ICYMI.
Stacks Roadmap Discussion: Governance
Tue, Apr 7, 6:00 AM — Hosted by Claire Gadd & Zero xyz
Governance on Stacks — What’s Being Built
Governance on Stacks centers on Stacks Improvement Proposals (SIPs) — the formal mechanism by which protocol changes, standards, and new primitives get proposed, debated, and ratified by the community. The Stacks Foundation and Zero Authority have made governance discoverability and visibility the central theme for 2026, recognizing that participation has historically been limited by fragmented tooling and unclear process. The new voting platform (built with the Ballot team) and the SIP Tracker are the two primary instruments driving this shift. Both are open and non-restrictive, designed to lower the barrier for contributors across Discord, the Stacks Forum, GitHub, and social channels.
The long-term vision is a closed loop: from SIP idea through community feedback, voting group review (CAB groups), ratification, and implementation tracking — all visible in one place. Future state includes linking governance milestones directly to project progress and embedding SIP standards into developer workflows so builders are working against ratified protocols from the start.
Zero Authority’s SIP Tracker — What It Does
The SIP Tracker consolidates every Stacks Improvement Proposal in a single interface with live status indicators, lifecycle documentation, and quick links to relevant resources. It’s the canonical place to understand where any SIP stands and what’s next for it.
Key capabilities:
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Browse and filter SIPs by status — from early idea through ratification
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Create a new SIP via a guided interface that prompts for authorship, licensing, motivation, and active discussion links, then exports to markdown for GitHub
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AI-assisted drafting and implementation — select Claude or ChatGPT to walk through your project’s goals, value propositions, and how a given SIP applies; the assistant tailors questions to your context and helps refine adoption plans
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API access — query any SIP by ID and get structured data back for use in smart contracts, custom tooling, or agent workflows
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Share and socialize — direct links to post a SIP to Stacks Forum, GitHub, or social media for community feedback
Real SIPs highlighted in the demo include the Bitcoin addresses for Stacks transactions standard (SIP-03X) and POX plus NFT reward systems — both illustrating how SIPs shape the application and incentivization layer.
How to Use It
If you’re a builder, the practical entry point is the AI assistant flow: describe your project, select a relevant SIP, and let the assistant surface implementation questions you may not have considered. Export to markdown, push to GitHub, and circulate via the Forum. If you’re building tooling or agents, the API is the integration path — structured SIP data on demand without scraping. Feedback on the tracker feeds directly into the roadmap; Claire Gadd (Stacks Foundation) is running an async survey and planning follow-up office hours for deeper input.
