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Thanks to the community's approval of SIP-031, core contributors have been able to address complexity through meaningful structural changes. For this updated approach, that means increased velocity, tighter feedback loops for builders, and concrete wins like the rapid rollout of the sBTC reward program and the active vote on Clarity 5. Stacks Labs and the Treasury Committee are aligned around an approach that centers on high-level vision and major milestones — focusing on real outcomes and progress rather than speculative feature dates.
These are tentpole ideas and high-impact areas where we believe Stacks can uniquely thrive. This document will be updated regularly. Where work is already underway, we provide links to active discussions and project updates. This is also an open invite — each key area welcomes input and collaboration from builders. This is not a set-in-stone schedule with guaranteed release dates. Innovation in decentralization rarely follows a linear path.
In early 2026, Stacks hosted a Roadmap Workshop Series to surface priorities directly from the people building on and using the network. Sessions covered Builders Reaching Scale, an Open Community Call, AI Enablement, and Next Gen Governance — bringing together Stacks Labs, the Stacks Foundation, the Stacks Endowment, and dozens of active contributors. The themes and priorities from those conversations directly informed this roadmap and the full notes available via the forum.
Enable Bitcoin-native finance where holders can stake, borrow, transact, and interact with DeFi without giving up custody or trust assumptions.
Push Stacks toward a best-in-class developer experience while adding full support for Bitcoin Staking across tools. Work with builders to enhance their ability to produce high quality, secure code.
Accelerate the end-to-end onboarding and growth of major institutional partners, infrastructure providers and Bitcoin capital users for Stacks. This includes making Bitcoin Staking widely accessible and intuitive by providing hands-on integration support for institutional and other ecosystem partners. This also includes maintenance and user support for the key Lab-maintained product surfaces that drive adoption and onboarding.
Reducing friction across core dApps, focusing on priorities such as:
Leather is a critical gateway to the Stacks ecosystem. Labs' partnership with Leather in 2026 is focused on ensuring the wallet keeps pace with the ecosystem's most important product launches and fills critical functionality gaps that are limiting adoption. We'll work directly with their team on key upgrades such as:
