Stacks outlines Q4 priorities to grow BTC bonding and ship Epoch 4.1

The Bitcoin layer 2 is moving to monthly staking bonds and targeting early December for its next network upgrade Stacks has laid out its fourth-quarter game plan, and it centers on getting more Bitcoin locked into its system. The Bitcoin layer 2 protocol says Q4 will focus on growing BTC bonds, putting that BTC to work in ecosystem apps, and shipping the Epoch 4.1 network upgrade in early December. The priorities arrived alongside the protocol’s Q3 Ecosystem Report, released on October 15, 2026. Stacks plans to run Bitcoin Staking bonding periods on a monthly schedule. The first of these monthly windows, Bond 3, is slated to open around November 10, 2026. Bitcoin Staking has drawn 735 BTC in total across its first two phases.

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