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Stacks Initiates Nakamoto Upgrade: Bolsters Bitcoin’s Scalability and Utility

Published April 22, 2024

The rollout of the long-awaited Nakamoto upgrade for Stacks, a prominent Bitcoin layer 2 solution, began yesterday, representing a noteworthy development in Bitcoin’s scalability and functionality. Stacks, designed to enable smart contracts and application development on top of Bitcoin, aims to expand the cryptocurrency’s use cases and economic ecosystem.