Weekly SIP Call #157 – Call Recap | Fri, 9 Jan 2026

SIP Weekly SIP call
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Date: Fri, January 9, 2026, at 10:30 AM Eastern Time

Hosted by: HeroGamer; PeaceLoveMusic

Duration: ~1hr 30 minutes

Recording: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDxlArrYVmKL?s=20 Starting 2:59:20 - 4:24:50 or Watch on DeOrganized Media’s Youtube

1. Agenda Overview

  • SIP Repository Overview and New Submissions

  • AI BTC Working Group Developments

  • Bitcoin Address SIP

  • Testing Coordination

  • SIP Process and Activation Criteria

  • Working Group Updates and Communication

2. Key Meeting Highlights

SIP Repository Overview and New Submissions

  • Current SIP development primarily in GitHub repo.

  • New submissions include:

AI BTC Working Group Developments

  • Jason submitted SIP for agents registry. Key components:

    1. Identity verification

    2. reputation system

    3. validation mechanisms

  • ZeroAuthorityDAO may integrate agent reputation.

  • Ralph Wiggum technique allows autonomous app development during sleep

  • Stacks matching Ethereum innovation timeline on agentic technology

Bitcoin Address SIP

  • Werner posted contrarian view on Bitcoin address SIP proposal.

    • Heavy lift for wallet teams

    • Creates trust assumptions and potential confusion

    • Incompatibility issues with current infrastructure

  • Ken from Xverse supports the proposal.

  • Similar to how Ethereum use same addresses across L2s & all EVM chains

  • But this SIP requires wallets adoption for actual utility

Testing Coordination

  • Community needs centralized tester hub vs current over-decentralized approach

  • Each app building own testing groups, but good testers should be shared

  • Proposed solutions:

    1. Stacks Labs provide dedicated tester coordinator

    2. DeGrants bounty to invite tester system proposals

    3. Treasury Committee funding

  • Testing closely related to user onboarding - users become testers

SIP Process and Activation Criteria

  • Different SIP types require different activation thresholds.

  • Real value comes from adoption, not just approval.

  • Different SIP types require different activation thresholds e.g.:

    • SIP-013 Semi-fungible tokens: 3 implementations deployed to mainnet

    • SIP-016 metadata: requires 10 contracts following specification

  • Real value of a SIP comes from adoption, not just SIP process approval

  • SIP-035 CAB voting results now logged publicly for transparency

Working Group Updates and Communication

  • HeroGamer posts daily recaps for all working group calls

  • Weekly digest summarizes all activities across groups

  • PeaceLove considering leveraging summaries for daily DeOrganized broadcast content

  • Stacks forum participation encouraged for ecosystem engagement

:speech_balloon: Key Speakers Insights

Hero: Emphasized the importance of community engagement and feedback via Stacks Forum.

Peace: Discussed leveraging summaries for daily broadcast content.

Things to Celebrate

  • Active participation in Stacks Forum.

  • Progress on new SIP submissions.

  • Successful discussions on testing coordination

Action Items / Next Steps

Topic Responsible Next Step Timeline
Xenitron’s SIP PR submission Xenitron, HeroGamer Submit encrypted NFT SIP as PR in SIP Repo Ongoing
Agentic SIP forum post HeroGamer Post Jason’s SIP ERC-8004 to Stacks forum This week
Using WG recaps in daily stream PeaceLoveMusic, HeroGamer Using working group summaries in daily morning reports. HeroG to prep make it ready. Ongoing

:link: Resources & References

:megaphone: Call To Action

  • Join the Stacks Forum: create an account on Stacks Forum and join the governance conversation, advocate for causes and provide feedback to other people’s ideas

  • Community Feedback: Engage with the encrypted NFT proposal on Stacks Forum.

  • Community Feedback: Review and comment on Bitcoin address proposal