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WarpCore on Kaspa TESTING UPDATE: The only and most comprehensive full stack banking / financial rails on an L1 PoW. We have completed the following tests: 286 transaction type tests to run using various scenarios: 1. ✅ CBDC Full Issuance Workflow Token registration → minting → reserve attestation → Islamic instruments 2. ✅ Multilateral Netting Cycle Multi-participant obligations → gross/net calculations → settlement 3. ✅ Credit Facility Lifecycle Draw → repay → exceed limits → full lifecycle management 4. ✅ Nostro/Vostro Account Operations Multi-currency positions → payments → funding → position reporting 5. ✅ Liquidity Pool Participation Contributions → withdrawals → returns → multi-participant pooling 6. ✅ FX Forward Trading Quote → forward rates → netting → PvP settlement → T+2 7. ✅ Multi-Currency Netting Parallel netting across EUR, USD, GBP currencies 8. ✅ Islamic Finance Instruments Murabaha (cost-plus) → Ijara (lease) → Musharaka (profit-share) → Sukuk (bonds) 9. ✅ Herstatt Risk Exposure Settlement risk monitoring → high/medium/low categorization 10. ✅ Concurrent Transactions Parallel settlement operations → fund conservation 11. ✅ T+2 Settlement Workflow Trade date → T+1 confirmation → T+2 execution 12. ✅ Batch Payment Processing 100-item batch → success rate tracking 13. ✅ Treasury Operations Multi-currency positions → USD equivalency → revaluation 14. ✅ Settlement Failure Recovery Failure → retry logic → recovery verification 15. ✅ End-to-End Cross-Layer Settlement CBDC mint → liquidity allocation → FX trading → netting → nostro settlement Transaction Scenarios Covered Payment Operations ✅ Single payments ✅ Batch payments (100+ items) ✅ Multi-currency payments ✅ Concurrent transactions ✅ Failed payments with recovery Netting Operations ✅ Bilateral netting ✅ Multilateral netting (3+ parties) ✅ Multi-currency netting ✅ Gross/net calculations ✅ Netting settlement Credit Operations ✅ Credit draw ✅ Credit repayment (partial, full) ✅ Exceeded limits ✅ Credit facility lifecycle ✅ Facility expiry FX Operations ✅ FX quotes (bid/ask spreads) ✅ Forward rates ✅ NDF fixing ✅ PvP settlement ✅ Settlement risk (Herstatt) ✅ T+2 workflows ✅ Multi-currency trading Liquidity Operations ✅ Pool contributions ✅ Pool withdrawals ✅ Share calculations ✅ Return distribution ✅ Multi-participant pooling CBDC Operations ✅ Token issuance ✅ Supply minting ✅ Supply burning ✅ Reserve attestation ✅ Murabaha financing ✅ Ijara leasing ✅ Musharaka partnerships ✅ Sukuk instruments Account Operations ✅ Nostro account management ✅ Vostro account tracking ✅ Multi-currency positions ✅ Balance updates ✅ Position reporting Risk Operations ✅ Herstatt settlement risk ✅ Risk categorization ✅ Exposure monitoring ✅ Risk recovery Cross-Layer Operations ✅ CBDC → Liquidity flow ✅ Liquidity → FX flow ✅ FX → Settlement flow ✅ End-to-end workflows All 286 tests executed sequentially Zero test failures 100% pass rate #kaspa #warpcore #xrp #kii #poweredbyKaspa

It is done. New nodes and block explorer launched. Igra Mainnet Genesis block mined at DAA score 366020000: explorer.igralabs.com/block/… Igra Mainnet transactions prefix: 97b1. Core contracts deployed. IGRA token minted: explorer.igralabs.com/token/… Minting vaults and DAO contracts live, DAO governance UI will follow. IGRA distributed into pools: explorer.igralabs.com/addres…. Early round allocations in progress. Every step verifiable on-chain.

◾Important to note that $KAS is the product of 10+ years of research on scaling #BTC  ◾The work by Yonatan Sompolinsky and Aviv Zohar is cited by current Top 10 projects $ADA $XRP , and countless others in the Top 50 ◾#Kaspa took the time and did it correctly trilemma solved. #KAS10BPS #Bitcoin #Crypto #Ethereum #Altcoins

The Kaspa Roadmap - What's Coming and When Most crypto roadmaps are vaporware. "Coming soon" means "maybe never." Kaspa's recent track record says otherwise. Already delivered: Crescendo upgrade (May 2025). Achieved 10 blocks per second with 100ms block times. Activated on schedule. Not delayed. Not broken. Just shipped. Coming Q1-Q2 2026: Covenants++ hard fork. Three main features: extended covenants for programmable spending rules, ZK proof verifier for trustless L2 integration, miner payload inspection for oracle infrastructure. Mainnet mid-2026 if testing goes smoothly. This is not the full programmability story. This is scaffolding. It enables L2 teams to integrate cleanly, lets developers experiment with covenants, gives R&D real-world feedback before vProgs ships. Coming 2026-2027: DAGKnight upgrade. Removes hardcoded consensus parameters, adapts to network conditions in real-time. Targets 100+ blocks per second, enabling 30,000+ transactions per second. This is the "broadband moment" for Kaspa. Coming 2026-2027: vProgs MVP. Off-chain execution with ZK proof verification, atomic composability through L1 computational DAG, Cairo VM for efficient proving (cost tied to execution steps not program size) . Gradual deployment with working versions that upgrade toward full design. Also planned: Reverse MEV auctions (miners compete to give users kickbacks instead of extracting value). Oracle voting (decentralized real-world data through miner attestation). ZK bridges for L1-L2 composability. Timeline credibility matters. The rust rewrite took longer than expected. Crescendo hit its May 2025 deadline. Current R&D under Yoni and Michael's leadership has matured. When they set timelines now, they mean them. This is not "check back in 5 years." This is iterative mainnet deployment with MVPs that work, learn, improve, upgrade. Real milestones. Real products. Real progress. Next in The Kaspa Blueprint Series: real-world use cases beyond speculation.

Let’s show Binance what the $KAS community is capable of! Make this picture viral and let them see it even when they’re closing their eyes $KAS #Kaspa

vProgs as L1 logic means synchronous composability and unified liquidity without rollup spaghetti. Pure $KAS fee market, no tourists.

This is $KAS right now! #Kaspa now is like #Bitcoin back in 2010! We are still so early! Don’t miss this opportunity with $KAS!

Kaspa’s Path to Zero-Knowledge Smart Contracts In the evolving landscape of blockchain technology, Kaspa stands out for its innovative approach to scalability and functionality. At the heart of its next phase is vProgs—verifiable programs designed to enable zero-knowledge smart contracts. This concept moves beyond traditional on-chain execution models, leveraging off-chain computation and cryptographic proofs to maintain a lightweight Layer 1 (L1) while unlocking sophisticated programmability. Drawing from ongoing research and development, including Kaspa’s recently released yellow paper, this post provides a structured overview of vProgs, their architecture, challenges, and potential impact. Kaspa’s Unique BlockDAG Architecture Kaspa’s core strength lies in its block-directed acyclic graph (blockDAG) structure, governed by the GHOSTDAG consensus protocol. Unlike linear blockchains, this design allows parallel block creation, delivering high throughput and rapid block times—often under one second. This efficiency is essential for vProgs, as it supports the timely submission and verification of proofs without compromising network performance. An upcoming enhancement, the DAGKnight upgrade, further refines this by reducing latency and accelerating finality. In a DAG environment, where minor reorganizations (reorgs) can occur, DAGKnight ensures that state commitments remain reliable, enabling vProgs to anchor securely to the L1 without excessive delays. vProgs represent a departure from monolithic virtual machines (VMs) that execute all logic on-chain. Instead, they emphasize modularity and efficiency: Each vProg maintains its own logic and state. Transactions explicitly declare their intended read and write sets, providing transparency into data interactions.. The L1 sequences commands but does not perform computations. Execution occurs off-chain, where the vProg processes inputs and generates a zero-knowledge (ZK) proof attesting to correct execution. The L1’s role is limited to validating the ZK proof, ensuring integrity without storing or running the full program. This preserves Kaspa’s L1 as a lean settlement layer. The ultimate objective is synchronous composability—allowing vProgs to interact seamlessly in real time, fostering an ecosystem of interdependent applications. To avoid vendor lock-in, vProgs accommodate diverse programming languages and VMs. Interoperability is achieved via a standardized interface for proofs and input/output (I/O), enabling one vProg to invoke another regardless of underlying technology. Finally, vProgs extend ZK proofs to include failure states—such as crashes, gas exhaustion, or infinite loops—preventing stalled transactions and maintaining liveness. For applications requiring confidentiality, vProgs facilitate calls between programs without exposing sensitive data. This is accomplished through cryptographic commitments: one vProg commits to an output privately, which the next uses as input. A chain of proofs ultimately verifies end-to-end consistency without data leakage. Kaspa’s combination of blockDAG, proof-of-work consensus, and DAGKnight provides the ideal substrate for vProgs: rapid inclusion, stable anchoring, and verifiable execution. This synergy positions Kaspa to host high-throughput, privacy-preserving applications—ranging from DeFi protocols to AI-driven oracles—while preserving L1 simplicity. Kaspa’s trajectory merits close attention. If you are out want to be a @UpholdOTC client, we have an in-depth report for you available now, why Kaspa is a game changer you don’t want to miss. Best, Doc Institutional@uphold.com

🚨 BREAKING: Trump: the current financial system is outdated and will be replaced with a crypto-based one. The entire financial system will go on-chain. MEGA BULLISH FOR CRYPTO.

Why vProgs Make @binance Irrelevant. Excellent post from Reddit. This is another reason why #Kaspa is the endgame. Study $KAS

I’m going to take the liberty and repost the brilliant creator of $KAS, my friend (and idol) Yoni @hashdag’s letter to @Binance here for visibility. I found myself nodding and screaming “yes” “exactly” at every sentence. Before you flame me, yes I work for a platform @UpholdInc and I’m proud of that. I try to keep the OG crypto embers burning inside a system that has changed the value and ethics proposition. Yes, we are all guilty in some way or other of perverting the original crypto spirit, and not all elements of OG cyberpunk were good, reasonable, morally acceptable or even realistic. But Yoni’s letter deserves more attention. I’m going to handwrite it in ink and hang it on my wall. (For the younger readers: handwriting is an old form of “texting” when you use a pen, pencil or other implement to draw letters on a medium such as paper using only your fingers and your own brain. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwr…) Here it the letter. It’s the crypto version of Jean-Paul Sartre rejecting the Nobel in 1964. ———— @binance, Thanks for including me in the top 100 blockchain people list, appreciate the signal! I must decline the Dubai invite though. I do not wish to disrespect, but many of the award voters are avid kaspians who rooted for my kaspa status at least as much as for my research. Let them win or count me out. Crypto has turned from a euphoric cypherpunk project to a house-friendly casino. You may not be the culprit, but as a top player you hold the lion’s share of the responsibility to correct this, and the October crash your USDe oracle glitch helped trigger adds to what needs to be addressed. There are three classes of crypto, as @mert put it recently: commercial crypto, casino crypto, cypherpunk crypto. <<Binance should hold a privilege policy for the latter.>> A TBTF CEX should know better and play a different game with hardcore crypto projects. When binance lists a green frog three weeks post its “launch” but skips a fair-launched-Nakamoto-Consensus-100ms-upgrade-ATH-top-20-the-only-nonbitcoin-marathon-mined project, this is not merely binance rationally calculating; it is also binance molding the market in a way that is alas misaligned with the roots of the movement. (Hear hear!!!!!) You may feel that kaspa’s sovereign money thesis is boring – that bitcoin is already money and that implementing an internet-speed bitcoin is useless - fine. Wrong but fine. But what’s the thesis for the green frog? Money is a classic chicken-and-egg product. It is a scam up until one moment before tipping point, “most of the value comes from the value that others place in it.” Considering your resources and influence, I think it's safe to say you can serve as both the egg and the chicken and make it worth your while to push sound attempts towards tipping point. @cz_binance tweeted recently that “strong projects will be listed.” But binance is part of what defines "strong", it bears responsibility for the market’s compass and impulse and definition of strong. It is not a read-only entity. Binance listing fees are legit, they are just unfit for category cypherpunk. Kaspa devs and early supporters fairly mined less than half what Satoshi and Hals mined. We don’t have a 20% ZEC-style founders’ reward or protocol-enforced dev fund; this is not a jab at ZEC and the wonderful @Zooko, who was crashing in my car on a late Thursday back in the low ZEC MC days – if somebody deserves to win it is zooko – but assuming binance is not taking a maxi bet, it should revisit its relationship with hardcore crypto. We are here through bull and bear, ICOs NFTs XYZs; and we are the source of confidence that restores faith and capital inflow post meme-induced or CEX-induced crashes. Please fix this. Yonatan Sompolinsky

The most monumental email I was ever cc’d on

@binance, Thanks for including me in the top 100 blockchain people list, appreciate the signal! I must decline the Dubai invite though. I do not wish to disrespect, but many of the award voters are avid kaspians who rooted for my kaspa status at least as much as for my research. Let them win or count me out. Crypto has turned from a euphoric cypherpunk project to a house-friendly casino. You may not be the culprit, but as a top player you hold the lion’s share of the responsibility to correct this, and the October crash your USDe oracle glitch helped trigger adds to what needs to be addressed. There are three classes of crypto, as @mert put it recently: commercial crypto, casino crypto, cypherpunk crypto. <<Binance should hold a privilege policy for the latter.>> A TBTF CEX should know better and play a different game with hardcore crypto projects. When binance lists a green frog three weeks post its “launch” but skips a fair-launched-Nakamoto-Consensus-100ms-upgrade-ATH-top-20-the-only-nonbitcoin-marathon-mined project, this is not merely binance rationally calculating; it is also binance molding the market in a way that is alas misaligned with the roots of the movement. You may feel that kaspa’s sovereign money thesis is boring – that bitcoin is already money and that implementing an internet-speed bitcoin is useless - fine. Wrong but fine. But what’s the thesis for the green frog? Money is a classic chicken-and-egg product. It is a scam up until one moment before tipping point, “most of the value comes from the value that others place in it.” Considering your resources and influence, I think it's safe to say you can serve as both the egg and the chicken and make it worth your while to push sound attempts towards tipping point. @cz_binance tweeted recently that “strong projects will be listed.” But binance is part of what defines "strong", it bears responsibility for the market’s compass and impulse and definition of strong. It is not a read-only entity. Binance listing fees are legit, they are just unfit for category cypherpunk. Kaspa devs and early supporters fairly mined less than half what satoshi and hals mined. We don’t have a 20% ZEC-style founders’ reward or protocol-enforced dev fund; this is not a jab at ZEC and the wonderful @Zooko, who was crashing in my car on a late Thursday back in the low ZEC MC days – if somebody deserves to win it is zooko – but assuming binance is not taking a maxi bet, it should revisit its relationship with hardcore crypto. We are here through bull and bear, ICOs NFTs XYZs; and we are the source of confidence that restores faith and capital inflow post meme-induced or CEX-induced crashes. Please fix this. Thanks again, hashdag cc @michaelsuttonil Exhibit A: Binance Innovation Zone Exhibit B: 10 bps Nakamoto Consensus

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Privacy is a must, but not an L1 feature. - Yonatan Sompolinsky, Kaspa $KAS Founder.

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