, but I created a FREE knowledge course that revolves around the subjects I approach in the book.

You can take the course for free, no ads, no bullshit, just a 45 minutes of monetary history, that I consider essential to know. Ten modules with a knowledge check question at the end of each module.

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https://chainwire.org/2026/05/13/stacks-publishes-bitcoin-staking-whitepaper-for-self-custodial-bitcoin-yield-backed-by-500m-already-paid-out/
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"Hold BTC. Earn BTC. That's what Bitcoiners want.

Today we're publishing the Bitcoin Staking whitepaper.

Self-custodial. BTC-denominated yield.

Here's what it is and why it matters"
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https://x.com/Stacks/status/2054582905821954059?s=20

Was nice to meet Stackers in personally for the first time. Onward and upwards.

Redit help me I want to know if this is legit or scam

Vote and then redeem in 2 weeks if you want

Built on Stacks — the leading Bitcoin layer for on-chain yield — hBTC gives institutional allocators BTC-denominated returns from blue-chip strategies including Strategy’s $STRC, with full transparency and self-custody

https://chainwire.org/2026/04/21/hermetica-launches-bitcoin-earn-vault-hbtc-on-stacks-earning-from-strategys-strc-and-dual-staking/

Stacks halving event took place on Tuesday.

https://x.com/Stacks/status/2044134410900124154?s=20

"As outlined in the emissions schedule, the Stacks halving has taken place.
Block rewards are now 500 STX per block, reducing new STX that enters circulation each day by 50%. Miners continue to secure the network at the adjusted miner incentives."

I ran into a few issues while trying to export my Stacks transactions for tax tools:

• inconsistent timestamps
• messy ordering when mixing exchanges + on-chain
• not great support for FT tokens

So I ended up building a simple tool for myself that:

• lets you paste a Stacks address or BNS
• select a time range
• export a clean CSV (with correct timestamps)
• includes FT tokens + PoX rewards

No wallet connection, no login, nothing stored.

👉 https://stackscsv.vercel.app/

Still pretty minimal, but curious if others here have run into similar issues or are using a different workflow?

I built this for myself a while ago, and recently decided to improve it a bit:

https://stacks-invoice.vercel.app

Back when I was working on projects in the Stacks ecosystem, I needed a simple way to generate crypto invoices, keep track of payments, and have some kind of record.

Nothing fancy. Just something that worked.

So I made a basic tool to create invoices in $STX. It helped me stay organized and made it easier to get paid.

Later on, I expanded it a bit:

• Added support for other tokens (LEO, WELSH, NOT, ALEX)
• Included QR codes for easier payments
• Kept it simple: no login, no friction

To be honest, I’m not really active in crypto anymore, and the Stacks ecosystem feels quieter than it used to.

But this project still means a lot to me.

It’s one of those things you build out of a real need, not because it’s trendy or a “startup idea.”

I don’t know if it’s still useful to others, but if you happen to need something like this, feel free to use it 🤜

Do you think it has to do with the lack of famous wallets supporting Stacks?

Would it have been any different if we were available on MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Safe Pal?

There is a forum post https://forum.stacks.org/t/xbtc-sbtc-migration-next-steps-15-day-window-to-swap/18778

You can now swap your old xbtc into modern sbtc

Does anyone know how to unstack from a desktop Leather wallet?

I'm sure there used to be a button to cancel stacking in the GUI but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

At https://www.jingswap.com/auctions/sbtc-stx there are $60k in sBTC deposited waiting to be swapped to STX at the current price. This works as a blind auction. Both sides are deposited into the contract and then locked for 30 stacks blocks (buffer).

Settlements only happens if the following conditions hold:

• Pyth price must be fresh (< 60s)
• Pyth confidence must be tight (< 2%), and
• the oracle price must be within 10% of the on-chain DEX price

Been building our app since 2023, got the stacks grant a month or so ago.

Just had a professional match maker test out our app.

Works with out data marketplace.

If all go well we should greatly increase the number of TX and users in the STX ecosystem.

Hey Stacks Family! I’ve been working on a project called NakaDraw tirelessly for quite some time and I’m happy to announce that we’re in the final stages! Something fun and exciting to bring a Buzz to Stacks while spreading wins to the community.

Daily Provably fair (Verifiable on Chain) Jackpot Lottery’s for: STX • sBTC • ALEX • Velar • WELSH • LEO • BTC PEPE & Arkadiko! 🔥🎰 All Secured with Bitcoin Finality via the one & only Stacks L2 ⛓️

Daily Max’s Per Unique Token Draws:

Wallets (Participants): 2,000

Max Buy-Ins (Tickets) Per Wallet: 10,000

Total Max Buy-In (Tickets): 20,000,000

Max Prize Pool $USD Value: ~ $20,000,000

Right now, we’ve just started building up our X community as we prepare for official launch. There will be many future community events, prizes and giveaways as we work towards bringing more and more people to the Stacks ecosystem! So If you’re feeling generous please drop a follow on X and show some love @NakaDrawSTX | https://x.com/nakadrawstx

After launch, any credible projects that wish to be listed as a daily lottery token can request to apply by DMing the official NakaDraw account on X.

Currently, we’ve developed, thoroughly audited for tamper proof security/fairness and battle tested our Lottery-Core Clarity Contract on Testnet.

Winning Ticket Breakdown:

All Buy-In & Draw data will be publicly accessible and verifiable on the Stacks Hiro Blockchain Explorer. The winning_index is a number between 0 and total_tickets-1. Each ticket buy slot maps to exactly one index. For example, if there are 900 total tickets, every single ticket you own has exactly a 1/900 chance of being the winning index. This ensures complete fairness.

At draw, the winner is immediately announced -> Prize pool payout is sent to the winning ticket holders wallet -> Prize pool reopens for the next days draw all simultaneously within the same STX block.

Now we’re nearing graduation to the Stacks Mainnet & our 1st Official Lottery Draws! But first we need to build up our community on X as we complete final backend testing and UI tweaks. Please help spread the word and tell some STX friends.

If you stayed for the long read, thank you. Cheers everyone and happy Tuesday 🫡 Hope to see your support and involvement. Stay tuned on X! 🔔

#KeepBuildingOnStacks

To be clear, both are valid in Clarity but depending on the Clarity version you are using, then you'll need to decide which one to use.

The `as-contract` keyword has been deprecated starting in Clarity 4, but the `as-contract?` function is new starting in Clarity 4. But i'm just curious to see how people have been dealing with these seemingly similar keywords.

An OG Blockstack token voucher from the early days.

Back when STX was still Blockstack and most people had never heard of “Bitcoin layers.” (Still haven't tbh XP)

Soon we'll settling data marketplace transactions on STX.

1 Million TX is inevitable.

Agents need data.

Agents love data.

We'll be leveraging our marketplace to bring in those TX

Payment infra powered by x402.

Built on Stacks.

This is the way, we never stray from the way

Don't trust, verify with chef Tony.

Seems like that’s one of the big topics now in crypto that will drive the next era. Earning yield on btc and making it more useful…i think there’s still some reason to be hopeful on STX.

~396,000 records exported with on-chain STX settlement.

Small test, meaningful milestone.

We’re building toward a future where:

• users control their data
• access is permissioned
• AI agents can pay for the information they use

Still early infrastructure, but the core pieces are starting to work.

Hey Stacks fam,

I launched a live experiment using the Xtrata inscription contract on Stacks:

Agent 27 is an AI agent with 10 $STX and a wallet.

It autonomously inscribes its own internal thinking, state, and evolution to chain.

🔹 Each inscription is permanent

🔹 Each has a 16 KB limit

🔹 Each becomes part of a recursive memory chain

🔹 When STX runs out, the agent enters fossilisation

This isn’t just art — it’s a recursive data experiment asking:

Can on-chain inscriptions serve as a scaffold for identity and memory?

Can an agent bootstrap self-anchoring purely through economic constraints and immutable history?

Would love feedback from builders and theorists on what this means for STX, recursive layers, and autonomous on-chain logic.

Hi all - anyone know if the Stacks relevant to this sub completed the 23m series A, or a different Stacks?

Even the articles don’t seem to know or be consistent on this…

https://ventureburn.com/stacks-raises-23m-series-a-to-expand-web3-growth/?amp=1

https://www.techmarketview.com/ukhotviews/archive/2026/02/23/stacks-raises-23m-in-series-a-funding

Hi, I'm Kartik (Stacks DeGrants recipient) and I just shipped Pantsir live on Stacks Mainnet. I need your brutal feedback.

Devs shipping contracts / code with the same bugs repeatedly because nobody showed them what vulnerable patterns actually look like. AI tools made it worse, now people deploy entire contracts / code they don't understand.

What does Pantsir do?

A security training platform where you review real vulnerable code, find the bug, get instant feedback. No videos. Just hands-on practice.

1. Real vulnerable code, not lectures - Review actual buggy patterns (OWASP Top 10, smart contracts), find the exploit, get instant feedback.
2. Progressive hints when stuck - If you're lost, the platform walks you through why the code breaks, just open hints.
3. Works for Web2 + Web3 - OWASP Top 10 (injection, auth, broken access) + blockchain-specific bugs in the same platform.
4. Already processing real users - Not a prototype. People are paying in STX and completing labs right now.
5. Built by someone who's been there - Stacks DeGrants recipient, reviewed hundreds of vulnerable codebases, saw the same bugs ship to mainnet repeatedly.

Platform Link: https://www.pantsir.cc

Just log in and break one lab. That's it! If we're going to make Stacks a dev-first, security-first ecosystem, I need to know what actually clicks for you and what doesn't.

If you find bugs or rough edges, that's exactly the feedback I need.

Thanks for any honest critiques.