Built on Bitcoin with Jacob Brown

Grace is a Venture Partner at the Stacks Accelerator, helping startups build the future of the internet on top of Bitcoin. She is also the artistic mind behind CrashPunks, One of the most hyped NFT projects to date on Stacks.

The CityCoins projects is changing the world, Stacks Foundation announces the first cohort of its new Residents program, AlexGo gets a big round of funding to bring DeFi to Bitcoin, and Megapont continues to dominate the Stacks NFT market.

Stacks NFT's reach their current maximum after an explosive couple weeks, StackSwap scores a big funding rounds, The next CityCoins is announced, and an excellent thread on the profitability and decentralization of STX Mining.

Momento is looking to flip the script on how we consume social media and bring the creator-fan relationship closer together using NFTs. Enjoyed this conversation with Julian. Learn more of what their creating at momentonft.com All of this is built on Stacks: Smart Contracts for Bitcoin.

Another hyperspeed week in Stacks, and this is all going on while the core devs are hard at work behind the scenes on Stacks 2.05 which should bring huge improvements to congestion. What is talked about today: [0:00] Intro [0:41] Arkadiko Exploited [2:36] Bitcoin vs Eth Debate on "What is sound money" [3:40] First DEX on Stacks goes Live (StackSwap) [4:32] Halloween NFT Competition Winners Announced [5:26] Megapont goes absolutely ape s%it [7:18] Arties Test Mint [7:41] Sigle's Explorer Guild NFT [8:30] NFT Marketplace battle heats up [10:07] Next CityCoin Announced

Open Art Source is looking to bring down the barriers of entry for the real world art market. Bringing rich data, cheap authentication and a marketplace to buyers and sellers in a mobile-first experience thats backed by blockchain technology. Have a glimpse into a company changing the $65 Billion a year art market. Making it more accessible to everyone.

Sleep deprived but theres still Stacks news to breakdown. This week we had the Megapont Pre-mint, BitGo integrates with Stacks, An interview with the creator of STXNFT Marketplace, Lots of NFT launches and Arkadiko is officially live.

Jamil is the creator of MIAMining.com, A Dashboard that gives valuable stats on mining MiamiCoin, as well as, STXNFT.com, An NFT marketplace built on Stacks. Knowing what to build is as critical as how you build it. Jamil knows how to ask the right questions and then execute to create the things people need.

NEW All-time high for Stacks this week! LFG! The Xverse Mobile Wallet is officially out of beta. Arkadiko launches tomorrow (as of this posting!) Locked Stacks value crossed 1Billion USD, and lots of NFT drops.

Lightning brings super fast transactions with near zero fees to Bitcoin. Stacks brings full smart contract functionality to Bitcoin. Sounds like a perfect match.