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3/5 Technical CAB 🛠️ Reviews SIPs that change the protocol, Clarity and network software. Chair: Jesse Wiley Returning: Aaron Blankstein of @stackslabs, @obycode, Friedger, j2p2, @setzeus New: @RaphaStacks

2/5 Governance CAB 🏛️ Reviews SIPs that change how Stacks makes decisions. Chair: @xyzerobtc Returning: @PeaceLoveMusicG New: @Xenitron, @GPSC_STX, @ericmchugh0, Guillaume Girard, @PrinceTroyC

1/5 Economics CAB 📊 Reviews SIPs that affect STX supply, emissions and stacking incentives. Chair: @XanDitkoff Returning: @DeFiPoet New: Sam Lee of @stackslabs, Andrea Ballesteros of @StacksEndowment, @cryptotreasurer, Mark Kilaghbian

Self-nomination for the Stacks Consideration Advisory Board (CAB) is open. CABs are the expert groups that review and vet every SIP before it moves forward. Several long-serving members have said they would like to rotate out. Self-nominate: stacks.foundation/cab-nomina…

The rest of the year, in brief: - Governance Roadmap live on the site this month - Ecosystem Directory this month - Updated Mission and North Star soon after - Bitcoin Builder Platform in October Year closes with the 2027 budget, EOY financials, and the first Governance Health Report.

More projects and priorities in queue: - Governance Roadmap live this month - Mission and North Star finalized - Ecosystem Directory kicks off this month, Bitcoin Builder Platform with Zero Authority targets October - Year closes with the 2027 budget and the first EOY Governance Health Report - Monthly Town Halls and SIP activity continue throughout

Measuring Governance CAB voting now runs on the SIP Tracker, making governance data easier to review and more transparent. Going forward, running metrics roll up into the end-of-year Governance Health Report: -SIP throughput -CAB voting participation -Community vote turnout -Governance cadence & attendance

The PoX-5 hardfork activation will occur at Bitcoin block 960,230 (expected at ~2AM ET on Thursday, July 30). The consensus upgrade paves the way for the launch of Bitcoin Staking. Because of the hardfork, every STX stacker will need to stack again to keep earning rewards.

The public PoX-5 testnet is now live. It marks the third step in the phased rollout, preceding the mainnet hardfork targeted for ~July 29. Builders can test their protocol on PoX-5 and the full staking lifecycle with accelerated cycles.

Audited SIP-044 and SIP-045 vote results are in: SIP-044: 99.99% YES · 161.4m+ STX SIP-045: 99.99% YES · 201.5m+ STX Both SIPs pass, clearing the way for Bitcoin Staking and Epoch 4.0. Full results and audit: stacks.foundation/clarity-st…