Meeting Minutes January 21, 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	Yes	Secretary	N	N/A
Tex McCutcheon	Yes	Alt - Secretary	N	N/A
Nicolas Biri	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Duncan Coutts	No	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Sebastian Nagel	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Neil Davies	Yes	Member/Seat	Y	April 2026
Alexander Moser	Yes	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
Seungheon Oh	No	Member/Seat	Y	October 2026

Community/Other Attendees

• Abhik Nag

• Christian Taylor

• Markus Gufler

• Owen

• Ryan Williams

Recording: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/01/21 - Recording

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Transcript: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/01/21 - Transcript

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Intros

Ryan: Ryan Wiley, Cybersecurity Professional, TSC Voting Member Sebastian: Sebastian Nagel, Technical architect, nCoding, IOE Nicolas: Nicolas Biri, Director of Software Architecture, IOG Udai: Udai Solanki, Member TSC and OSC, AIQUANT Bosko: Bosko Majdanac - Senior Project Manager, Intersect Staff, TSC Secretary

Agenda 01.21.26

• Actions from the last meeting

• Feedback on 2030 Vision KPIs/Plans

• Meeting with Product Committee

• Goals and Objectives

• Parameter Updates

• 2025 Budget Proposals

• Alignment and professionalisation

• TSC Operational Budget

• Changing Meeting Time

• Cover for KH next week

• Vice-Chair

• AOB

Decisions/Actions

Decisions

• Meeting Time Change: The weekly TSC meeting will now start at 1500 UTC to accommodate other meetings.

• KPI Ownership: The TSC will take responsibility for the "refinement" of technical KPIs (Qualitative/Quantitative) but not the final "Assurance" or "Execution."

• Working Group Status: No new working group will be formed for KPIs; the task is delegated to Leandro and Ryan C.

• Hard Fork Working Group meeting time: The internal working session will be moved.

Actions

• SPO Outreach: Alex, Ryan W., and Marcus to draft/promote communications (X/Twitter, blog posts) to encourage SPOs to vote on current governance actions.

• Constitutional Review: Kevin and Neil to review recent changes to the constitution (specifically guardrail timings) to assess security impacts.

• Goals & Objectives: Kevin to share a Google Doc for members to input unstructured goals for the 2026 term.

• Stake Pool Math: Ryan C. to finish the viability math for K=1000 with assistance from Terence.

• CIP Backlog: Ryan C. to progress the Ledger CIP for Calidus keys.

• Chair for Next Week: TSC members to coordinate out-of-band to find a volunteer to chair the January 28th meeting in Kevin’s absence.

Topic	Discussion	Notes
Agenda Additions	Markus raised a query regarding a catalyst-funded blockchain security project (a dashboard build). He questioned who maintains the credentials and defines attack parameters.	To be added to a future agenda for deeper technical review.
Action Items Review	Bosko and Kevin reviewed actions from the last meeting. Alex's blog post on the constitution committee is complete.	Items regarding research reports and the chain incident report were held over.
Chain Incident Report	Kevin and Neil updated that the report is intended for publication by the end of the week. Discussion held on ensuring recommendations are clearly labeled as Executive vs. Working Group.	The Working Group has been disbanded; authorship must be clear to avoid misrepresentation.
Stake Pool Viability (K=1000)	Ryan C. is calculating how much stake would move to smaller pools if the 'K' parameter is raised to 1,000.	Terence offered to assist with the mathematical modeling.
TSC Operational Budget	Kevin organized a kick-off call for 4 PM today to progress the TSC operational budget based on recent poll results.	This is an initial session to get the process moving.
Meeting Schedule Change HFWG	Bosko coordinated with IOE to move the weekly session from Tuesdays to Thursdays to better align with release meetings.	Bosko to verify there are no conflicts with existing Thursday meetings.
2030 Vision & KPIs	Leandro presented a document to the Product Committee. They requested the TSC take ownership of technical KPIs and provide specific target values.	Product Committee was receptive; Leandro and Ryan C. will lead the refinement.
KPI Framework	Neil and Ryan C. proposed a structure: Aspirations → Requirements → Execution → Assurance.	Focus is on "refining" rather than "executing" or "setting direction."
2026 Goals & Objectives	The Intersect Committees (IC) proposed that committees set formal goals. Terence noted the TSC currently lacks clear lines of sight into all working groups.	Kevin to create a Google Doc for collaborative drafting of these goals.
Parameter Updates	Alex and Ryan C. discussed the two-step increase for transaction and block units. Current voting shows 21% DRep participation but <5% SPO participation.	Urgency noted to increase SPO awareness as this involves security parameters.
Governance & Constitution	Ryan W. presented a timeline of parameter changes. A discrepancy was noted regarding a change in the "guardrail" period (from 3 months/90 days).	Discussion on whether constitutional changes were properly vetted by the Security Council.
Hard Fork Strategy	Sebastian initiated a "temperature check" on the frequency of hard forks. Consensus leaned toward a minimum 6-month gap between major updates.	Target for the next major change (Dijkstra) is roughly late autumn 2026.
TSC Meeting Time	Proposed to move the TSC meeting start time to 1500 UTC to avoid overlap with other meetings.	Change approved starting next week.
Leadership & Admin	Kevin will be away next week. A volunteer is needed to chair the next session. Bosko is still seeking nominations for a Vice Chair.	No immediate volunteer for chair; to be resolved out-of-band.