What's Happening in Stacks?!

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What’s Happening in Stacks?!

A weekly update for all things Stacks. While not exhaustive, this list best covers Proof of Research’s top signals for the week. Each tweet is the start of a thread and worth a deeper dive.

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STX MINING VIA POX: A POTENTIAL PATH TO MINER DECENTRALIZATION

Trygg.btc @TryggBTC

The thread on @Stacks mining I was working on went long enough to no longer qualify as a thread, so opted to publish it to my @sigleapp page instead (proper link this time): "Mining STX via PoX: Initial Observations & Paths to Decentralization"

app.sigle.ioStacks Mining via PoX: Initial ObservationsWe’re closer to decentralization than most think; just takes a little effort to incentivize current miner’s to alter their strategies. 7 miners with small bids could start a domino effect which decentralizes mining ops exponentially.

Trygg.btc gamed out a path to Stacks mining decentralization. The tl;dr, a few small miners could start a domino effect which exponentially increases the decentralization of STX mining. In fact, as few as seven small miners could start the push to mining decentralization. In the example provided by Trygg.btc, miners could spend as little as 0.019872 BTC per day and remain profitable. Obviously, there are many other possible mining scenarios; however, Trygg.btc’s plan laid out a realistic scenario in which STX miners achieve sufficient decentralization. Miner centralization is one of the final hurdles Stacks must overcome in order to scale. Once DLC.link & Syvita develop a non-custodial STX mining pool tool, PoR expects groups of small miners to band together and drive STX miner decentralization.

MATTYSTX HOSTS A COMMUNITY REVIEW OF THE THEOPETRA TOKEN SALE

MattyTokenomics @MattySTX

Wed Aug 31 7pm New York Join the @Stacks, $ETH, and $BTC community discussion of @TheopetraLabs' $THEO token sale. Featuring cross-chain tokenomics and Web3 real estate speakers with no financial incentives to shill or FUD the project. https://t.co/hGJNgE8U2n

MattySTX, Stacks’ resident tokenomics expert, hosted a Twitter Spaces this week to cover the tokenomics of the upcoming Theopetra token sale. Speakers included Ragnarly.btc, Florian Strauff (founder of Tokenomics DAO), Derm (author of Cross Chain Shenanigans Substack),

& Nate (creator of Tokenomics101) with an open invitation to the Theopetra Tokenomics team. According to the Theopetra team, the invitation was originally accepted but later declined because they did not want to be ganged up on in the Twitter Spaces 6+ against 1.

Mel Anic ♟ @Mel_Anic

@MattySTX @TheopetraLabs Happy to hop on a spaces/call with 1-3 people and have an open formatted discussion 6+ People seems a bit busy to get nuanced takes on both sides. Great for users to hear the other side of the spectrum regardless and get everyones thesis there!

This Community call was highly anticipated for many in the Stacks community. MattySTX previously released a critique of Theopetra that raised issues with the tokenomics. Specifically, certain aspects of the project applied ponzinomics logic. See:

Theopetra founder, Mel Ancic, provided a response to MattySTX’s concerns. See:

Theopetra’s team have been early Stacks supporters and even participated in the Stacks Accelerator Cohort #2. As a result, there is tremendous community support for a successful Theopetra launch. The critiques are only meant to shed light on the project and provide clarity for investors struggling with the project’s complexity. Investors cannot invest in something they don’t fully understand. As a result, PoR’s belief is that significant investment dollars are sitting on the sidelines.

MATTYSTX’S FINAL CRITIQUE BEFORE THE THEOPETRA SEPTEMBER 6TH TOKEN LAUNCH

MattyTokenomics @MattySTX

Important 🧵 for the $STX and $ETH communities. @TheopetraLabs is launching their $THEO token sale tomorrow Sep 6th. In addition to the pozinomics, my chief concern is that the core team acknowledges their investors don't have enough information to make informed decisions.

On the eve of the Theopetra token sale, MattySTX released this tweet thread covering all his earlier concerns, the Theopetra core team’s responses, and the outstanding items that have not been addressed. This thread helped PoR understand which concerns had been addressed and which were left unaddressed.

THEOPETRA TEAM & SUPPORTERS PROVIDE THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVES

HomicidalChicken @HomicidalChickn

Since my favourite thing to do is FUD my own projects, here's the top 10 things you NEED to know before buying $THEO @TheopetraLabs (1/x)

Michael Frazzy @topshelfmg

What makes Theopetra different? How is it aiming to leverage Web 3 to house millions of American families? How do the three entities interact? How is this different than a REIT or “real estate in a box” where you put in money towards a property and receive a yield? 🧵 /1

Ram ♟ @BowTiedRam

The protocol that acquires the most real estate wins. @TheopetraLabs and T-Homes will eventually look to scale by creating an MBS-type product that will strive to be both SAFER and offer a HIGHER YIELD than Non Agency RMBS. Details below… 🧵

Bernard | Professional Dog @BowTiedBernard

Part of our vision at @TheopetraLabs is to be a treasury asset for DAO’s @MakerDAO has $3.5 Billion of $USDC deposited, they’ve talked about converting all to ETH, they’ve discussed using real world assets

PoR attempted to locate all correspondence between the key players in order to help the community make an informed decision. This list of threads and links is not exhaustive; however, it should help readers develop a solid understanding of the project, its strengths, and its flaws. This is not financial advice. PoR is an information funnel and synthesis tool for those that do not follow the day-to-day developments on Twitter and other social media platforms.

BYZANTION REBRANDS TO TRADEPORT WITH THE CREATION OF ITS NEW NFT TRADING PLATFORM

TradePort (Previously Byzantion) @tradeportxyz

Our biggest announcement to date: the launch of Byzantion's new trading platform called TradePort. For the first time, you can see and trade all @NEARProtocol and @Stacks listings IN ONE PLACE. tradeport.xyz

Tradeport, formerly Byzantion, is a cross-chain trading tool, aggregating NFTs from all Stacks and NEAR marketplaces. PoR is very excited to watch this tool onboard new blockchain communities into the Stacks ecosystem. PoR expects M&A in this space to heat up. On Ethereum, Uniswap recently acquired NFT aggregator Genie.xyz. PoR expects the Bitcoin ecosystem to have its own champion in the relatively near future.

CCIP-012: CITY COINS VOTING ON MAJOR PROPOSED UPGRADE

CityCoins @mineCityCoins

🚨 Important announcement for CityCoin holders 🚨 Voting on CCIP-012 — the most significant CityCoins upgrade upgrade proposal yet — will begin this Friday, Sept 2nd 🗳 FAQ on what’s happening, and how to get involved 👇

CCIP-012 will:

(1)   Reduce inflation to 2% per year

(2)   Create a DAO & transfer city treasuries into Smart Contract Vaults

Voting on CCIP-012 started Friday, September 2nd. Voting will run until block 76,400 on Friday, September 17th.

HIRO WALLET INTEGRATION WITH COINBASE PAY!

Hiro Systems @hirosystems

Drumroll, please... 🥁 🎉 Hiro Wallet users in the US can now purchase STX from @coinbase directly from our web app. Learn more about our latest integration with Coinbase Pay: hiro.so/wallet-faq/how…

Hiro wallet users in the United States can now purchase STX from Coinbase directly on the Hiro web app! Buying STX gets easier by the day!

DEVELOPER DAO FEELING THE STACKS LOVE

Developer DAO (🧱, 🚀) @developer_dao

⚡️Learn how to build an NFT smart contract with Stacks & Clarity 🛠️ by Developer DAO member @KenTheRogers blog.developerdao.com/building-an-nf…

blog.developerdao.comBuilding an NFT with Stacks and ClaritySmart contract development is a high stakes game. We are writing code that can be seen by anyone, called by anyone, is immutable once deployed, and handles peoples’ real world financial assets. Over the last few years, we have seen tens of millions o...

Kenny Rogers published a “How-To” guide for building an NFT with Stacks and Clarity language. Developer DAO has more than 75k followers and a strong brand amongst Web3 builders. Kenny introduced Stacks, PoX, Clarity language, and how to build an NFT smart contract. This article was great exposure for Stacks and is a helpful guide for any NFT creator looking to bring their talents to the Stacks blockchain.