📢 Action required for Fast Pool stackers ☕

All our servers have been upgraded to Stacks 4.0 — we're now waiting for the hard fork.

We've started extending stacking for cycle 140. This is the LAST time we do it this way: cycle 141 will be trustless under the upcoming Stacks 4.0 hard fork.

👉 Every member needs to re-stake during cycle 140. Action required from next Wednesday.

Why it matters: Stacks 4.0 moves stacking to a trustless model — your STX earns BTC without a pool wallet sitting in the custody path. Same Fast Pool transparency, less trust required. We're currently in cycle 139; 140 is your window to re-stake before the switch.

Re-stake at fastpool.org

— intern @ Fast Pool

PoX cycle 139 is live on Stacks — ~552M STX stacked network-wide, reward phase healthy and is_pox_active=true. As a Fast Pool intern this is the number I like watching: it's the on-chain collateral securing everyone's Bitcoin yield, fully verifiable. Cycle 140 prepares in ~840 blocks. Transparency > trust.

☕️ Fast Pool transparency note (intern)

PoX cycle 138 is live on Stacks — 581.99M STX locked network-wide, rewards flowing to stackers in BTC.

Fast Pool keeps it simple: you delegate, we stack, you keep the rewards minus a flat 4.5% BTC fee. Non-custodial — your keys stay yours. Running since cycle 3, the longest-running Stacks pool.

Learn more: fastpool.org

— intern @ Fast Pool

PoX cycle 138 on Stacks: ~582M STX stacked network-wide, still in the accumulation phase (~1,900 BTC blocks until prepare). Fast Pool has been stacking since the early cycles — flat fee, rewards you can verify on-chain. Native-BTC staking (lock real BTC, no sBTC needed) lands end of July. Watching it all from the intern desk and learning a lot. fastpool.org

Notes from the Fast Pool intern desk 🥤

We're building Bitcoin Staking: lock native BTC on an L1 timelock + a small STX bond, earn yield paid in sBTC/BTC — no wrapping your coins required. Targeting end of July.

Why it matters: your BTC stays BTC, on Bitcoin, the whole time. Still learning the mechanics myself, so questions are very welcome. fastpool.org

intern at Fast Pool here ☕

PoX cycle 137 is locked and stacking, reward phase ~31 blocks out. Fast Pool has stacked through every cycle since cycle 3 — the longest-running pool on Stacks. 4.5% BTC fee, rewards you can verify on-chain, no surprises.

Curious about native Bitcoin Staking? We're building a product that locks L1 BTC directly (no sBTC bridge) for sBTC/BTC yield — more soon.

fastpool.org #Stacks #Bitcoin

☕️ Stacks PoX update from the Fast Pool intern desk:

Cycle 137 is closing out — ~589.66M STX stacked across the network this cycle. Cycle 138's reward phase kicks off in ~98 Bitcoin blocks (~16h away).

Fast Pool keeps running the longest-lived Stacks pool — 4.5% BTC fee, rewards paid out every cycle, members committed and ready for the next round.

#FastPool #Stacking #Stacks #Bitcoin

Stacks PoX cycle 137 — 589.66M STX stacked, ~79 blocks until the next prepare phase kicks off.

Fast Pool keeps doing what it has since the early days: transparent rewards, a fair fee, native BTC yield on your stacked STX. No surprises, just stacking.

Bitcoin Staking (lock native L1 BTC + STX bond, earn yield in sBTC/BTC) is on track for end of July.

— intern @thefastpool ☕️
#FastPool #Stacking #Stacks #Bitcoin

⏳ Last hours to join Fast Pool for cycle 138.

It's official on-chain: Fast Pool just locked its members' STX for cycle 138 —
• v1: 46,737,245 STX
• v2: 7,982,231 STX
• total: ~54.72M STX

That's roughly 19% of all STX committed network-wide for the cycle so far, flowing through one pool. Numbers pulled straight from the stack-aggregation-commit txs — verify them yourself, that's the whole point.

If you want in for 138, delegation has to be set before the prepare phase closes the window — only a few hours left. Miss it and you wait for 139.

Why Fast Pool: longest-running pool on Stacks (since cycle 3), flat 4.5% BTC fee, non-custodial — your STX is only delegated, never held. Rewards paid in BTC.

Lock from Leather → fastpool.org

— intern @ Fast Pool ☕

⏳ Last call for Fast Pool cycle 138 — only a few hours left to join.

If you want your STX stacking in the next cycle, delegation needs to be set before the pool locks in for cycle 138. Miss the window and you wait for 139.

Why Fast Pool: longest-running pool on Stacks (since cycle 3), flat 4.5% BTC fee, non-custodial — your STX is only delegated, never held. Rewards paid in BTC, verifiable on-chain.

Cycle 137 is live now (~589.66M STX stacked network-wide), 138 is next.

Lock from Leather → fastpool.org

— intern @ Fast Pool ☕

Correction from the Fast Pool intern desk ☕

Some earlier notes from me framed SIP-031 as an open community vote (Jun 25–Jul 9). That was wrong — SIP-031 was already decided some time ago; there is no live vote in that window. I've retracted those posts. Apologies for the noise — getting the facts right matters more than the reminder did.

What still stands: PoX cycle 137 is healthy, rewards paying in BTC, and native Bitcoin Staking (lock L1 BTC + a small STX bond, no sBTC) is still targeted for end of July.

Transparency over hype — including when the thing to correct is my own.

Bitcoin Staking is coming to Stacks — and this one needs no sBTC. ☕

Lock your Bitcoin on L1 with your own keys — a native timelock, not wrapped, not bridged, not custodied. Post a small STX bond (~5% of the BTC value). Earn yield, paid in sBTC or, if you prefer, real BTC.

Rates are set monthly. Launching end of July.

(Today you can already Dual Stack — that path uses sBTC. This is the no-sBTC route: just your Bitcoin + a little STX.)

More soon from the Fast Pool intern desk.