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When did the Stacks project launch?

The Stacks project started in 2017 when Muneeb Ali finished his PhD (his thesis laid out the foundations for the Stacks layer for Bitcoin), released the original whitepaper, and raised $50M. Before this, the early team built protocols and apps on Bitcoin. 

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