Stacks reached a new all-time high in smart contract deployment just days before the much-anticipated Nakamoto upgrade was activated. Stacks, the Bitcoin network’s smart contract layer, reached a new all-time high of over 1,400 monthly smart contracts deployed. Stacks announced the record high in a Sept. 7 X post: “A new high and 30% increase [month-over-month] MoM for smart contract deployments on the leading Bitcoin L2, Stacks.” The new record high comes ahead of the full activation of the Nakamoto upgrade, which started rolling out at the Bitcoin block 840,360 on Aug. 28. The upgrade is exp…