January 2026 Update
On behalf of the Stylus Sprint committee, Entropy is posting this December update.
Program Finances
- Total ARB disbursed to teams as of January 31st: 5,173,036 ARB (~57.5% of the 9M ARB budget)
- ARB disbursed in January: 5 payments were processed by the Arbitrum Foundation, totaling 407,667 ARB. At an average price of $0.21 based on price at the time of transaction.
- 3 payments totaling 191.5K ARB are currently being processed with the Arbitrum Foundation.
Submitted Milestones
3 milestones were submitted in January.
Stylus SDK: Building an AssemblyScript to WebAssembly Solution
- Milestone 8: Feature Extension – Advanced Mapping Support & Stability Improvements (deliverables, payment processing)
- A major highlight of this milestone is the successful integration of a first external community contribution.
- Voting App demo
Moving Stylus: Move to Stylus compatible WASM compiler
- Milestone 6: Testing and Optimization and Initial Marketing (deliverables, payment processing)
- Documentation: Introduction - Move for Stylus compiler documentation
- Initial marketing had good traction as the announcement that Move is now on Arbitrum was picked up by those referencing Vitaliks’ Reconsidering the L2 Roadmap post on February 3rd
- Arbitrum: https://x.com/arbitrum/status/2019468063104487734?s=20
- Arbitrum Developers: https://x.com/ArbitrumDevs/status/2019490652858511563?s=20
StylusFuzz: Advanced Property Testing for WASM Contracts
- Milestone 7: Testing of the Skribe Tool on Real-World Examples (deliverables, payment processing)
Stylus Sprint Demo Day #1
On January 21st, Entropy hosted the first Stylus Sprint Demo Day on behalf of the Stylus Sprint Committee. This was an opportunity for 7 of the Stylus Sprint teams to display their work & progress from the last year and for delegates to ask questions.
Changes to the Stylus Sprint Committee
When considering his recent and current availability, Michael Lewellen felt it was best to roll off the Stylus Sprint committee. Given that committee members were originally recruited for a 14 month engagement, Entropy agreed that this made sense. We’re very grateful for the significant time that Michael provided the committee in helping evaluate the 150 applications last year as well as reviewing milestones. Looking at the expected remaining Stylus Sprint workload, we’re confident that the Committee can manage without a replacement.
Looking Forward: Wrapping up the Sprint and Retrospective
With the Sprint scheduled to end on February 28th, Entropy is working with the remaining teams to complete as many milestones as possible in addition to accessing any necessary next steps, such as continued maintenance or GTM efforts.
Our team is working on a more comprehensive retrospective of the Stylus Sprint and Stylus in general that will be posted in the coming weeks.
Lastly, Entropy has scheduled the 2nd Stylus Demo Day Thursday, March 5th 2:30 - 3:30 pm UTC. This will be an opportunity for teams who did not present at the first Demo Day to showcase their work.