Dual Stacking Winds Down at Bitcoin Block 966,350 as Bitcoin Staking Arrives

The Bitcoin staking pilot product, known as Dual Stacking, concludes at Bitcoin block 966,350, which is currently estimated to occur on September 10. Rewards accrue as normal through that block, and the final distribution reaches participants in the days following the program's conclusion. No action is required to keep earning until then.

Because the wind-down is targeted to a Bitcoin block rather than a calendar date, the exact day can shift slightly as blocks are mined. The block number is fixed; the date is an estimate.

What Dual Stacking Proved

Dual Stacking launched as a pilot with one job: prove that Bitcoin holders want BTC yield without giving up their Bitcoin. The program distributed 22.40 BTC to 1,044 participants over its lifetime, and sBTC deployment across Stacks grew to a peak of over 5,000 BTC. That demand is the reason the full self-custodial Bitcoin staking product now exists.

Bitcoin Staking Opens at the Same Block

Bitcoin Staking opens its Genesis bond at the same block (Bitcoin block 966,350). It delivers what the pilot pointed toward at the consensus level: BTC yield on Bitcoin, paid in BTC. Where Dual Stacking rewarded participation through an incentive budget, Bitcoin Staking pays yield from economic activity of the network itself.

What Current Participants Need to Do

For current participants, rewards earned through the program's final block will be distributed in full. sBTC positions remain exactly where they are, fully backed 1:1 and deployable across the ecosystem as before.

Block 966,350 is a handoff, not a pause. The moment Dual Stacking concludes, Bitcoin Staking opens its Genesis bond and a new 90-day incentive program begins with Zest and Bitflow, shifting rewards from holding assets to putting them to work. The pilot proved Bitcoin holders want their Bitcoin to grow.

What This Means

For Dual Stacking participants: nothing to do. Rewards accrue through block 966,350, the final distribution follows in the days after the program concludes, and your sBTC stays where it is.

For anyone watching Bitcoin Staking: the Genesis bond opens at the same block. If you want BTC yield paid in BTC, with your keys the entire time, that's where the program continues.

Bitcoin Staking's Genesis bond opens at block 966,350. Read the full announcement →