R&D Weekly
Weekly deep-dive into Kaspa R&D progress, protocol developments, and technical milestones.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Developers float a fixed 10-ticks-per-second clock for covenants, while a covenant index nears sign-off
A proposed "10 ticks per second" rule could keep covenant timers meaning the same thing even if Kaspa produces blocks faster, but for now it is an idea with open design questions.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Covenant lookup reaches review, but a reviewer shows how one request could strain a node
A new way to find covenant-tagged coins is ready for review, yet one reviewer argues its limits do not match the database work a request can trigger.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Paginated coin queries landed, opening the path to covenant-aware apps
Kaspa can now return large sets of spendable outputs in manageable pages, but the next step, finding outputs by programmable rules, exposed important questions about efficiency, safety, and future compatibility.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: UTXO pagination passed an end-to-end test, making integrations easier to build
The new retrieval flow worked through migration and a JavaScript example, but fixes and review comments still stand between a successful test and finished code.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Argent adds contract origin proofs, making on-chain apps easier to audit
Newly merged proof tooling could help explorers show where a Kaspa contract began, while real-world testing exposed the safeguards developers must still build themselves.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Rusty Kaspa 2.1.0 makes node syncing safer while wallet pagination nears agreement
A completed node upgrade tackles large sync transfers and denial-of-service risks, while developers work through the final trade-offs in a much-requested wallet data feature.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Wallet pagination exposed a sync trap, while Argent merged stricter rules
A simpler way to fetch wallet data could reduce wasted work and developer mistakes, but the best API design remains unsettled.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Silverscript v1 shipped, but safer contract tooling still has work ahead
Kaspa builders gained a firm new software milestone this week, while debates over wallet data, compiler requirements, and post-quantum security showed how much remains unsettled.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Argent merged a safety framework for multi-contract apps, but key tooling still trails
Kaspa’s emerging application language gained stronger safeguards and a home of its own, while wallet compatibility and DAGKnight work advanced with important questions still open.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Silverscript reached v1 release candidate, but its hardest test starts now
Kaspa’s high-level contract language is scheduled for a mainnet-ready v1 in one week, provided real contracts do not expose problems its reviews missed.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: A draft token standard exposed the wallet problem it still needs to solve
Kaspa’s proposed token rules reached public draft form, but a debate over how wallets identify compatible assets showed why publication is only the beginning.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: An Argent sync reached review, but SilverScript v1 may favor strictness over convenience
A proposed code update would align Argent with SilverScript’s latest work, while a small debate over byte conversions reveals how cautiously the language’s first version is being shaped.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: Private nodes connected automatically, but the real network test is still ahead
A devnet prototype crossed home-router barriers without manual port forwarding, opening a possible path to easier peer connectivity if mainnet testing confirms it works in the wild.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: A chain of hashes could let wallets accept payments without signing each one
A proposed one-time permission system offers wallets tighter control over incoming payments, but its deliberately narrow security model leaves an important question open.
Kaspa R&D Weekly: SilverScript’s new call tags could make contracts easier to use without a manual
Two small compiler proposals exposed a larger design choice: whether wallets can call common contract functions reliably without carrying contract-specific instructions.
A working exchange prototype made contracts simpler, but exposed the rules still missing
Kaspa’s experimental contract tools can now automate much of the plumbing behind multi-asset transactions, while token standards and shared on-chain data remain unsettled.