Stacks Dev Digest: May 2026

The Stacks Foundry Validate program, fresh rewards drop, and more chances to earn in May.

May 14, 2026

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Validate is a free 5 week program to pressure test your idea with real users through weekly sessions and structured sprints, with honest feedback throughout.

Program kicks off May 18. Applications close May 15.

🚢 April Shipped

178 projects shipped 392 new contracts with over 612K transactions.

1,037 STX

Fees Generated

5K USDCx

Rewarded to Winners

💰 Chances To Earn This Month

📚 Fresh From the Docs

  • Stacks Core 3.4.0.0.2

    • Makes fold, map, and filter dramatically faster

    • Drops the duplicate value field from event payloads

    • Lets miners skip transactions that signers reject

  • Clarinet 3.17.0 shaves ~70ms off every run and adds an unnecessary_tuple lint

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