Content Creation for Polish Audience : Ecosystem Growth about grants-program

[Andrzej0xa0]

By mistake I closed this request #7 so I am resubmitting once more, along with corrections suggested by @friedger

[RaffiSapire]

Review Committee Feedback from 9/8/2020: We'd like more information on your proposal.

Hi @Andrzej0xa0 thank you for your submission. My name is Raffi, I work with the Grant Foundation on the grant program. We synced up yesterday during our weekly discussion. What we'd like to do to start is to narrow down the scope of a grant for you to create a 1 video. For this, we'll award $350 for the scripting, recording, editing, and production (M1) and an additional $250 if you hit over 1500 views organically via a distribution marketing strategy (M2). For completion of M2, we would like to see google analytics, and links to Telegram, media platform articles, etc. along with this. Where do you plan to post this? Are there any crypto polish platforms you can share this with? Can you lay out your plan for distribution? Telegram, twitter, 2-5 media platforms.

[Andrzej0xa0]

hi @RaffiSapire : sure thing, this makes perfect sense to me. I actually recorded the first video today morning. I am pretty fascinated with BlockStack, so the video ended up being long, almost 80min long :)
I am just finishing the editing and will upload it to YouTube later today.
Will share the link here as soon as it is ready.
Regarding distribution I typically share it via Tg, Twitter and via other YouTube channels of my friends (we have kind of crypto youtubers community in Poland), and via my email distribution list (dxtreem.pl blog).
I will provide links to M2 as soon as this is done. I don't think I will hit 1.5k (video is long), but - doesn't matter.. :) I will also write an article to tokeny.pl (polish crypto blog with pretty strong visibility) and will give links to the video there as well.
Stay tuned!
:))

[Andrzej0xa0]

hello @RaffiSapire
this is the M1 https://youtu.be/p0x5Lx3uwlk
Let me know if any feedback and suggestions :)
Andrzej

[RaffiSapire]

I'd suggest editing the video down to less than 45 minutes, I took a look at your site and it seems like the most popular videos are those at around that time frame. I don't speak Polish so I don't know what the actual content is, but generally I think anything you can say in 60 minutes you can say precisely in 30 ;) Please do share the platforms where you've shared the video.

[Andrzej0xa0]

hi @RaffiSapire thank You for suggestions. Here are my comments and answers.

feedback regarding video length
I take your feedback regarding the length of the video. I do agree this is too long and exceeds patience of most people :) But because this video is already published I would rather avoid editing same content to 30min and publishing it again :) Could be confusing for my audience.
I will however shorten my next videos to be closer to 30min ( gonna work on next material no matter if I qualify to the grant program or not, so there will be more Blockstack content from my side in this or other format anyways :)).

Content of the video
What is covered in this video is a bit of BlockStack history, overview and context, like

• business cases, where we need Blockstack : privacy, decentralised internet (and how GAFA dominated the internet)
• history of Blockstack, back to 2013 at Princeton, first work on DID by Muneeb, and how it evolved over years.
• How blockstack evolved to PBC and Why
• key features of the platform in v1
• funding and partners, why SEC reg A is a big thing
• Why support to this project from DCG, Winklevoss is important for broader ecosystem.
• A bit of explanation of what is DCG
• stacks 2.0, what is coming.
• what is PoB and PoX, how Bitcoin benefits from that
• Blockstack v2 tech platform key features
• upcoming Clarity work from BlockStack and Algorand
• STX token, supply, distribution. Messari Crypto view on the data
• .. and a few more side topics :)

While I agree that these topics could well serve as a material for 3 or 4 separate videos, always when I start a new big project (like in this case Blockstack) I try to go in longer narrative, so that my audience gets the broader context, and understand all the flavours on the platform and its capabilities.

Ideas for next content
so for sure in next videos, I can make them shorter :) I will be covering more

• in depth tech capabilities of Stacks 2.0
• PoX protocol in depth
• what is being built, use cases, app mining
• ways for community to engage
• technical and non-technical roadmap,
• gaia definitelo deserves more focus
• tooling, GitHub, SDKs
  your inputs if any also appreciated

So taking into account your feedback, my next videos shall be shorter, however I do agree that even this video should have been shorter :/
I generally have a tendency to go into lengthy narrative, telling a story with a broader context. Some people will listen e2e, most will not :)

Sites where I shared the video
regarding where this have been shared:

1a) Bitcoin Feniks YT channel mentioned my last BlockStack video and recommended it to his audience (23min25sec)
https://youtu.be/m3x_ln2lAWM?t=1405
1b) Maciej Tomczyk YT channel mentioned my BlockStack video (start at 22min15sec) and recommended this to his audience:
https://youtu.be/LyDF1ugsqrY?t=1337

2. Tg channels:
   https://t.me/joinchat/Gq_9gxq4f_HeHSPH5Ib7bA
   http://t.me/CardanoPolskaADA
   http://t.me/Aion_Poland
   https://t.me/AlgorandPL

3. just tweeted it a while ago
   https://twitter.com/Andrzej_0xa0/status/1303925307100065794?s=20

4. also I am working with marketing agency to expand the reach, which is posting my videos in various sites. I think because of this reason some views is a traffic from random sites. Because of this reason, I don't think I can claim all the views of the video are "quality" views.
   (note: typically, from my experience if I do an "average" video it usually hits 500views, good videos tend to hit 1k views, so I don't think it is fair on my side to count all views for the stats you are asking for ).
   Anyway, I got a lot of interaction / comments / questions from the audience after my last BlockStack video, so I think people liked this material (despite it is very long :) and also the other 2 YouTubers commented this work with some good feedback, as a comprehensive coverage of BlockStack.

Right now (10h after publishing) I still see and average traction of 30-40views per hour, which is pretty inline with what I'd expect as good traction for my channel.

Let me know if any questions or further suggestions from Your side @RaffiSapire :)
Have a great day.
Andrzej

[RaffiSapire]

Hi there, it important to clarify that grants are scoped and agreed upon transparently and forward-looking. Content created in the past isn't within the scope of the program. Our feedback to you if you would like to make a video in polish about the project is to keep it short, less than 45 minutes, as this seems to be where you receive the most views and engagement. I think it would also be a good idea to submit a storyline and high-level script in english about the content we can help provide feedback before creation as the first step of M1. We also want to start with one video, and see how that gains traction over the next few weeks before discussing additional content. At this point, we're still working on M1 of the reduced scope described above.

[Andrzej0xa0]

sure @RaffiSapire :)
in that case, I treat my last video as a mean to calibrate and align the exceptions for us, if that is fine.

Basing on your feedback I will work on the next video, and try to keep it shorter (30-40min), and concise.
Video will be in polish and I will cover PoX Proof of Transfer consensus mechanism, how it works, why is it beneficial for BlockStack and why is it beneficial for Bitcoin ecosystem. This is pretty narrow but important topic, so I think 30-40min is just right to cover this as M1. Thoughts?

If you agree on this as a general idea, I will prepare a story line over a weekend for this M1, and upon your approved early next week I will record and edit the video respectively.

Does it make sense ? :)
Let me know if the idea of PoX for M1 works :)

BTW, I have discussed my video during the evangelist call yesterday with Louise and the team.
You may want to talk to this group as well (Br_ttany knows someone in Poland who have seen my last video).

have a great day!
Andrzej

[RaffiSapire]

Review Committee Feedback from 9/15/2020: Scoped and approved.

Hi @Andrzej0xa0,

We're interested in experimenting by creating a video to engage with the polish crypto-native ecosystem, thanks for your feedback above and joining the call earlier this week! Based on that and our weekly grant committee meeting earlier, I've just summarized and narrowed in the scope below:

For M1, please can you provide a detailed outline of the content, and if there are slides or visuals, please provide them in line. Here is an example of a content outline framework. $100

For M2, filming, editing, production. $200

For M3, sharing across 10 platforms, forums, channels. $50. Here we will provide up to an additional $250 if you hit 1500 views organically or more, would like to see google analytics alongside this!

The next step will be to send you over a contract so we can disburse payment at the given milestones, please email [email protected] with your contact information.

Thank you @Andrzej0xa0

[Andrzej0xa0]

Hi @RaffiSapire - happy to be part of the beta Grant program! :)

I will work on the M1 as per the framework above
Should it first be approved by someone from BlockStack (if so - who) before I go to M2 (filming) ?

PS
I have just emailed [email protected] with my contact info.

excited to be part of the program! :)
(BTW & FYI : I also got contacted by Stack Foundation to join the TownHall on Sep28)

Cheers
Andrzej

[RaffiSapire]

Yes please share M1 here when its completed, and we will unlock M2. Thank you!

[Andrzej0xa0]

hi @RaffiSapire and @friedger
This is the M1 for my first video. Please provide your comments or approval to move forward with M2. Thanks

Introduction

• HODL is a good use case for Bitcoin, which helped to grow its ecosystem and security for the past 11 yeas, but to get Bitcoin to the next level, we need something more than that, we need more utility for Bitcoin than just Store of Value.
• There are interesting projects trying to expand the utility for Bitcoin and one of most fascinating projects in this space is Blockstack, with it’s security model tight to Bitcoin blockchain, doing so in a way that is beneficial for both chains.
• Blockstack is an open-source and developer-friendly platform for building decentralized apps, and its Stacks blockchain inherits the security of the Bitcoin blockchain, through the unique and novel consensus mechanism = Proof of Transfer.
• Currently Stacks mainnet is yet running on Proof of Burn Consensus Protocol, but it is just about to be upgraded to even more robust Proof of Transfer (PoX) consensus protocol (already on testnet). This upcoming event triggered me to give you more in-depth insight into:

Point1 : What is Blockstack
Point2 : How their innovative consensus protocol works (PoX) and why should you care.
Point3 : What are the key benefits Blockstack brings to Bitcoin, and why is this mutually beneficial marriage.
Point4 : How can you get involved and contribute

STANDARD INFO
Here comes a few words of my warning that the content of the video is not intended to be a financial advise, this is a technology-focused review, and my intention is to inspire people to learn these fascinating technologies, and consider how to apply them at their work, whether they are a developer, entrepreneur, student, lawyer or working in business domains like supply chain, HR, Finance etc.. :: there is always a way to contribute and apply the crypto/blockchain learnings. Everyone here can add a few cents to spreading the adoption, and this video shall hopefully inspire to discover your way forward with Bitcoin, Blockstack and crypto world. There will be information at the end how to engage.
In this part I will also add a few words that this video was done thanks to Blockstack grant program

Point 1: What is Blockstack

• Blockstack is not "yet another" platform for smart contracts, this team is building something uniquely different that others, namely an open environment and platform, which allows to build user-owned internet on top of Bitcoin
• The way Blockstack is designed is to protect user privacy and data ownership. This is achieved thanks to decentralized data storage (Gaia) and decentralized accounts (blockchain generated key) which enable users to create the account just once - and self-manage the data and identifies across the whole Blockstack ecosystem.
• Blockstack is the name for open-source platform as a whole, while Stacks is the name of the blockchain with its security tight to bitcoin blockchain, thanks to its unique consensus mechanism (Stacks is currently available on mainnet in version 1.0 with PoB consensus protocol, soon upgrading to version 2.0 secured with PoX)
• They are full fledge dev ecosystem, with easy to use SDKs to build decentralized dapps. Blockstack is also working together with Algorand on the smart contract language called Clarity - decidable language meaning that you can read from the code itself what the program will do before it is published on the blockchain.
• Key features of Clarity include: predicable, secure and no compiler.
• I will do a deep dive into the technical subjects in next videos, so probably at this stage it is all you need to remember, but it is important to understand power of Clarity, before I talk PoX.
• The Blockstack team is a great compilation of engineers and PhDs from Universities like Princeton, so with Algorand (MIT) and Blockstack working on Clarity you can say that best brains of MIT and Princeton joined the forces :)
• Their ecosystem is growing like crazy, more than 500 teams are already building on top of Blockstack, and the number is growing. You can check the website heywebby to see the apps built on top of bockstack in domains like art, business tools, dev tools, storage, education, financial, games, health, marketplace, social, utilities)
• Definitely I will be digesting the most interesting use cases, and the platform further in my future videos, but now lets talk how and why they anchored Stacks to Bitcoin, so that you can better understand why this is very beneficial for both ecosystems.

***For Point 1 illustrations I will use screenshot from the websites :
https://www.blockstack.org
https://clarity-lang.org
https://heywebby.app/webby

Point 2 : How Blockstack's innovative consensus protocol works and why should you care.

• New projects, even if they are building solid tech stack they face the challenge how to attract the community of miners to their ecosystem, so that the network gets the right level of security, so that innovatory apps (like DeFi) are not afraid to build on top of it. So there is this bootstrapping problem, where it is difficult to incentivise users to migrate away from familiar solutions and try a new one. Eventually the new blockchains are getting low traction in terms of interests and eventually become forgotten. That is exactly where design of PoX comes into play - it anchors to Bitcoin for security, and add more functionalities on top of it, from Day1 !
• Blockstack has started their mainnet with PoB consensus protocol first, which basically was trying the address the challenge how to leverage Bitcoin's security to secure new chain, not introducing the need for burning even more electricity. They designed the original protocol (PoB) in a way that burns Bitcoins, instead of electricity as a mean to engage as a miner. These are the origings of how Proof of Burn (PoB) was created, and is now undergoing upgrade to PoX (Proof of Transfer), being even more robust approach.
• Proof-of-Transfer is a novel approach to consensus protocol that leverages Bitcoin’s security to secure the Stacks blockchain. Blockstack’s Proof of Transfer implementation consists of two mechanisms: STX Mining & Stacking. The network is secured by miners who commit resources (BTC) in order to compete to mine a Stacks block, and receive STX as a reward.
• Mining: Miners need to have a cost to mine, kind of threshold, gating factor, something that will stop people from free-ride, and encourage to participate in the consensus alghorithm seriously. Instead of consuming electricity all over again, STX miners forward their Bitcoin (BTC) to the network for the chance to lead a block production and mine Stacks tokens (STX) in reward. This means mining is accessible to anyone with BTC. STX miners are responsible for activities like: processing the transactions, Clarity contracts, creating new blocks, or minting STX.
  -- Anyone who wants to mine a block simply sends any amount of Bitcoin to the address provided by the protocol.
  -- The protocol uses the amount of Bitcoin sent by each miner as an input, and combines it with a verifiable random function (VRF) in order to run the leader election and select a winning miner (probability is determined by BTC * VRF)
  -- Once a winning miner is selected, they are able to broadcast the new block they’ve created across the network, and the protocol rewards their effort by sending them a reward of 500 STX tokens.

What happens to the Bitcoin that the miners have sent to the protocol??? ==> That’s where Stacking comes into play.

• Stacking mechanism is where the protocol redistributes the BTC committed by miners to qualified STX holders. To qualify, STX token holders (or full nodes) must lock up their tokens for the time period they want to participate in Stacking. Stacking adds value to the network in at least 2 ways:
  -- Singling what is the correct fork of the network which they are seeing (that information is very valuable to the honest miners)
  -- Locking up STX adds value directly to the network (as more and more token holders are incentivized to put further skin in the game)
• In exchange, the Proof of Transfer mechanism sends the Bitcoin committed by STX Miners to users who are Stacking. This is where the word “Transfer” comes from.
• The protocol takes the Bitcoin sent by miners in order to secure the network, and transfers it to users who are providing value to the network.
• Stacking runs in cycles lasting roughly 10 days, meaning every 10 days there is a new opportunity to participate in Stacking and earn BTC
• This interplay between Stackers, STX miners, BTC, and Stacks is the magic behind Stacks 2.0 that allows to anchor the user-owned internet to Bitcoin. Why is this revolutionary? Why should you care ==> lets review some of the benefits for both networks this mechanism enables.

***For Point 2 illustrations I will use the websites and my painting :
https://youtu.be/QnuxCRU4VDE
https://blog.blockstack.org/krypton-launch-proof-of-transfer-now-implemented-on-the-stacks-2-0-testnet/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSiQzPG1xrM&feature=youtu.be

Point 3 : PoX = marriage for Bitcoin and Blockstack
(and why is this mutually beneficial)

Bitcoin is recognised for it’s security and being a digital gold (but on the other hand needs more utility)
Blockstack is innovatory platform, expanding on bitcoin core features, enabling user privacy, access to decentralized storage, and other features (but as a new network needs robust security).

• Bitcoins gets from Blockstack what it needs (more utility + faster adoption)
• Blockstack gets from Bitcoin what it needs most as a new platform (security).

Lets digest a bit further

• PoX is designed in a way that higher adoption of Blockstacks apps boost adoption and awareness of Bitcoin. At the same time, the higher adoption of Bitcoin means better security of Bitcoin network (so increased security of Stacks as well).
• Blockstack does not compete with Bitcoin, other way around - this is a friendly relationship and economically efficient and beneficial
• Stackers are rewarded in Bitcoin. Miners are rewarded in STX coins. So this also tights values and economics behind both of these cryptocurrencies on the very fundamental level
• Ok, but it all still sounds a bit mistrerious for a common Joe - so what is in it for me = how can I engage? There are different ways for you to contribute depending what is your experience and preference - let me just highlight a few ways.

***For Point 3 illustrations I will use this picture

Point 4 : How can you get involved and contribute

Yea, I know, it all probably still sounds pretty complex, so let me give you some hints regarding next step. There are ways to engage, no matter if you are a technical person or not technical person or common user.

• Developer, Engineer, Tech Student?
  Run A Node, support the network, and mine some stacks token
  Create a Smart Contracts, be the early adopter of the novel smart contract language.
  Bug Bounties, help to improve the network, find bugs, earn even 2000 USD
  Build Tools on Stacks blockchain, and get the reward for that even up to 2500 USD
  Grants are also a great way to implement your own ideas, build dApps, expand tooling or help educating. Apply.

• Enterprenour or future entrepreneur :)
  Grants are also great way if you are entrepreneur. Blockstack might be a great platform to build your business upon it - or expanding your current business with innovative business models. Check out on HeyWebby what others are building - and get some inspiration.

• Common User
  Play with apps build on top of Blocstack, check their app repository via heywebby and see if you can replace your email, storage or other tools with decentralized apps.
  Try the Stacks Wallet, send / receive transaction - educate yourself with this tech early on, be early adopter.
  Try Stacking : coming soon : you will be able to earn Bitcoin by Staking your STX.
  FreeHold : and finally : the Freehold model rewards hodlers who play an active role in educating and growing the communities around bitcoin and stacks, and is design so that technical and non-technical users could contribute. I will be doing more follow up videos how you can engage with freehold.

***For Point 4 illustrations I will use screenshot from the websites :
https://www.blockstack.org/testnet

Conclusion

• Blockstack seems to be coming up with something really cool. My main concerns so far with Bitcoin was it’s limited features, what is one of the main challenges Bitcoin is facing in terms of broader adoption.
• Currently bitcoin is “heavy” = the barrier of entry is high, so most of the enthusiasts are already there, and we need a totally new approach to invite more people to join the movement of open and user owned internet.
• To cross the chasm we need something more than just “decentralizion” - most people does not care if platform is centralised or decentralized. What they care is what’s in it for them. Decentralized applications need to be 10x better than current apps in some dimension, in order to attract new users and build network effects.
• Blockstak seemed to build the platform on top of Bitcoin (Thanks to PoX) which creates an environment where user privacy comes along with convenience, speed, security and is fully compatible with digital world we are building here.
• I will be talking much more how YOU can become part of the movement in my future videos. This will include playing with blockstacks apps, stacking, freehold activities and other means.
  If you believe in future of digital money and bitcoin, it is yet not too late to find your niche there and engage.

[blocks8]

Grant Funded!
Stacks Foundation Grant. Content outline framework. $100
For M2, filming, editing, production. $200
For M3, sharing across 10 platforms, forums, channels. $50.

[RaffiSapire]

Hey, @Andrzej0xa0 this looks great. Sorry I missed it early. We reopened this issue, and we'll keep it open til the grant is completed. Where are you on the milestones? the outline looks awesome, well done!

[Andrzej0xa0]

thank You @RaffiSapire ! :) I will be recording this video either Tue/Wed, editing before weekend, so it can hit YouTube on weekend (expected higher attention ) Stayed Tuned for update :)
PS.
I have recorded Blockstack english video last week (part of Freehold initiative for Patrick) - if you are interested please check out this material in the meantime :) https://youtu.be/XXCuvTGCxgA
My polish video will cover a bit broader topic but narrative will be similar to the one in English above :)
PS. do not hesitate to share it - if you have some internal communication channels for such materials. https://youtu.be/XXCuvTGCxgA

[Andrzej0xa0]

hi @RaffiSapire
M2 delivered. Here is the video : https://youtu.be/kQdj7SacW00
working on M3 over the weekend (promotion)
Let me know if any feedback to the video :)
Cheers.
Andrzej

[Andrzej0xa0]

hi @RaffiSapire
M3 delivered:

1. Twitter
   https://twitter.com/Andrzej_0xa0/status/1314265757799387137?s=20
2. Telegram Blockstack 
   https://t.me/BlockstackChat/165626
3. Telegram Kwarantanna z Bitcoinem
   https://t.me/c/1313508212/15229
4. Telegram KryptoEkipa
   https://t.me/c/1425029435/12552
5. Telegram The Open App Network PL
   https://t.me/Aion_Poland/8490
6. Telegram Algorand PL
   https://t.me/AlgorandPL/605
7. YouTuber "Bitcoin Feniks" mentions my Blockstack video in daily summary
   https://youtu.be/gVGn8Zz-9gI?t=2159
8. Short Post on DxTreem Blog
   https://dxtreem.pl/blockstack-2-0-nachodzi/
9. Mail to my distribution list. here is the snapshot of the email
   https://rabbithole.app/sharedfiles/andrzej0xa0.id.blockstack/
10. Short post on AlgorandPOL Blog
    https://algorand-poland.com/blockstack-algorand-bitcoin/

regarding M4, right now (48h after publishing) we are at about 1200 organic views, 180 likes, and 100 comments and replies. So it seems to be getting nice engagement and video is enthusiastically welcomed by the audience. Some people started playing with browser.blockstack.org - so I hope we can hit 1500 views a few days from now.
I will keep on promoting via more means anyways. :)

Let me know if any feedback or suggestions to M2-M3-M4
Cheers. Andrzej

[Andrzej0xa0]

hi @RaffiSapire : all milestones delivered. Please see the video stats related to M4 and let me know if any questions.
Overall the video is doing pretty well so for. 1.9k views. 70% of all views are from my current subscribers, 30% are from new audience. Video attracted 33 new subscribers so far.

56% of the views are from age group 35-44 years old. Relative attention is a bit above average for my channel. Video is still popular (5 days after publishing) gets average 150views per day. Audience is mostly from Poland, UK and Germany. I am attaching screenshots. No women apparently liked it. Need to think about it:)
Let me know if any further questions.

Video - overview

Distribution of viewers

Engagement

Sources

Attention

Subscribers vs non-Subscribers

Region

Traction today (13.X, which is 5 days after publishing, still getting around 300 views over 24h, so I think should exceed 2k soon)

This refers to this video : https://youtu.be/kQdj7SacW00
Also, pretty good engagement in term of comments (130 comments+replies) from viewers and likes =260.

have a great day.
Andrzej

[Andrzej0xa0]

hi @RaffiSapire @blocks8
did you have a chance to look at the video_1 stats (deliverable M4).
Let me know if any questions :)

Also a Question,
can I start working on my next material (video_2), or should I wait for an approval of M4 from video_1?

appreciate your inputs! :)
Andrzej

[Andrzej0xa0]

Grant Funded!
Stacks Foundation Grant. Content outline framework. $100
For M2, filming, editing, production. $200
For M3, sharing across 10 platforms, forums, channels. $50.

@blocks8 - any update regarding M4 ? 🔢 :)

[RaffiSapire]

Hello @Andrzej0xa0 ! Thank you for all your hard work this year. We would love to send you a holiday note and some custom stacks stickers. Please email me at [email protected] with your name/address if you'd like to receive one. We really appreciate all your help and contributions. Stacks is what it is because of you!

[Andrzej0xa0]

TO: @RaffiSapire AND @blocks8

MY NEXT VIDEO (video-2) = STACKS MAIN NET LAUNCH SUMMARY AND HOW TO ENGAGE

Agenda (M1) for my 2nd video. Please APPROVE 👍
Production (M2) and Sharing (M3) Coming soon

Introduction

• This video will be talking key updates from Stacks 2.0 mainnet launch. I will cover updates what is new related to Stacks 2.0. We will discuss why Stacks is choosing Bitcoin as the security layer.
• Stacks 2.0 bring smart contracts to Bitcoin so we will also touch the topic why Clarity is important.
• Finally, this is not about me talking, but how you can contribute, so I will cover how Stacks is becoming even more decentralised with more miners (Deamon work), Hiro (dev focus) and FreeHold (community focus) - and how you can contribute.
• In my view 2021 is going to be the year of bitcoin, and this is also in line with one of the Stacks’ partners (Coinlist) who has been discussing Trends in crypto in 2021 during Stacks mainnet launch event, so lets touch this topic as well, and some interesting developments happening on the network already (xBTS) - wrapping bitcoin on Stacks network.

Points to cover:

Point1 : Stacks 2.0 origins, history from Stacks 1.0 to today, capital raising, SEC filling
Point2 : Stacks 2.0 : Whats new, PoX Consensus, Clarity
Point3 : Crypto Trends 2021 - year of Bitcoin, Wrapping BTC, xBTC
Point4 : Engage: Grants, Builders, Freehold - decentralisation matters.

STANDARD INFO
Here comes a few words of my warning that the content of the video is not intended to be a financial advise, this is a technology-focused review, and my intention is to inspire people to learn these fascinating technologies, and consider how to apply them at their work, whether they are a developer, entrepreneur, student, lawyer or working in business domains like supply chain, HR, Finance etc.. :: there is always a way to contribute and apply the crypto/blockchain learnings. Everyone here can add a few cents to spreading the adoption, and this video shall hopefully inspire to discover your way forward with Bitcoin, Stacks and crypto world.

Point 1: Stacks 2.0 origins, history from Stacks 1.0 to today, capital raising, SEC filling

• I will begin with a short history how Muneeb started working on Stacks, doing PhD at Princeton, focused on the new internet
• Then evolve the story how this became a bigger R&D project, and other members joined from other universities, helping with engineering and architecting
• Then how it got first funding in 2017, to ultimately launch in 2018 as Stacks 1.0 (with PoB - explain whats the difference with PoX).
• Already at this stage we had 360 apps being built on top of Stacks in 2019
• Then I will cover the SEC part, public offering under SEC, addition basing (23M) and importance of compliance
  2020 was the year with focused work on new consensus PoX as well as Clarity language together with Algorand to prepare for today - launch early 2021 of Stacks 2.0
• Stacks 2.0 is a huge change - let me explain why

***For Point 1 illustrations I will use screenshot from the website and Stacks launch video:
https://youtu.be/S_16dp1sx50
https://stacks2.com/register

Point 2 : Stacks 2.0 : Whats new, PoX Consensus, Clarity

• I will describe the key aspects of Proof of Transfer (PoX) - the way it is building on Bitcoin’s security and adding smart contracts, and scalability to bitcoin on top.
• I will talk about Clarity language and STX used as a Fuel to clarity contracts.
• Both coins STX<>BTC are economically tight together on consensus layer, so this opens the gate for new ideas to be built on top. Also this is a generic concept other networks might follow in the future.
• Innovation behind Stacks 2.0 allows for whole lot of new usability for Bitcoin - so we will see amazing developments built on top. Already 400+ apps there, but more to come.
• Very interesting times for bitcoin thanks to Clarity and Stacks2, so lets talk a while xBTS built by Wrapped - and why this will trigger THE year of Bitcoin.

***For Point 2 illustrations I will use screenshot from the website and Stacks launch video:
https://www.stacks.co
https://youtu.be/S_16dp1sx50

Point3 : Crypto Trends 2021 - year of Bitcoin, Wrapping BTC, xBTC

• let me start with Crypto Trends for 2021 that CoinList (partner of Stacks, but Also Algorand and other projects) came up with as a dominant trends for this year
• Four 4 clear trends in 2021, which are very much in line with launch of Stacks2
  --Bitcoin everywhere, thanks to wrapping bitcoin and using it on different platform to generate even more use cases
  --Small steps away from Ethereum, as Eth2 is not yet with us, and business can’t wait that long for scalability - some projects starting to move away already to other platforms
  --More guard-rails for DeFi - which needs to be better secured, and more regulated for mainstream
  --Mutation of token issuance - as we have seen the progress from ico-ieo-auction and evolving to new kind of “drops” in 2020 - more interesting token release trends 2021 moving forward
• Stack is clearing positioned to play a major role in all these 4 trends, especially with xBTC, wrapping BTC to push it to new use cases on platforms like Stacks (2% of BTC wrapped in 2020, expected to grow to 5% in 2021)
• Institutions will rather chose BTC over other assets in the first place (more stable, more clear in terms of regulations), so Stacks should be a great enabler for institutional onboarding being anchored to Bitcoin and with high focus on regulations.
• Institutional money and big use cases is one thing - but we are building a new internet, which is owned by the users, so decentralisation is very important - so lets talk how you can engage into this movement.

***For Point 3 illustrations I will use screenshot from the website and Stacks launch video:
https://youtu.be/S_16dp1sx50

Point4 : Engage: Grants, Builders, Freehold - decentralisation matters.

• Blockstack is on a way toward decentralisation in various angles - and the organization actually restructured to cover several units, not governed by a single party
• You can be part of each of these - and contribute to ecosystem growth and platform decentralisation - so lets cover them one by one
  Grants - there is an open grant program, you can apply and get STX funding either as a developer or for example content creator, or maybe you are a startup in blockchain space who wants to build on bitcoin/stacks?
  Deamon Technologies - engage into mining, help securing the network, there is a several videos on the channel talking how to do it and run your mining bot.
  Freehold - engage into adding value to the network, hold token and contribute to the growth of the ecosystem being rewarded for your work in various domains (build, mine, create, lead..)
• Stacks is just warming up, with launch of Stacks 2.0 - there will be a lot of going on - so if you want to have privacy in your own hand, you want to own the data and metadata you create, join to help in decentralizing this new internet.

***For Point 4 illustrations I will use screenshot from the website and Stacks launch video:
https://youtu.be/S_16dp1sx50

Conclusion

Stasks started in 2013 really, but 2017/18 we have seen major deliverables, and 2019/20 big evolution towards new direction.
2021 gonna be the year of bitcoin year of bitconization in so many domains, including insituational on boarding, defi on bitcoin, new use cases built of top of bitcoin thanks to Stacks and Clarity
So if you are watching this video and following my channel this is probably the best way to engage - you will find links in the video description for the next step and definitely follow the channel to stay tuned for more updates.