According to Odaily Planet Daily, the Stacks Foundation published a statement on X stating that Nakamoto activation is expected to take place on October 9. To this end, the Stacks community will hold more than 20 developer workshops around the world, where participants can win STX.

Core developers have selected the Nakamoto hard fork block, Bitcoin block #864864, where key improvements including fast blocks and Bitcoin finality will be deployed. All node operators should upgrade their nodes, and binaries will be available about a week before the hard fork.

Core developers remain committed to a safe and secure release and reserve the right to choose a new hard fork block to address issues or investigate network activity. Any updates will be released immediately.