vProgs Could Change Kaspa Forever?

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

First up… the big “builder brain” topic was vProgs. People were trying to explain it in plain English without forcing it into old labels like “smart contracts.” The cleanest description floating around was basically: you run code off-chain, then send a state commitment plus a verification key and proof back to Layer 1… keeping the chain lightweight and avoiding L1 bloat. That naturally turned into “okay, so what do we DO with it?” and the loudest example was a proper DEX. Folks were dunking on the idea of “DEXes” that feel more like a CEX-on-chain, and saying a vProg-based DEX could be a huge leap… with a couple teams apparently already working on it. And tucked inside that whole thread: a “major hard fork testnet” was mentioned as coming in about three months… so people are watching that as a near-term milestone.

Second highlight: the Kaspathon. The chat called out that there were only “twenty-four participants so far,” and it turned into a mini pep talk slash guilt trip to get more builders in. Somebody also noted DoraHacks preregistration starts in two days. The vibe was basically: “less doom-scrolling… more shipping.”

Third: data and tooling friction around KRC-20. People asked for API endpoints for kaspa.stream and where to get KRC-20 market data. The practical takeaway was: Kasplex got mentioned as a place to start, but there was also talk that “kaspacom” is working on a price API… and that KRC-20 market APIs are not planned for api.kaspa.org. So, devs are still hunting for clean data sources.

Fourth: the HTX listing chatter popped up again — lots of “Wen HTX?” energy — but the more grounded posts basically said there’s no listing yet, just talk about paying for it at some undefined point… and some people were calling that whole discourse detached from reality.

And yeah, sentiment-wise… it was pretty bruised. A lot of “it’s over” type posting, mixed with a few stubborn “I’m holding and adding” voices trying to keep everyone steady.

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