Weekly Calls Digest: Mar 2 – 6
Calls covered: 4
Treasury Committee Office Hours · Clarity WG · AI BTC WG · SIP Governance Call
This Week at a Glance
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Community feedback session ahead of TC meeting
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at-blockremoval debate continues -
Chain state at 1TB+ pushing node hardware limits, growing ~2.7GB/day
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AIBTC News gaining momentum
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Multiple SIP proposals advancing toward SIP Vote
WORKING GROUP / AREA: Treasury Committee Office Hours
Key Updates:
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Community feedback session ahead of TC meeting
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Add agentic narrative to Stacks. For both human and agents.
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Various Q&As, added items to formal Treasury Committee meeting agenda.
Next Steps:
- TC irl meeting
WORKING GROUP / AREA: Clarity WG
Key Updates:
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at-blockremoval discussed as a path to enable chain state pruning -
Chain state growth (~2.7GB/day) creating pressure for scalable node operation
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Pruned node architecture proposed to lower hardware requirements
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Concerns raised around contract compatibility and migration planning
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Discussion ongoing across core devs and ecosystem contributors
WORKING GROUP / AREA: AI BTC WG
Key Updates:
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AI agent ecosystem continuing steady growth, 77+ registered
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SKILLs - keep updating to the latest releases
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Agent-run news outlet launched at AIBTC News.
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Ongoing integration of Bitcoin + Stacks primitives into agent workflows
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Bitcoin Policy Institute - agents money preference is BTC
WORKING GROUP / AREA: SIP Governance Call
Key Updates:
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SIP-042:
at-blockrunning Archival Nodes incentives -
SIP-038: Encrypted NFT proposal awaiting Technical CAB coordination
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SIP-039: Concerns raised around gas optimization and edge-case transaction risks
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Discussion on improving review process for consensus-breaking SIPs
Next Steps:
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Clarify archival node requirements across network participants (miner, pool, signers)
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CAB reviews and SIP vote