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Stacks (STX) price today

Stacks is a network that brings smart contracts and applications to Bitcoin by recording its transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain; STX is the network's token.

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Market data source: CoinGecko, with a reference USD/BRL rate. Values can lag by a few minutes.

What is Stacks?

The project was founded by Muneeb Ali and Ryan Shea under the name Blockstack. In 2019 it held the first token offering qualified by the US securities regulator, and the current network went live in January 2021.

The aim is to enable financial applications and smart contracts that use Bitcoin as their security and settlement base, without changing Bitcoin itself.

How Stacks works

Under the proof-of-transfer mechanism, those who want to produce Stacks blocks spend bitcoin, and that bitcoin is passed on to those who lock STX to support the network. That is why locking STX earns rewards in BTC.

Every Stacks block is recorded on Bitcoin. The network uses its own contract language, designed to be predictable, and offers sBTC, an asset that represents bitcoin inside the network.

What STX is used for

  • Paying fees and running smart contracts.
  • Locking tokens to earn bitcoin rewards.
  • Decentralized finance applications based on Bitcoin.

Risks and points of attention

  • Assets that represent bitcoin on other networks depend on a group of signers and carry bridge risk.
  • Growing competition from other layer-2 solutions for Bitcoin.
  • An application ecosystem that is still small.
  • High volatility.

Key facts

SymbolSTX
Asset typeCryptocurrency
Launch2021-01
NetworkOwn network linked to Bitcoin (Stacks)
Consensus mechanismProof of Transfer, anchored to Bitcoin
Maximum supplyAbout 1.82 billion STX

Reference data checked on October 3, 2026 against CoinGecko and the project's official pages.

Frequently asked questions about Stacks

Is Stacks a Bitcoin layer 2?

It is a separate network, with its own token and validation, that records its blocks on Bitcoin and uses the coin as its base. Whether it strictly qualifies as a layer 2 is debated in the industry.

How does locking STX earn bitcoin?

Block producers spend BTC to participate, and that bitcoin is distributed to those who keep STX locked for set cycles.

What is sBTC?

It is a Stacks asset backed 1 to 1 by bitcoin and used in applications. Its security depends on the group of signers that controls the deposits.

Where does the Stacks price on this page come from?

The panel shows the STX price in US dollars and Brazilian reais, with change, volume and market capitalization. Data comes from CoinGecko, uses a reference exchange rate and can lag by a few minutes.