Stacks’ smart contracts reach record high ahead of Nakamoto upgrade #Nakamoto.
Stacks hit a record of over 1,400 monthly smart contract deployments ahead of the Nakamoto upgrade, which is set to revolutionize Bitcoin DeFi and scalability.
Stacks reached a new all-time high in smart contract deployment just days before the much-anticipated Nakamoto upgrade is fully activated.
Stacks, the Bitcoin network’s smart contract layer, reached a new all-time high of over 1,400 monthly smart contracts deployed.
Stacks announced the record high in a Sept. 7 X post:
“A new high and 30% increase [month-over-month] MoM for smart contract deployments on the leading Bitcoin L2, Stacks.”
The new record high comes ahead of the full activation of the Nakamoto upgrade, which started rolling out at Bitcoin block 840,360 on Aug. 28.
The upgrade is expected to revolutionize Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (DeFi), also known as BTCFi, a new technological paradigm that aims to bring DeFi capabilities to the world’s first blockchain network.
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Nakamoto is a huge upgrade for Bitcoin DeFi and L2 scalability
The much-awaited Nakamoto upgrade could be a “huge leap” for Bitcoin DeFi and layer-2 scalability, according to Diego Mey, the co-founder of Bitflow Finance.
He wrote in a Sept. 7 X post:
“With Nakamoto, Stacks shifts to a “Bitcoin-native” model, enhancing performance and security for Stacks projects by relying more on Bitcoin’s infrastructure.”
Mithil Thakore, the co-founder and CEO of Velar Bitcoin liquidity protocol, noted in a Sept. 7 X post that the upgrade will also reduce Stacks’ block time to five seconds and create 100% Bitcoin finality.