1. Executive Summary
As part of a six-week strategy setting process, the Livepeer Advisory Boards have completed their final strategic output for this cycle: a set of tactical recommendations.
These short-term, actionable objectives are designed to advance the protocol’s long-term vision by providing clear, coordinated direction for the next six months. They translate high-level strategy into focused areas of execution across the ecosystem.
Each Advisory Board contributed recommendations grounded in its own strategic pillars and informed by weeks of collaborative discussion, prioritization, and synthesis.
Together, these efforts form a flywheel: better coordination supports smarter use of funds, funding powers growth programs and technical development, improved tools attract more builders and partners and increased usage creates a stronger, more self-sustaining network.
For the full details of each of the tactical recommendations, please review our full overview here: Tactical Recommendations: Advisory Boards [DETAILED].
2. Recap: Advisory Board Process
Advisory Boards are small groups of trusted contributors who help guide the future of the Livepeer network. They bring together people with hands-on experience to spot challenges, set priorities, and suggest actions that can move the project forward.
The goal is to create a clear, long-term plan for the Livepeer project; and then to build alignment across the ecosystem on what the near-term priorities are. We believe that involving more people in shaping strategy is key to making Livepeer stronger, more independent, and better able to grow over time.
The process of strategy development follows a “Double Diamond” structure, visualised below:
We are now in the final step of this second diamond, where board work concludes and the Foundation begins synthesizing all inputs into a coordinated roadmap. These tactical recommendations represent the first coordinated steps in a new era of aligned strategy, practical execution, and cross-ecosystem collaboration.
3. Methodology: Creating Tactical Recommendations
The goal of this phase was to turn each board’s long-term strategic pillars into clear, near-term objectives. These tactical recommendations are designed to guide execution over the next six months and represent the final strategic output from the Advisory Boards in this cycle.
Board members began by independently drafting tactical objectives tied to their domain’s strategic pillars. The focus during this phase was broad exploration. Members proposed a wide range of initiatives, which were then discussed and refined through both live sessions and async collaboration.
Each board has its own targeted area of focus, but some important tasks sit at the intersection of multiple boards. A critical collaboration during this period was the GTM strategy, published last week and co-created by the Network and Growth boards.
The intent of the tactical recommendation process was to take the high-level strategic pillars defined in the first half of the process and explore what concrete, measurable action could bring them to life. This phase marks the shift from long-term vision to practical execution.
In the final step, each board worked to consolidate and polish their recommendations. Members aligned on the most impactful objectives and refined language, scope, and timelines to ensure clarity and focus.
Tactical recommendations were prioritized through discussion and collaborative voting, with the goal of surfacing areas of shared urgency and ecosystem-wide value.
These outputs now move into the Foundation’s synthesis phase, where they will be translated into a coordinated network roadmap.
Let’s dive into the tactical recommendations and the first steps of Livepeer’s exciting new future.
4. Tactical Recommendations
For the full details of each of the tactical recommendations, please review our comprehensive overview here: Tactical Recommendations: Advisory Boards [DETAILED].
To summarise, here is an overview of each recommendation:
5. Next phase: Roadmap design
This marks the conclusion of the Advisory Boards’ strategy-setting work in this cycle. The tactical recommendations outlined below will now feed into roadmap design, resource planning, and the broader coordination efforts led by the Livepeer Foundation.
In the coming weeks, the Foundation will publish a full synthesis of board inputs, incorporating final recommendations into a cohesive network roadmap, including:
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Prioritisation - outlining H2 2025 priorities & future work
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Detailed Scoping - different contributor groups to complete critical tasks.
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Budgets and responsibilities - exhaustive budgeting for each item and milestone-tracking.
If you’re a builder or core contributor, reach out to the Livepeer Foundation to see how you can get involved in the next steps.
The Foundation team,
Rich, Ben, Rick, Joseph and Ven.
