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+# Stacks Improvement Proposals (SIPs)
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+This directory formerly contained all of the in-progress Stacks Improvement Proposals before the Stacks 2.0 mainnet launched.
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+The SIPs are now located in the [stacksgov/sips repository](https://github.com/stacksgov/sips) as part of the [Stacks Community Governance organization](https://github.com/stacksgov).