Stacks is the leading Bitcoin L2
Stacks Primer
5 Days To Building on Bitcoin
What is this?
A 5-day course delivered straight to your inbox that will help you learn the fundamentals of Building Bitcoin Apps on Stacks without drowning in a sea of docs.
Why do this?
Building on Bitcoin is a generational opportunity.
🟧 Size. Bitcoin boasts a market cap over $1T. It is widely accessible and has retail and institutional adoption.
🟧 Security. Bitcoin's security is unmatched. Through Stacks, transactions are settled to Bitcoin, making these transactions as irreversible as Bitcoin's.
🟧 Longevity. Bitcoin is durable and secure, boasting unmatched longevity and consistency. Build on a base layer that has been built to last.
🟧 Size. Bitcoin boasts a market cap over $1T. It is widely accessible and has retail and institutional adoption.
🟧 Security. Bitcoin's security is unmatched. Through Stacks, transactions are settled to Bitcoin, making these transactions as irreversible as Bitcoin's.
🟧 Longevity. Bitcoin is durable and secure, boasting unmatched longevity and consistency. Build on a base layer that has been built to last.
Everything you need to get started
Stacked but Simple
What to expect:
- Just the right amount of content each day
- Introduction to what Stacks is and how it works
- Gain a better understanding of the Bitcoin opportunity
- Overview of all the key tools you’ll need
- Introduction to writing smart contracts in Clarity
- How to escape tutorial hell and work on a real project
- How to immediately get paid to work on your project
- Access to an exclusive group of talented Stacks builders
- How to get considered for open roles, work, & other gigs
years of experience boiled down to the essentials
Brought to you by...
- Kenny RogersDeveloper Advocate at the Stacks FoundationHey 👋🏻 I’m Kenny. I’ve spent the last few years helping developers get up and running building on Stacks and Bitcoin.
I wrote this free email course to give builders new to the Stacks ecosystem a way to learn the fundamentals and get introduced to all of the key community resources and tools in a streamlined, organized way.
By the end of the course, you’ll understand how Stacks works, have built a basic Clarity smart contract, and be ready to immediately start building your own project (and even get paid to do it!).
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What's inside...exactly?
Day 1: Understanding Stacks
Stacks is the leading Bitcoin L2 designed to bring smart contract functionality to Bitcoin. But what does it mean? How does Stacks work? What does Bitcoin L2 mean? In Day 1, we’ll cover exactly what Stacks is and how it works, plus provide links to resources for those of you who want to dive deeper.
Day 2: Introduction to sBTC
sBTC is the upcoming trust-minimized bridge. It’s the backbone of how we can activate and use Bitcoin on the Stacks L2 in as trust-minimized of a way as possible. When we talk about building the Bitcoin economy, it means we need to be able to use BTC in our smart contract. sBTC is how we do that, and in this lesson, we’ll cover how it works and how you can start experimenting with it now, even before it is released.
Day 3: Writing your first Clarity smart contract
Clarity is the smart contract language on Stacks. In this lesson, we’ll cover how it works and you’ll get introduced to Clarity by writing a basic borrowing and lending contract…using sBTC!
Day 4: Set up your Stacks dev environment
If you want to be a successful Stacks developer, you’ll need to be familiar with all the different tools you’ll be using. In this lesson, we’ll cover all of those tools and get your local developer environment set up for success.
Day 5: Kicking off your own Stacks project
Tutorial hell is the worst, and you should begin building your own projects as soon as possible. But that is easier said than done. In the final lesson, we’ll cover how to come up with an idea for your project, how to get paid just for working on it, potential funding paths, and how to stay consistent and motivated in the long term.
Bonus: How to Get Paid
After you finish the course, we’ll show you exactly how to start immediately getting paid to work on your project, and how to join an exclusive group of elite Stacks builders.
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In less than a week, you can be on your way to building in the most exciting emerging sector of crypto and blockchain, the Bitcoin economy powered by layers. Will it be you who brings the next million users to Bitcoin?
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