Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 09:00 AM Eastern Time
Duration: ~45 mins
1. Agenda Overview
- Clarinet Updates and Clarity Claude Plugin - by Hugo
- SIP-034 Dimension-Specific Tenure Extension - by Gary
- Mining Analytics and Community Updates - by Rapha
2. Key Meeting Highlights
Clarinet Updates and Clarity Claude Plugin - by Hugo
- Claude Plugin:
- Official plugin from Stacks Labs for Clarity smart contract development.
- Available at https://github.com/stx-labs/clarity-claude-plugin
- Aims to improve accuracy vs generic AI tools when writing Clarity contracts.
- Positioned as an “experimental” workflow layer, not a long-term maintained product.
- Plugin won’t be updated frequently - changes will go to CLI instead
- Clarity 5 and Epoch 3.4 available in Clarinet for testing today:
- Instructions at Clarity 5 and Epoch 3.4 preview · stx-labs/clarinet · Discussion #2313 · GitHub
- Works out of box for clarinet and console, NPM tests
- For devnet usage, need to change settings
- VS Code improvements showcased:
- New linter with extensive rules checking unused variables, casing issues
- Auto-fix suggestions coming via LSP for easy corrections
- Warnings for deprecated features (
at-blockremoval in 3.4.0.0.0 release) - Static cost analysis in editor showing runtime metrics
- Displays read/write operations and budget percentages
- Shows worst-case scenario costs for functions
- Improvements needed for trait calls and branching scenarios
SIP-034 Dimension-Specific Tenure Extension - by Gary
- Problem with previous system (pre-SIP-034 activation)
- Five key metrics: runtime, read count, read length, write count, write length
- If one metric maxed out, entire block would halt with unused capacity
- Example: swap doing 100 reads but only 3 writes would waste remaining budgets
- SIP-034 solution enables per-dimension resets
- Only exhausted dimension gets reset, others continue from current level
- Signer network validates requests before approving targeted resets
- Results in 30% throughput improvement under real-world conditions
- Particularly beneficial for complex DeFi operations like concentrated liquidity swaps
- Platform Integration:
- Access SIPs through ZeroAuthority with AI integration.
- Supports creating and exploring new SIP proposals.
Mining Analytics and Community Updates - by Rapha
- Rapha shared STX Juice mining tracker at STX Juice (X @stxjuice handle)
- Real-time miner leaderboard showing Bitcoin commitments
- Top miner committed 0.82 Bitcoin for 121,000 STX rewards
- Tracks profitability, transactions per tenure, blocks per tenure
- Updates every 30 seconds with visualization similar to Bitflow
- Discussion on Bitcoin native staking impact on mining economics
- Uncertain about how mechanics will affect current mining economic model
- Reference to Babylon and Core as precedents to study
- STX coinbase halving in 13 days
- Reward dropping from 1,000 to 500 STX per coinbase
- May affect miner commitment levels and pricing dynamics
Resources & References
- Clarity 5 and Epoch 3.4 available in Clarinet: Instruction in Discussions thread
- Claude Plugin: Claude Plugin
- SIP-034 Dimension-Specific Tenure Extend Variants: Github
- SIP-034 and Zero Authority: Zero Authority Platform - SIP page
- STX Juice Mining Tracker: STX Juice
- Stacks 3.4.0.0.0 release
Call To Action
- Test Clarinet Updates: Engage with the new features in Clarinet and provide feedback.
- Test Clarity Claude Plugin: Engage with this new tool and report any feedback on Github
- Join the Clarity Working Group: Join the Clarity Working Group! Developers, auditors, educators, and grant teams are welcome. Connect with Gary on X to join the group chat and access the bi-weekly Google Meet link.