Meeting Minutes January 07, 2025

Attendees:

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)	Term
Kevin Hammond	Yes	Chair	Y	October 2026
TBC	No	Vice Chair	Y	October 2025
Bosko Majdanac	No	Secretary	N	N/A
Tex McCutcheon	Yes	Alt - Secretary	N	N/A
Nicolas Biri	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Duncan Coutts	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Sebastian Nagel	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Neil Davies	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Alexander Moser	No	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Ryan Wiley	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	October 2026
Udai Solanki	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	October 2026
Leandros Holleman	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	October 2026
Empty Seat	No	Member/Seat	Y	October 2026

Community/Other Attendees

• Ryan Williams

Recording: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/01/07 - Recording

Transcript: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/01/07 - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/01/07 - Chat Transcript

Intros

Duncan: TBD Kevin: Kevin Hammond, TSC chair, Founder at Ensurable Systems Leo: Developer@KeyPackt/AnetaV2/GenWealth single pool SPO, CEO LnLlabs, TSC member Neil: TSC, Network Params, PNSol Ltd Nicolas: Nicolas Biri, TSC voting member, Director of Software Architecture, IOG Ryan: Ryan Wiley, TSC voting member, Cybersecurity Penetration Tester. Sebastian: Sebastian Nagel, TSC voting member, Technical Architect, nCoding, IOE Tex: Terence 'Tex' McCutcheon - Open Source Program Manager, Intersect Staff, OSC Secretary, Committee Liaison

Agenda 01.07.26

• Actions from the last meeting - Tex

• Chain Incident Partition Working Group Update - Neil/Ryan/Kevin

• Hard Fork Update (van Rossem) - Kevin

• TSC operational budget - Kevin

• Scheduling Parameter Updates - Alex/Ryan Williams

• 2030 Vision - Kevin

• Joint session with Product Committee

• AOB

Decisions/Actions

Decisions

• Hard Fork Priority: The committee decided not to delay the hard fork for non-essential features; specifically, Node 10.6.2 will likely be the release candidate, while the LSM features in 10.7 will be deferred to a later version (11.1).

• Naming Convention: The committee agreed to move forward with the governance action to officially name the upcoming hard fork the "Max Van Rossem" hard fork.

• Budget Methodology: The group decided to focus first on defining the "what" (headings and priorities) of the operational budget before assigning specific ADA or Dollar values.

• KPI Review Strategy: The committee reached a consensus to scrutinize all KPIs in the 2030 Vision document for technical feasibility and internal consistency, rather than just accepting them as product-level aspirations.

Actions

• Kevin: Follow up with Alex to confirm if the blog post/thread regarding the Constitution Committee size was published.

• Bosco (via Kevin): Extend formal invitations to the Product Committee for a joint session to align the 2030 Vision with 2026 goals.

• Ryan Williams: Merge suggested edits from executives into the Chain Partition Incident Report and finalize the document for the board.

• TSC Members: Review the proposed metadata for the "Van Rossem" hard fork naming action and provide feedback by Friday.

• TSC Members: Review the draft TSC Operational Budget and provide asynchronous comments/feedback before the next meeting.

• Ryan (Cerkoryn): Prepare a formal presentation for next week regarding the proposal to increase K to 1,000 and lower the minimum pool cost to 75.

• Kevin & Ryan Williams: Meet to finalize the schedule for parameter updates and coordinate the timing of the various upcoming governance actions.

• All Members: Consider and submit nominations for the Vice Chair position as soon as possible.

Topic	Discussion	Notes
Previous Action Items	Terence and Kevin reviewed outstanding items: budget drafting, blog posts regarding committee size, and the vice chair nominations.	Bosco is currently away; he will extend formal invitations to the Product Committee upon his return.
Vice Chair Nominations	Terence emphasized the urgency of appointing a Vice Chair before the March/April election cycle to ensure leadership redundancy.	Kevin encouraged members to consider nominating themselves to provide backup for the Chair position.
Chain Partition Report	The report on the recent incident is finalized but awaiting board feedback before public release. Ryan W noted that suggested edits from executives are being merged.	Key Finding: 500 transactions appeared on the non-preferred chain; 20 remain unaccounted for, but ledger consistency was maintained.
Chain Incident Impact	Neil noted that despite the technical partition, there were no reports of significant user loss or "starving children" scenarios.	The system successfully "snapped back" to the preferred chain. Neil suggested highlighting this resilience in communications.
Hard Fork Update (Node 10.6.2)	A preview version of Node 10.6.2 is expected within two weeks. This version will likely be the release candidate for Protocol Version 11 (Van Rosenom).	Feature-complete for the hard fork. Integration of final changes is the current focus.
Node Version 10.7 & LSM	Development on 10.7 (including Log-Structured Merge-Tree support for out-of-memory storage) is ongoing but not essential for the hard fork.	10.7 may become a Version 11.1 release to avoid delaying the hard fork for non-essential features.
Incentives & Parameter Changes	Ryan C proposed increasing K to 1,000 and lowering the minimum cost to 75 to account for decreased block rewards.	Discussion deferred to next week’s agenda and the Parameter Committee meeting on January 15.
Governance Action Coordination	Ryan C highlighted the technical requirement to reference the hash of the previous successful parameter change to avoid governance action failure.	Coordination is required between the Incentives Working Group and the Parameters Committee.
TSC Operational Budget	Kevin circulated a draft budget based on April 2025 headings. The focus is on technical outreach and supporting community members.	Members requested one week for asynchronous review. No specific numbers (ADA/USD) have been attached yet.
Hard Fork Naming Action	Ryan W is submitting a governance action this week to name the next hard fork after Max Van Rosenom.	Metadata for the action is being shared with the group for immediate feedback by Friday.
2030 Vision & KPIs	Neil and Ryan C criticized the current KPIs as being "top-down" and disconnected from specific problem statements or technical realities.	Neil argued that KPIs must have consequences for failure to be meaningful; Ryan C warned against "throwing everything at the wall."
Committee Remit & KPIs	Nicolas and Sebastian discussed whether the TSC should judge product goals (like TVL) or strictly focus on technical feasibility (like 1-second finality).	Action: The TSC will scrutinize all KPIs for technical consistency and potential conflicting side effects.
Product Committee Collaboration	Kevin and Bosco are coordinating a joint meeting with the Product Committee to align the 2030 vision with 2026 goals.	Timing is dependent on Sam’s return from the Orthodox Christmas holiday.