Quantum Fears and vProgs Hype Shake Kaspa

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

First up, vProgs and vFrogs absolutely stole the spotlight. People were sharing a big plain-English breakdown of how vProgs use zero-knowledge proofs so different programs can each do their own thing, but still sync in one atomic transaction on Kaspa L1. Think separate apps, one shared sequencer. The vibe is: sovereignty plus composability – each program carries its own weight instead of every node computing everything. And on top of that, folks are hyped that dApps could route fees to miners or even design KAS-burning gas, which the chat framed as a potential “double win”: miner rewards and supply reduction over time.

Second big thread: quantum worries and how Kaspa might handle them. Vitalik’s warning about elliptic-curve crypto possibly getting broken by quantum computers before the twenty-twenty-eight U.S. election really spooked people. In response, someone cited the Kaspa R&D group talking about a three-phase plan: phase one is basically “don’t reuse addresses,” and there’s already work started on a phase-two opcode toward more quantum-resistant behavior. The consensus today was: it’s not urgent yet, but the community wants Kaspa ready well before the serious quantum era arrives.

Third, miners and network health. There was a long back-and-forth about hashrate sitting around six hundred peta-hash – just under one exa-hash – and whether MARA stepping away from mining is a red flag or just noise. One miner said it cost about seventeen dollars to clean up roughly eighteen thousand tiny UTXOs, which sparked concern about what consolidation costs might look like if block rewards go to ten basis points. People were tossing around ideas like better sweep tools, maybe special handling for mining outputs, and the reality that at roughly eight-cent power, only the more efficient ASICs are really comfortable.

Fourth, sentiment. Price chat was full “crypto therapy”: jokes about three cents before thirty, fears of sliding out of the top-hundred coins, and a general “Discord is depressed” mood. But mixed into that doom was quiet conviction – multiple folks saying this is a “fantastic buy time,” talking about eight-to-ten-times upside from here and still believing Kas can eventually live in the dollar range, even if timelines keep drifting toward twenty-twenty-six and beyond.

And finally, community politics and funding. There’s a live debate around a proposal asking for about one point seven million KAS to fund an MMO-led project – things like better Google exposure, maybe on-chain chat and a voting platform. Some people are supportive, others are pushing hard for transparency: “show the bills,” ship something first, then ask for donations. There’s even regret about not just launching a KRC-twenty token to fund it, and old wounds resurfacing over earlier unfunded deals, so trust and governance are definitely front-of-mind.

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