Atomic Swaps Update Sparks Debate and Security Fears

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

First up, the most “real” builder update of the day: that old atomic KAS–BTC swaps idea popped back up, and the dev basically said, “Yeah… I’m still on it.” The number got corrected too — it’s not “850K KAS,” it’s 350K KAS. They’ve updated the repo recently, but didn’t hype it because they didn’t feel much community enthusiasm. Next concrete step: finish research, implement on-chain swaps in the core library, then update the UI… with a rough “February/March” vibe. Also, they’re adding a donation address soon, and mentioned registering LordStapy.kas for testing and K-social.

Second highlight: the endless “CEX listing” conversation… except it was way more about why things aren’t listed than any real news. One person referenced a talk about Fireblocks, and speculated that some exchanges might be waiting on custody tooling — with a specific callout that Binance’s custom “Ceffu” might need programmability for KAS, and that engineers could be waiting for “covenants++.” Then the room split hard: some people were like, “maybe wallet 1 is Wintermute,” others called it cope and said there’s no meaningful “pattern” because trades are on-chain. Someone claimed the buys come in “multiple million coins” chunks without impacting price, while others insisted it’s actually selling. Net sentiment: tired, skeptical, and pretty done with guessing games… with a spicy side of “#BYENANCE.”

Third: security drama. A scam bot reportedly started dropping posts that are basically “screenshots with no text,” and people were frustrated that messages were getting hidden instead of deleted. The main takeaway was practical: tighten server defenses, because one user said the moment they joined Kaspa Discord they got a scam friend invite. So yeah — extra caution mode today.

Fourth, the vibe check: lots of boredom and range-trade fatigue. People joked about “another 3 years of range trading,” called for a “poompa” to 400 cents — literally “wake me up at 400c” — and argued whether buying every Friday just lets MEXC “sell you back into it.” There was even a tiny “we’re pumpin… +0.2%” moment, followed immediately by “dump coming.” Classic.

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