Bitcoin Finality, Leveraging Bitcoin Security for Building on Stacks

Kenny Rogers, Stacks Foundation's Developer Advocate, unpacks the essentials of how Stacks operates, the significance of Bitcoin finality, and the roles of Miners and Stackers pre- and post-Nakamoto upgrade with Kyle Ellicott during the eighth Bitcoin Builders Breakdown episode. Resources ⬇️ Bitcoin Primer - https://start.bitcoinprimer.dev/ New to Stacks? - https://docs.stacks.co/docs/intro Clarity - https://clarity-lang.org/ Stay up-to-date with Stacks: https://stackssnacks.com/ ▬ Chapters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Intro 01:05 Meet Kenny 01:30 How does Stacks work today - pre-Nakamoto 02:59 What is Bitcoin Finality 04:54 Miners and Stackers - Key Differences Nakamoto 07:40 Invalid Transactions post-Nakamoto 09:00 Benefit of being secured on Bitcoin 11:44 Why Build on Bitcoin 13:12 Clarity and Building on Stacks 14:50 Resources: Building on Stacks and Bitcoin 16:17 How to connect with Kenny