# SINT Protocol Governance

## Overview

SINT Protocol is governed by a Technical Steering Committee (TSC) using
the SINT Improvement Proposal (SIP) process.

## Decision Making

- **Day-to-day**: Pull requests merged by maintainers (any 2 LGTM)
- **Protocol changes**: Require SIP (see SIP-0001)
- **Major versions**: TSC vote
- **Security issues**: Core team handles responsibly, coordinated disclosure

## TSC

[Link to SIP-0001 for TSC composition](../sip/SIP-0001-process.md)

## Maintainers

Current maintainers: @pshkv and contributors listed in CODEOWNERS.

## Code of Conduct

See CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.

## Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md and the "good first issue" label on GitHub Issues.

## Communication Channels

- **GitHub Discussions**: RFCs, show-and-tell, Q&A
- **GitHub Issues**: Bug reports, feature requests
- **Discord**: [Coming Q2 2026] — real-time community chat

## Transparency

- All TSC decisions recorded in `docs/tsc/`
- All SIPs in `docs/sip/`
- Public security advisories via GitHub Security Advisories
- Private vulnerability intake via the path documented in `SECURITY.md`
