Muneeb Ali pledges Stacks Labs IP transfer to the Stacks Endowment

Muneeb Ali is back in charge at Stacks Labs. His opening move was a pledge to transfer intellectual property to the Stacks Endowment, the entity that funds the company’s work. Ali, a co-founder of the Bitcoin-focused Stacks network, paired the IP pledge with a two-year roadmap. It centers on Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, and he also committed to a public call with token holders within 30 days. What Ali is promising Ali is set to formally take the CEO role at Stacks Labs on October 15, 2026. He replaces interim leader Alex Miller, who will shift into an advisory role. The IP transfer pledge is the headline commitment. The technology and assets developed at Labs would sit with the Endowment rather than with the company doing the building. That matters because of how the money flows. Stacks Labs is funded by the Stacks Endowment under SIP-031, the governance framework that sets out how the Endowment finances Labs’ operations. Founder-led entities in the Stacks ecosystem have previously aligned assets with the Endowment, so Ali’s pledge follows an existing pattern rather than inventing a new one. The two-year roadmap sets out several priorities: Institutional-grade priva...