Clarity WG: Intro Thread

[setzeus]

👋 Introduction:

Clarity is the native smart contract language used to write & express logic for a chain change in the Stacks ecosystem. Stacks smart contracts are flexible, decidable & powerful, allowing them to write anything from a simple STX transfer to a complicated send-to-many scheme involving NFTs & FTs.

🎯 Objective & Scope:

The key objective of the Clarity Working Group is to provide Clarity support on both specific Stacks projects & ecosystem-wide contracts. Examples of specific projects include milestones such as Nakamoto & sBTC, which both require multiple contracts such as PoX-4, the sBTC asset contract, & so on. Examples of ecosystem-wide/macro contracts include the Clarity-Bitcoin contract.

📦 Deliverables

Boot Contracts
All boot contracts (or protocol contracts) are zero-address contracts loaded by a Stack node. An example of these is the PoX-3.clar contract.

Ecosystem Contracts
In addition to boot contracts, there are a handful of useful, universal contracts used throughout the ecosystem that aren’t strictly boot contracts. An example of these is the PoX-3.clar contract.

Tutorial Contracts
In addition to both writing & maintaining boot & ecosystem contracts, our role

Supporting Documentation
Along with our contracts, our group is also accountable for any documentation that goes along with the mentioned contracts.

📅 Timeline

We have multiple, continuous timelines. Check the sBTC & Nakamoto WG for those specific timelines. Outside of those dates, there is also a loose date of mid-November for Clarity-Bitcoin v5.

👑 Lead

@setzeus (GitHub | Twitter)

🤝 Team

@friedger
@FriendsFerdinand
@jo-tm
@MarvinJanssen

We’re always looking for more Clarity members that are hungry to contribute to Stacks! Reach out & contact Setzeus to get you looped into our meetings.

🗣️ Meeting schedule and format:

Meetings for the Clarity Working Group are scheduled for twice a week on Tuesdays & Thursdays for the following days:

Tuesday @ 7:30 am EST
Thursday @ 7:30 am EST

✍ Additional Context:

Our watering-hole exists on Discord, if you’re curious about anything Clarity, give us a shout out!