🟧 SIP-031 Progress Tracker: Timeline Summary
SIP-031 implementation progress summarized by timeline! Focused on Stacks Endowment & Labs setup, with ✅Completed / ⏹️In Progress/Upcoming marked. Updated as of 2025.8.17. For detailed roadmap, check [Stacks Roadmap](
stacksroadmap.com/).
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1/6: July 2025 Milestones
✅ Complete vote, audit, and share results.
✅ Endowment smart contract written.
✅ Endowment smart contract tested and audited (in progress).
✅ Setup of Endowment smart contract, multi-sig, and hard fork.
✅ Provide hard fork upgrade code to network operators on 7/27/2025.
✅ Successfully execute SIP-031 hard fork with network partners and operators.
✅ Final vetting and validation of ideal legal structures.
✅ Vetting and selection of Cayman-based Board of Directors for the Stacks Endowment and Treasury Committee.
✅ Drafting of organizational bylaws inline with the structure outlined in the SIP.
✅ Purchase and registration of key properties (domains, handles, etc.) for both Stacks Labs and Stacks Endowment.
✅ Initial Appointments Committee meeting.
(Mostly done! On to the next~)
2/6: August 2025 Milestones
✅ Planning and communication related to employee movement from major contributors to the new team at Stacks Labs.
⏹️ Appointments Committee workshops kickoff to select Treasury Committee.
⏹️ Formation of legal entities for the Stacks Endowment, Stacks Treasury Committee, and Stacks Labs.
⏹️ Initial Treasury Committee members meet in Cayman to approve company formation details and baseline allocations for short-term ecosystem needs per SIP-031.
⏹️ Inaugural Stacks Endowment board meeting.
⏹️ First wave of open positions shared on the Stacks forum for community feedback, initial recruiting preparation for key roles such as CEO and CMO at Stacks Labs, CIO at Stacks Endowment, etc.
⏹️ Provisional/immediate grant program determined and published in partnership with the Stacks Foundation.
(Currently in progress! Exciting 🚀)
Thread 3/6: September 2025 Milestones
⏹️ Initial one-off grants in areas of clear/high need completed (executed in partnership with the Stacks Foundation, community leaders).
⏹️ Bank accounts, custody, and other critical vendor setup.
⏹️ Posting of the first wave of open positions, recruiting and interviewing underway for top positions: CMO at Stacks Labs, CIO at Stacks Endowment.
⏹️ Stacks Labs fully operational with initial team onboard.
⏹️ Establish a web presence for Stacks Endowment and Stacks Labs.
⏹️ Official public launch of Stacks Labs & the Stacks Endowment.
(Upcoming stage! Growth acceleration ahead)
4/6: Fall 2025 Milestones
⏹️ Launch of new Grant opportunities (Stacks Endowment).
⏹️ Significant additional hiring at Stacks Labs.
⏹️ Ramp up of Stacks DeFi deployments.
(Plans blooming in fall 🍂)
5/6: 2025 H2 (Second Half) Milestones
⏹️ Launch of new global Stacks marketing campaigns.
⏹️ Launch of new programs supporting app-level growth and security.
⏹️ Launch of new programs supporting builder fundraising, TGEs, and company growth.
(Long-term vision! H2 is key growth period)
6/6: Overall Analysis
This timeline focuses on operational/legal setup with transparent tracking. Emphasis on community involvement! Coordinating with network partners throughout.
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Original:
stacks.org/31