Muneeb Ali: Stacks – Building Decentralized Apps and Smart Contracts on Bitcoin
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English - February 16, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 70 MB - ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsInvesting Business Education decentralized web open source crypto ethereum investing sto distributed technologies cryptoeconomics bitcoin blockchain Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Stacks is an open-source network of decentralized apps and smart contracts. It is a Layer-1 blockchain that connects to Bitcoin. Stacks uses a Proof of Transfer mining mechanism with bidding and staking capabilities. Clarity is the programming language used, a Turing-incomplete language which aims to give developers a safe way to build complex smart contracts where the code itself clearly shows what the program will do when run.
Muneeb Ali is the CEO and Co-founder of Hiro Systems, one of the companies creating Stacks. He joined us to chat about why he felt there was a need for Stacks, why he chose to build on top of Bitcoin, and the types of apps that are currently being run on Stacks 2.0.
Topics covered in this episode:
Muneeb's background and how he got into cryptoWhy Stacks was createdHow this works being built on BitcoinMining and bidding on blocksSmart contracting on Stacks - Clarity programming languageStacks vs “Bitcoin on Ethereum”Stacks vs RootstackThe apps that currently run on Stacks 2.0Episode links:
Stacks websiteStacks whitepaperStackingProof of TransferHiroStacks on TwitterMuneeb on TwitterSponsors:
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