A little over a year ago, I invested a smallish amount into a token claiming to be building a "layer 2" ecosystem, on top of what is reputedly the world's safest network - the BTC blockchain!

^{Highlight on Stacks website's Home page}

Love waking up in the morning to good news? Yeah, me too! 😉

Finding this, in the daily CoinGecko newsletter ...

^{Daily "Top 5 Gains" in CoinGecko's newsletter, 1 December 2021 edition.}

^{Stacks (STX) performance over 1 year on CoinMarketCap, 1 December 2021.}

... spurred me to set aside my "tar baby" project ... 😏 ... yet again and write another @LeoAlpha post about this remarkable token. Given the claim they made then and how they are doing now, I thought it would be a nice contribution ...

A key benefit of holding this token is the opportunity to stake it and earn BTC in rewards! So ... I am sitting (as this is written) on a 10X HODLing, while earning some steadily accruing BTC! 🚀

Let's take a closer look ... 🧐

BTC Passive Income Stream? Sign me up!!

Most of us are familiar with one of safest and most secure opportunities to generate a passive income stream - "staking" to support a node keeping a blockchain running. Which almost always is rewarded in the native token of that blockchain.

^{Stacks website's "Stacking" web page.}

As we can see, Stacks has taken a very different and enticing approach. They call it "stacking" and reward you in Bitcoin! 👍

From my understanding, this is based upon how Stacks has built its "layer 2" ecosystem via something they refer to as "Proof of Transfer:"

"The consensus mechanism that connects Stacks and Bitcoin."

^{Source: Proof of Transfer webpage}

"Stacking rewards Stacks (STX) token holders with bitcoin for providing a valuable service to the network by locking up their tokens for a certain time."

"Stacking is a built-in action, required by the "proof-of-transfer" (PoX) mechanism. The PoX mechanism is executed by every miner on the Stacks 2.0 network."

Source: Stacking docs webpage.

Your welcome to take a "deeper dive" into understanding how Stacks does this via the links provided.

While not providing step_by_step details for how to go about "stacking," it was pretty simple. Here is an outline of what I did:

Downloaded and installed the Hiro STX wallet. Transferred my STX stake purchased on KuCoin to it.

Went to the PlanBetter pool's (now closed) website, clicked on the "Stack Now" button and followed directions.

Downloaded and installed the Electrum BTC wallet. Set it up to access the BTC rewards address provided by following PlanBetter's instructions.

Done. Sit back and enjoy my steadily accruing BTC rewards! 😎

^{@roleerob's Stacks Wallet}

The steps above cannot be replicated exactly today, but their are new pools, so the opportunity (NFA, DYOR) is still there!

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I am obviously "pumped" about seeing the current "pump" in the price of my STX stake. 👍🚀 Will it last? I have no idea, but certainly hope so. I am not aware of any other passive income stream opportunity that pays out in BTC.

What will ultimately be built upon this BTC-based "layer 2" platform? We'll see! I am impressed that someone had the creative genius and technical "chops" to even attempt it. I’d love to hear any feedback you may be inspired to provide.

Until "next time," all the best to you for a better tomorrow, as we all work together to build up our Hive Communities and add increasing value to our Hive blockchain!  

Respectfully, Blogger @roleerob Hive "Dolphin" 🐬, LeoFinance "Whale" 🐋, & Man Cave "Dragon" 🐉

P.S. I am not a financial adviser. Please consider this post as financial information and / or opinion only. Please perform your own due diligence, in whatever manner seems best to you, if you have found it to be beneficial.

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