# Meeting Minutes January 07, 2026 ## 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](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1U2Cec3CTwl1SHGbhkyGDxIzfK6Ez8v/view?usp=sharing) **Transcript:** [Technical Steering Committee - 2026/01/07 - Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yh5ASMtPxb8R4rko9OGz8iVLGq70wBL2EUKAZXEwUYA/edit?usp=sharing) **Chat Transcript:** [Technical Steering Committee - 2026/01/07 - Chat Transcript](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JXy8LtsaQazZXHVtqwIUOp2mbCPqwL1C/view?usp=sharing) ## 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. |