Kaspa L2 Fees Slammed, Shai Interview Sparks Debate

Hey, welcome to Kaspa Daily Pulse – here’s what the Kaspa community’s been buzzing about today.

First up: L2 UX and fees were the talk of the town. Users trying the KatBridge/Kasplex flow reported choppy experiences — swaps feeling “way slower” at around 20–30 seconds, bridges taking a couple minutes, and one line even saying completion can take minutes… or, in congestion, up to two hours. Fees felt inconsistent, too: some saw roughly “about a dollar” to “a dollar thirty,” others saw wild swings like “4 KAS down to point-oh-one,” and a few were hit with “insufficient funds” errors without a clear fee preview. Clarity, please. A practical tip also emerged: there’s a reported bug with Kasware right now — folks suggested using the Kastle wallet instead.

Second: the DEX landscape. Zealous came up as “permissionless,” Kaspafinance as… temperamental — limited default pairs and needing contract addresses manually. One user even called it “borked.” Meanwhile, the KSPR Telegram bot got props for being “rock solid” since KRC-20 days, and people noted KSPR runs a DEX/launchpad as well. Net vibe: the tooling is growing day by day, but proceed carefully — code is opening gradually, fees/validators aren’t fully transparent yet, so DYOR energy is high. Also flagged: an “insurance fund” display on Zealous dropping from about 1.1M to 800K, then showing zero on the explorer link — which definitely raised eyebrows.

Third: community reaction to the marathon Shai interview. Opinions split. Some listeners said it left them “less comfortable” with their bags, citing claims like “BTC more quantum-resistant than KAS,” criticism of YS, and broader community digs — others argued there were positives too and urged everyone to form their own view. On the constructive side, one concrete idea stood out: a miner-level setting to relay only transactions above a chosen fee threshold, potentially paired with auction-style fee selection — interesting, but not seen as urgent, and there were concerns about centralization trade-offs.

Fourth: merchant adoption got a real, tangible update. The Knexous “tap-to-pay” device flow was described: open the app, connect via Bluetooth, request payment (in USD or KAS), then the customer taps, and their wallet opens with a prefilled address and amount. Bonus for privacy and accounting: a unique address is generated for every invoice. Folks want the upcoming UI to be “mind-blowingly simple.”

Finally: stablecoin chatter. The room expects bridged USDT/USDC first, but many prefer a more trust-minimized path later — maybe community-backed, over-collateralized, DAI-style — and some hope future core upgrades (zk opcodes/vProgs) could help L2s become more trustless over time.

That’s it for today’s pulse. Let’s see what tomorrow brings. Catch you then.