Gina Abrams (Special Projects, Hiro) and Aaron Blankstein (Hiro Systems Staff Engineer) discuss key components of the Stacks network scalability upgrade called SIP-012, and improvements and resources for developers building smart contracts for Bitcoin on Stacks through the upgrade.

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:02 Can you share background on how you landed in the Stacks ecosystem?
03:22 What responsibilities have you had building toward the Stacks vision?
05:16 What team do you work on currently at Hiro and what responsibilities does the Hiro team have vs. other entities like the Stacks Foundation?
07:05 In this episode we’ll speak a lot about scalability work for Stacks. Can you set the stage on the current scalability growing pains we’re experiencing in Stacks?
12:05 You’ve worked closely on a network upgrade proposal called SIP-012. Can you outline key components included in the SIP?
15:35 What order of magnitude can we anticipate in improvements for transaction times?
17:57 What might be your advice for developers building on Stacks?
19:30 What are the next steps and timeline for the upgrade?
22:11 Will any specific action be required for users of the Stacks network through the network upgrade?
23:48 Another work stream to improve user experience is on fee estimation both for miners and the Hiro wallet. What can we expect from these updates?
28:33 How might we think long term about the fee market for Stacks transactions?

Links and resources:
Stacks blockchain repository: https://github.com/blockstack/stacks-...
SIP-012: https://github.com/hirosystems/sips/b...
SIP-012 voting: https://sip012.xyz/
Follow along on Stacks governance repo: https://github.com/stacksgov/sips/pul...
Forum Post on Hiro’s work towards network scalability: https://forum.stacks.org/t/update-on-...
Clarinet: https://www.hiro.so/blog/clarinet-tak...
Aaron Blankstein: https://twitter.com/AaronBlankstein
Gina Abrams: https://twitter.com/Gina__Abrams
Hiro Systems: https://twitter.com/hirosystems