1/ We’re thrilled to announce that Litheum has raised $750K in a Strategic TestNet Round led by @Alphemy_Capital and @ambergroup_io! This is a major milestone for Litheum in establishing its partnerships with top-tier institutions, including @amber_ac_

Even if you've solved the scaling issue with tech like Proof of Performance, this is what you need for a blockchain that stays lean at scale. We’re designing a next-gen blockchain storage economy that actually solves state bloat. Instead of Ethereum’s tiny 4800 gas refund, every SSTORE (0 → non-zero) requires a full deposit into a global pool. The deposit follows a hardcoded price curve based on total non-zero slots across the chain. When you clear it back to 0 → you get 100% of the current price refunded (minus tiny cut to Runners). Key innovations: Transactions can end with net-negative LTH (cleanups are literally profitable) Separate max_deposit field (gas accounting is completely independent) Strong economic flywheel: bloated state = expensive deposits = massive incentive to clean Benefits: State size becomes self-regulating Validators & users are incentivized to actively reduce bloat Enables sustainably high throughput without exploding hardware requirements Turns state cleanup into an economically rewarded activity Technical hurdles: Guaranteeing the deposit pool can never go negative during rapid cleanup waves (easily solvable) Choosing optimal pricing model (per-block snapshot vs per-tx evaluation) Clean VM accounting for mixed gas + deposit + negative net cost txs Tuning the price curve shape and update rules

Litheum Core - Complete Development History 2026 (January - March) — WASM & Production Hardening - Peers database refactored to define strategy under Proof-of-Participation consensus - Transaction RLP-proto validation improvements - Service configuration updates (Nix) for new config file structure - SDK WASM support - Self-updating binary swap mechanism for easier node upgrades - End-to-end test fixes and stability improvements 2025 (October - December) — Ethereum Compatibility & Consensus Features - Lucky hash implementation (custom consensus mechanism) - RLP-encoded transactions in TransactionProto and MiniblockCrypto - Advanced mempool nonce handling - Block producer reward claim transaction handling - Ethereum-based transaction signature and verification — full EVM compatibility - Components Injector architecture for modular dependency injection 2025 (July - September) — Miniblocks & Metrics - Miniblocks implementation - Block and transaction signature verification in add_block flow - Global RPS metrics for performance monitoring - Delegation table contract deployment and interaction - Serializable bloom filter for transaction propagation - Local CI runner and development tooling improvements - Static dApp serving capability - REVM upgraded to version 27 - Chain ID standardized across codebase 2025 (April - June) — DPRS & Smart Contract Infrastructure - DPRS (Dynamic Proof of Reputation System) integration — novel consensus component - DPRS threshold calculation - Data relay (drelay) initial implementation - eth_accounts RPC implementation - Litheum swap contract deployment testing - Transaction revert responses - Gas limit fixes (30M cap) - Private key support in lcli - Nonce testing and genesis fee test fixes 2025 (January - March) — Staking & RPC Layer - Staking table implementation — on-chain staking contract - Modular RPC interface — cleaner JSON-RPC architecture - Estimate gas RPC implementation - Transaction signature fixes in RLP to proto conversion - Forkable state management refactor - Logs database added - Fee as difficulty mechanism, epoch-based gas price adjustment - Graceful shutdown improvements 2024 (October - December) — MetaMask & Axum Migration - eth_call RPC implementation — core EVM compatibility - Transaction receipt implementation - Working MetaMask demo — wallet compatibility milestone - Hyper to Axum migration — modern HTTP framework - Block conversion to Alloy block format - Mempool major cleanup - Transaction database segregation - Multi-RPC request support and txpool_content - Block persistence improvements - E2E tests repaired and added to CI 2024 (July - September) — EVM Integration - REVM integration — Ethereum Virtual Machine added to core - Basic JSON-RPCs for MetaMask compatibility - Nix flake setup for reproducible builds - New ForkableStateManager architecture - Ethereum-style keys, accounts, signatures support - Graceful shutdown using cancellation tokens - devcli tool for launching multiple node instances - Justfile build automation - Spammer tool via Python and lcli 2024 (March - June) — Configuration & Infrastructure - Hyper service for HTTP/2 connections - Node role validation (must have TR, BR, or DR role) - Demo wallet 2023 (July - November) — CLI Expansion - More CLI commands for mempool, UTXO, and wallet operations - Overflow-safe math for all balance operations - Multi-node support on same machine in lcli 2022 (August - December) — HTTP & Containerization - Configuration system rework - Faucet implementation - HTTP client - Staking CLI and getConsensusParams CLI - Block hash manager implementation - lcli shell completions - CLI moved from FIFO to socket communication 2022 (May - July) — Staking & Block Building - Block building implementation - Forkable staking pools - Genesis stake functionality - Staking pool initialization from genesis block - Miniblock stake validation - Block persistence integration - Peers database and peers service - Fee calculation system - Faster Base58 encoding 2022 (April - May) — Wallet, WASM & DevOps - Wallet 0.x database implementation (browser + native) - WASM project setup — browser compatibility begins 2022 (January - April) — Fork Management & Core Types - Fork Manager implementation - Staking for core services - Seed transaction in genesis block - Merkle tree for block hashing (replacing simple serialization hash) - Lucky hashing data types - Block persistence foundation - get_known_input_set implementation - Prost proto setup - Graceful shutdown 2021 (October - December) — Foundation - Merkle trees implementation - Mini blocks architecture - Mempool implementation - Max reorg depth handling - Block fee validation and handling by Fork Manager - Initial keypair store and lcli - Fork Manager for state management across forks - Preliminary class/data-structure layout - Initial commit — basic datatypes, networking with Tokio, logging, Warp server

FULL VIDEO of my panel discussion on the MainStage at @Zebu_live. We talk about how AI is altering the DeFi landscape! I relax and smile more towards the end😁 piped.video/watch?v=60Wh2Dh6…

Pay-Fi and Micro transactions will change the world as we know it. Thank you @LitheumOfficial

Crypto has lost the plot. I'm tired boss. This place used to be punk, but it's sold it's soul to the institutions it vowed to dethrone and has lost its identity entirely. Crypto was intended to be an apolitical rebellion. That's been replaced with pseudo-partisanship, grifting, insider trading, and corruption from the top down. What drew me to this place was disruption, ownership, art, privacy, truth. A chance to level the playing field. But right now it's just old dogs, new tricks. CT has become insufferable, too. If I have to read one more fucking ChatGPT info-fi post about some protocol nobody is every going to use to farm some token that nobody is going to hold for more than 17 minutes I'm gonna blow my brains out. Cozy in spot, and I know it's up only for [my bags] obviously, but I'm deeply disinterested in what's going on here right now. Bummer.

Fiat is stable, until it isn't.

Ethereum is awesome but it’s not our scalable solution. Microtransactions cannot live on Ethereum - but I will on @LitheumOfficial

"It's hard for people to imagine what's possible, because so much hasn't been possible up to this point." This cryptocurrency project is a breakthrough in what's possible for the blockchain. Incredibly fast and almost free to transact with. @LitheumOfficial is rewriting what can be achieved with crypto. CTO @clayrab explains how, courtesy of @TCR_news_ #Ethereum #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrency #Crypto #Altcoins

Fundamental problem is RPC costs, Solana doesn't solve this, simple. Yes, we need scale, that doesn't mean any L1 that claims to scale has done it properly.

🚨 Live AMA Alert! AI. Identity. Web3. Join us for a powerful AMA with @LitheumOfficial & @CryptoRichYT to explore digital identity, the role of AI in Web3, and decentralization's next leap - hosted by @TCR_news_ 📍 nitter.net/i/spaces/1YqKDZkBayVJV 📅 July 30, Wednesday 🕔 5 PM BST | 9:30 PM IST

We are proud to be working with @amber_ac_ on building out the next generation of blockchain infra

@SentinelP2P offers extraordinary #privacy with its #Decentralized #VPN @LitheumOfficial offers extraordinary #performance with its advanced technology. Find out what happens when they meet. Watch below @clayrab @LitheumOfficial $PTP @MathNodes #dvpn $DVPN #freedom #EVM #Ethereum #Bitcoin

No one wants to get to these milestones more than the folks on the team! Big things are cooking now as we're trying to get a lot done before Token Singapore...

Devnet is live!

Gm Guys! Today is Monday is the foundation of the week! Let's make it more greater than the fast day with @LitheumOfficial Struggle continue. #LitheumOfficial @clayrab @alexfgkrug @MusaLitheum @Web3ScribeX

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I’m deleting 4. Chains that pause under pressure — Because if it can freeze, it was never truly DeFi. 🔒🚫 But let’s be real… Gas fees are the silent rug. Slow TX? Makes you miss the moment. Fake decentralization? Just VC theater. Litheum’s got work to do — but the message is clear: The standard is changing.

5 mins is TOO SHORT to distill Litheum and Proof-of-Performance!

"Proof of Performance >> Proof of Empty Promises. If a chain can't scale, it can’t serve. Watching Litheum" 👀

"Litheum introduces a novel consensus mechanism called Proof of Performance (PoP) to address blockchain scalability challenges. By decentralizing Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs), it supports micro-transactions and complex interactions essential to DeFAI, gaming, and high-frequency applications."