# Stacks Sets 2030 Plan to Expand Bitcoin Yield and Privacy

By Simon Yoon

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/28211
Published: 2026-10-08T15:07:31.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-08T15:07:31.000Z
Section: Technology

> The roadmap covers BTC staking, lending secured by bonded Bitcoin, privacy features for institutions and post-quantum security, with activity settling to Bitcoin.

Stacks Labs outlined a 2030 strategy Oct. 7 to expand Bitcoin’s role in financial markets through Bitcoin capital markets, privacy features for institutions and post-quantum security.

The capital-markets plan includes self-custodial Bitcoin (BTC) staking, BTC-denominated yield and lending secured by bonded BTC. Stacks’ STX token would provide the staking capacity behind those bonds, while financial activity would settle to Bitcoin.

Stacks is a separate blockchain that supports smart contracts and applications while settling activity to Bitcoin. Its Proof of Transfer system allows BTC to remain on Bitcoin’s base layer in self-custodial arrangements while participants receive BTC-denominated rewards.

PoX-5 established the foundation for Bitcoin staking when the hard fork activated July 30 at Bitcoin block 960,230. The program has distributed more than 4,200 BTC to participants since January 2021.

The Genesis Bond began Sept. 10 and reached 230 BTC bonded by anchor participants, including 21Shares, HashKey Cloud and UTXO Management. Participants supplied 3.57 million STX and received 0.28 BTC in rewards during the first 14 days, through Sept. 24.

Bonding Period 2 is scheduled to open Oct. 10 with 500 BTC of capacity.

A proposed PoX-6 phase could remove the whitelist and permit direct bonding by any Bitcoin holder. Proposal and implementation are targeted for 2027. The roadmap’s discussion of PoX-6 follows [earlier coverage of changes to Bitcoin staking terms](<https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/26581>).

The roadmap also includes shielded transactions and viewing keys for selective disclosure to auditors, regulators and counterparties. Production deployment of those privacy features is targeted by 2030. The plan likewise calls for Bitcoin-related financial activity to move toward post-quantum cryptography.

Both the privacy and security components remain development goals rather than completed production capabilities. The next scheduled step is Bonding Period 2, which is set to open Oct. 10 with 500 BTC of capacity.

## Links in this article

- [earlier coverage of changes to Bitcoin staking terms](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/26581)