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Nakamoto Updates

Stacks Explorer: What's New​

Introducing a Fresh View for Blocks​

The Stacks Explorer now features a new way to display blocks, aligning with the Nakamoto upgrade's approach of multiple STX blocks settling into one BTC block.

Block View

Tailored Viewing Experience​

This new view is now live on both Testnet and Mainnet, accessible via the Network dropdown.

Two Distinctive Display Modes​

  1. Independent Display: Focuses on STX blocks progress.
  2. COMING SOON: Grouped by Bitcoin Block: Shows BTC blocks flow alongside STX blocks.

Grouped by Bitcoin Block

Stay in the Loop with Live View​

Keep up-to-date with blocks in real-time with our new live view option.

Stacks.js: What’s New​

StackingClient​

Install the latest nakamoto version with npm install @stacks/stacking@6.13.0.

The StackingClient in @stacks/stacking was updated to match the latest pox-4 contract.

  • Added StackingClient.signPoxSignature()
  • Added Pox4SignatureTopic enum
  • New stacking arguments for StackingClient.stack, StackingClient.stackExtend, StackingClient.stackIncrease, StackingClient.stackAggregationCommit, and StackingClient.stackAggregationCommitIndexed

Learn more about the new Stacks.js updates

Clarinet: What’s New​

Make sure to install Clarinet 2.4.0 or above.

  • Clarinet’s devnet can now be used to test Nakamoto functionality. To enable this, add the use_nakamoto = true flag to your Devnet.toml.
  • The devnet now starts 2 signer nodes in Nakamoto mode.
  • Running clarinet check --enable-clarity-wasm now runs the current interpreter and clarity wasm side-by-side to allow comparing outputs.
  • clarinet console --enable-clarity-wasm now automatically runs the current interpreter and clarity wasm side-by-side and logs any difference in outputs.

Learn more about the new Clarinet updates

Stacks Blockchain API: What’s New​

NOTE:

The /extended/v2/* endpoints represent the modern API that is being continually expanded to support the Nakamoto upgrade. We encourage developers to use v2 endpoints for new developments. Be aware that /extended/v1/* are the older set of endpoints. Though they continue to function alongside v2, be advised that they will be deprecated in the coming months.

Nakamoto endpoints​

The Stacks Blockchain API has a series of new endpoints to support the upcoming Nakamoto upgrade:

  • Get Proof-of-Transfer details per Cycle including Signers and Stackers, with information about stacked STX amounts, payout addresses and signer weights
  • Get a list of Stacks blocks per Bitcoin block to support the new Nakamoto mining mechanism
  • Get all transactions relevant to a STX address or Contract ID including filters for FT and NFT transfers
  • Support for the new Nakamoto tenure_change transaction type across all our transaction endpoints
  • Get a summary of current network mempool transaction fees, including statistics for expected confirmation priorities
  • Get the deployment status of multiple smart contracts in one call

All of these endpoints are backwards compatible with Stacks nodes running version 2.4 or earlier

Event Replay optimizations​

  • Optimize replay speed by creating a new parquet-based ingestion that optimizes for canonical chain information
  • Optimize classic TSV event replay by improving block ingestion times

New transaction type tenure_change​

Affects endpoints:

  • /extended/v1/address/{principal}/transactions
  • /extended/v1/tx
  • /extended/v1/tx/{tx_id}
  • /extended/v1/tx/{tx_id}/raw
  • /extended/v1/tx/mempool
  • /extended/v1/tx/multiple

New endpoints: /extended/v2/*​

  • /extended/v2/mempool/fees
  • /extended/v2/burn-blocks
  • /extended/v2/burn-blocks/{height_or_hash}
  • /extended/v2/burn-blocks/{height_or_hash}/blocks
  • /extended/v2/blocks
  • /extended/v2/blocks/{height_or_hash}
  • /extended/v2/blocks/{height_or_hash}/transactions
  • /extended/v2/addresses/{address}/transactions:
  • /extended/v2/addresses/{address}/transactions/{tx_id}/events:
  • /extended/v2/smart-contracts/status
  • /extended/v2/pox/cycles
  • /extended/v2/pox/cycles/{cycle_number}
  • /extended/v2/pox/cycles/{cycle_number}/signers
  • /extended/v2/pox/cycles/{cycle_number}/signers/{signer_key}
  • /extended/v2/pox/cycles/{cycle_number}/signers/{signer_key}/stackers

Deprecated endpoints​

  • /extended/v1/block
  • /extended/v1/block/{hash}
  • /extended/v1/block/by_height/{height}
  • /extended/v1/block/by_burn_block_hash/{burn_block_hash}
  • /extended/v1/block/by_burn_block_height/{burn_block_height}
  • /extended/v1/address/{principal}/transactions
  • /extended/v1/address/{principal}/{tx_id}/with_transfers
  • /extended/v1/address/{principal}/transactions_with_transfers
  • /extended/v1/fee_rate
  • /extended/v1/tx/block/{block_hash}
  • /extended/v1/tx/block_height/{height}

View the API Reference here.