Built on Bitcoin with Jacob Brown

The mission statement on ALEX's website says "Bring Your Bitcoin to Life". That line sums up everything they are working on. Bitcoin is one of the purest assets that's ever been created and ALEX is working to help make it more of a productive asset, and along the way, play their part in changing the financial system.

Merry Christmas Yall! This week a good amount of news came down the pipeline including a big project launching, some big VC money secured, a couple big NFT drops and some news on a scaling solution for Stacks called Subnets.

Web3 Communities & DAO's are headline topics right now. Drew, Mark, and Mike are all builders in this new and blossoming space. We explored some topics including What is a Web3 Community and what makes them so sticky to forming groups? What is a DAO? How to incentive people to engage in a community? and much more.

Good data helps you make better decisions. Daemon Technologies is building a full-service data platform for end users and developers alike. You’ll be able to view and interact with data coming from the Stacks Blockchain and apps built on top of Stacks.

I say it every week but what a week in Stacks! Ryder & Megapont drop big newsletters, A CityCoins focused Stacks Accelerator, Fiat On-Ramp from the Hiro Wallet, and much more.

Tokens & Crypto are changing the relationship consumers have with online apps & services. What is today being called Web3. One of the earliest epiphanies you have is realizing you bring real value to the communities you participate in. TruBit is building a marketplace for users and brands to come together in a more mutually beneficial relationship. Listen to this conversation with the 3 founders of TruBit. Stephen Dodge, Ian Major, and Sajid Akhtar.

Lots of exciting things happening including a bridge to bring NFT's between Stacks & ETH, NEW ATH, An NFT Accelerator for Artists, MiamiCoin Art Week 2021, The 2.05 upgrade and much more

Werner, A member of the Stacks Advocates DAO brought together a group of leaders from around the ecosystem to discuss how to build and expand the functionality of the BNS. Community leaders in this video: Chiangogo.btc // James co-founder of Stackswap hz // OG Stacks hacker and Stacks Advocate Larry Salibra // CEO New Internet Labs and heading the BNS Working Group Marvin Janssen // Stacks Foundation Tech Lead and co-founder of Ryder pipje // Philip de Smedt CEO Arkadiko Risidio1 // Peter Ponton CEO Risidio Sungmin Aum // CEO Stackswap werner.btc // Stacks Advocate and stx.fan Friedger // Friedger Pool

Xan Ditkoff is the founder of Daemon Technologies. A company building utilities for the Stacks Ecosystem and spreading awareness of Stacks in the Asia,

The Syvita Guild is an active group of developers and community members building on Stacks and working to expand the Bitcoin Economy. In this Twitter Space you can learn what the guild is, who is involved, what they are building, and how to get involved.