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Writing From The Team.
Longer pieces the team has published over the years — Bitcoin, Stacks, money, and putting the tools to work. Cleaner language than the original notes. Same argument.
April 5, 2025 · Steven Rupp
It's Time to Innovate. The Future Is Now.The internet moved from read, to read-write, to read-write-own. Block9 exists to help people see through the noise and put Bitcoin and Stacks to work — with a trusted partner, not a fad.March 27, 2025 · Steven Rupp
To Wrap Bitcoin Or Not Wrap BitcoinNot all bitcoin in crypto is the same. BTC is bitcoin. The rest are images of it on other chains — and the chain’s principles are the point.March 26, 2025 · Steven Rupp
Stable Coin FactorsStablecoins are designed to hold a fixed value over time. They are not all the same — and the difference starts with what the coin is pegged to, and what chain it is built on.February 21, 2025 · Steven Rupp
Another Unique Reason For Why StacksStacks stays true to its root. Its immutability is not a slogan — it is anchored to Bitcoin through Proof of Transfer. Rolling back Stacks means rolling back Bitcoin.February 7, 2025 · Steven Rupp
The Stacks TokenKnow what you got. STX is the native token of Stacks — a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts and apps — used for fees, stacking, contracts, governance, mining, payments, liquidity, and DeFi.December 6, 2024 · Steven Rupp
WASM Is ComingThe Stacks WASM update is going to be big. Virtual machine usually sounds like centralization. After going down the rabbit hole with Grok, here is why that does not have to be the case.June 4, 2024 · Steven Rupp
When The Money BreaksWar is often about resources. Beneath that is the money. Fiat can be printed, diluted, and used to buy power until it is no longer a medium of exchange for real things — and then the drums start.February 27, 2024 · Steven Rupp
You Can't Reinvent FireYou can only create irreproducibility once. Bitcoin is that once. Stacks and ALEX Lab are not a second fire — they are how you use it without handing someone else all the flint.August 14, 2023 · Steven Rupp
Energy Preserved, Energy SecuredThe energy spent to produce one bitcoin is not an afterthought. It is what makes the asset scarce, immutable, and recorded as truth in a block — and that combination is a form of power.December 21, 2021 · Steven Rupp
Looking Into The Future Of BusinessFifteen-plus years in corporate technology, watching the puck. Blockchain will transform every industry. In a downturn, the advantage is not volume — it is service, lean software, and a chain that cannot be tweaked.