Hey Stackers, it’s time to revisit the public facing roadmap together and capture the latest great ideas while aligning around top priorities! These sessions have yielded important discussions in the past by surfacing deeper insights from key builders and discussing shared needs with the wider community. We’re excited for the latest edition and are bringing you a fuller slate of sessions than ever before!
This time around, we’ll (your friends here at the Stacks Foundation) be hosting the sessions with a lineup of guest appearances from Stacks Labs, Stacks Endowment, and the top builders and contributors in Stacks.
What to Expect
We’re exploring the technical and product progression of the Stacks ecosystem, including:
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Performance Improvements: Enhancing the core Stacks blockchain.
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Bitcoin Staking: Establishing staking as the economic engine for Bitcoin DeFi on Stacks
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Highlighted Builder & Partner Feedback: Sharing of feedback and research that’s already been collected
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AI Enablement: How Stacks can further embrace and support AI technologies.
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Governance: Hosted in partnership with ZeroAuthorityDAO, this session will discuss the ‘next generation’ of Governance tooling with previews of what’s already in the works.
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Key Launches: Aligning on the most critical releases for the coming year.
Event Details & Participation
These sessions will facilitate open, honest conversation across the ecosystem. You can expect heavy representation from Stacks Labs and known Stacks entities, with product leads guiding conversations on specific product visions.
How to Join: Please review the three sessions below and book the one most relevant to your work or interests. Come prepared for the same collaborative, friendly energy that defines the Stacks ecosystem.
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March 26th, 12 p.m. EST: Builders Reaching Scale. Hosted by Mitchell Cuevas and Adam Haun with Alexis and Andre joining the discussion from the Stacks Labs Product team. This workshop is designed for builders working on applications with more than 1000 active users.
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March 31st at 2 p.m. EST: Public Call for Stackers & Bitcoiners. Hosted by Mitchell Cuevas and Alex Miller, with Alexis and Andre joining from the Stacks Labs Product team. This session welcomes the broader Stacks Community and current or prospective users, focusing on the needs of individuals as they navigate the ecosystem.
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April 2nd at 12 p.m. EST: AI Integration & Adoption. Patrick Stanley of AIBTC will join Mitchell Cuevas to host this session, with Tony from x402, Diego from Bitflow, and Andre and Alexis from the Stacks Labs Product team joining the conversation. Attendees will discuss how Stacks can further embrace and support AI technologies.
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April 7th at 9 a.m. EST: Next Gen Governance. Hosted by Zero of ZeroAuthorityDAO + Claire Gadd of the Stacks Foundation. Those joining will discuss the ‘next generation’ of Governance tooling with previews of what’s already in the works.
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Stacks Townhall: Upon the conclusion of the workshop series and after time to synthesize feedback, the current public roadmap will be updated as needed and presented at an upcoming Stacks Townhall.
Key takeaways will be packaged for those who cannot attend, along with AI-generated notes covering each discussion.
Expected Evolution of the Roadmap
As a decentralized ecosystem, Stacks has navigated complexity when it comes to roadmap planning: coordinating across teams, aligning on ownership, and balancing the goal of working in the open with the challenge of scoping work before committing to dates and specifics, especially in an environment where dependency conditions are evolving in real time.
Thanks to the community’s approval of SIP-031, core contributors have been able to address much of that through meaningful structural changes, and of course, the incredible team now at Stacks Labs. For this updated approach to the roadmap, that means increased velocity, tighter feedback loops for builders, and concrete wins like the rapid rollout of the sBTC reward program in late 2025 and the active vote on Clarity 5 moving quickly to address builder needs.
Coming out of this year’s sessions, we expect the roadmap format itself to evolve. There’s already loose alignment between Stacks Labs contributors and the Treasury Committee around an approach that centers on high-level vision and major milestones. Adjusting this makes Stacks’ vision easier to understand for more people and it allows for more focus on real outcomes and progress rather than speculative feature dates. Builders will always stay in the loop on delivery targets for active projects and key launches.
Go vote on Clarity 5 
Last but not least, don’t forget to vote for Clarity 5 — core developers are shipping upgrades continuously!