Clarity Universe and Bitcoin DeFi

July 16, 2021

There was more buzz this week around Bitcoin DeFi, or as some say, #BitFi. The one and only @jack told us Square is creating a new business focused solely on "non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial services" with a primary focus on Bitcoin.

Naturally, the Stacks ecosystem tuned in, looking to collaborate and remind him that Stacks is the current leader in Bitcoin DeFi—having pushed the movement forward through Stacking (closing in on $500M TVL), incredible startups, partnerships, Bitcoin NFTs, and of course, improvements to Clarity and Proof-of-Transfer which make it all work.

In a timely release, Dan Held (Head of Growth, Kraken) covered Stacks and Bitcoin DeFi if you're in need of a great simple primer to send to the uninitiated. The TL;DR? It's a great time to get involved with the next evolution of decentralized finance.

To help you along the way, the Stacks Foundation has something special of its own to share: Clarity Universe, a portal and learning experience that brings together everything a developer, project, or company needs to be successful with the Clarity smart contract language. Among other novel benefits, Clarity provides direct access to Bitcoin state and has been proving a linchpin for the teams already working on Bitcoin DeFi projects.

Clarity Universe includes 3 main components: Clarity Camp offers smart contract and Clarity education, Clarity Starters are ready-to-use audited smart contract templates, and Clarity Talent is a job and talent marketplace.

If you've been thinking about diving into smart contracts, there's never been a better time. Clarity Universe will take developers from wherever they are today, to proficient and effective Clarity builders just in time to keep pushing the Bitcoin DeFi wave. Join the waitlist and we'll invite you to a cohort kicking off soon—we can't wait to see you!

Builders of the Week:

First Patent for Tracking Genetic Material via Blockchain

Eggschain, a healthcare technology company that combines genetics and blockchain to track genetic material, today announced its pioneering, patented solution for tracking and tracing the storage and transfer of blood, genome, tissues, organs, DNA, RNA, sperm, eggs, embryos, and other biospecimens. Eggschain is proudly built on Stacks.

Boom

The Boom team launched Boomboxes, a novel type of NFT that offers rewards via Stacking. Boomboxes are transferable and allow owners to redeem a percentage of Stacking rewards at any time.

Blocksurvey

Combining the power of Stacks with AI, the Blocksurvey team continues to innovate on the world of privacy-first forms. GPT-3 surveys enable users to generate relevant survey questions fast.

Exploring The Stacks Network

New projects and updates to old favorites are surfacing interesting and useful data for all to browse.

Discover the latest on-chain data from Stacks 2.0 including transactions per day and growth of unique addresses over time. The Sigle team has plans to add more here, so let them know what you want to see!

Stacking.club: New Stacking Overview Page

STX Mining Monitor from Daemon

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