10 ways Stacks is connected to Bitcoin:

1. Consensus level: Proof of Transfer
2. Earn BTC Rewards – Stack $STX and earn native BTC via PoX.
3. Bitcoin Finality – Nakamoto upgrade brings 100% Bitcoin finality to Stacks.
4. Boosting Miner Fees – Stacks drives more BTC L1 transactions and fees.
5. Top-Tier Signers are BTC Eco Orgs (Ankr, Xverse, etc.)
6. sBTC – A decentralized, 1:1 BTC-backed asset on Stacks.
7. DeFi with sBTC – Use sBTC in lending, swaps, LPs, and more.
8. Runes + Ordinals – Scaling Bitcoin-native innovations like Runes.
9. Decentralized Governance – Inspired by Bitcoin's ethos and BIPs.
10. Ecosystem Leaders – Xverse, Leather, Hermetica driving BTC-L2 and L1 activity.