* As a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts, Stacks has the following innovations that make it unique:
* In the upcoming release of Stacks, Stacks will be secured by the entire hash power of Bitcoin, giving it Bitcoin finality.
* Stacks will soon have a novel backed Bitcoin that is 1:1 backed with BTC on Bitcoin L1, and can be moved in and out of the Stacks layer in a decentralized way.
* The new 1:1 Bitcoin backed asset called sBTC enables Stacks smart contracts to write to Bitcoin.
* Stacks powers atomic BTC swaps and assets owned by BTC addresses.
* Stacks uses the Clarity programming language for safe, decidable contracts.
* Stacks has knowledge of the full Bitcoin state, thanks to Proof of Transfer and Clarity, enabling it to read from Bitcoin at any time.
* Lastly, Stacks is a scalable layer that enables fast transactions that settle on Bitcoin.