Parallel work stays useful.
Blocks reference multiple predecessors, forming a directed acyclic graph instead of a single linear tip.
Kaspa overview ↗ SOURCE-LED FIELD GUIDE · REVIEWED SEP 05 2026
KASPA,
WITHOUT
THE HYPE.
Understand the architecture, milestones, and builder surface before you test your knowledge. Primary sources are linked throughout.
- 10 BPS
- Mainnet target rate
- BlockDAG
- Parallel block structure
- GHOSTDAG
- Consensus ordering
- PoW
- Permissionless security
- KAS
- Native network asset
01 / THE PROTOCOL
THE CHAIN
IS A DAG.
Kaspa keeps proof-of-work and UTXO accounting while allowing blocks to be produced in parallel. GHOSTDAG supplies a consistent ordering for those blocks.
Order without discarding the graph.
The consensus rule identifies a well-connected set of blocks and derives a deterministic order.
Original paper ↗No premine. No presale.
Mainnet launched in November 2021 without an insider allocation. Emissions follow a published schedule.
Read Kaspa lore ↗Chromatic reduction.
Block rewards decline smoothly over time through Kaspa's monthly chromatic emission schedule.
Tokenomics ↗CONCEPTUAL MODELPARALLEL BLOCKS, ONE ORDERED HISTORY
This is an explanatory diagram, not a live network visualization.
02 / MAINNET MILESTONES
FROM LAUNCH
TO TOCCATA.
Kaspa's performance and programmability arrived in staged protocol upgrades. Future research is clearly separated from active mainnet capability.
- MAINNET
Fair-launched proof-of-work blockDAG.
Kaspa launched publicly in November with no premine or presale.
- CRESCENDO · MAY 05
One block per second became ten.
The hardfork activated KIP-9, KIP-10, KIP-13, and KIP-15 and raised the target rate to 10 BPS.
- TOCCATA · JUN 30
UTXO-native programmability.
Transaction v1, covenants, script pricing, user lanes, Based Apps, and Inline ZK foundations activated at DAA score 474,165,565.
- RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT
DAGKnight is not mainnet yet.
DAGKnight proposes responsiveness to actual network conditions. It has no fixed activation date and should not be described as live.
03 / BUILDER SURFACE
STATE,
THE UTXO WAY.
Toccata expands what can be expressed directly through transactions while keeping Kaspa's UTXO model. Production builders should start from official documentation and current tooling.
Covenants
Transaction rules can constrain how outputs are spent, enabling verifiable state transitions without an account-style global state machine.
Based Apps
Applications can coordinate state through chained UTXOs and network-native verification patterns.
Inline ZK
Zero-knowledge verification primitives create a path toward privacy and compact proofs inside transaction logic.
CORErusty-kaspaNode and protocol implementation
WEBKaspa WASM SDKBrowser and JavaScript integration
AUTHORINGSilverscriptMain covenant-oriented language path
EXPERIMENTALArgentEmerging higher-level tooling
04 / GEEK CURRICULUM
1,032 DRILLS.
CURRENT LAYER.
The Kaspa bank combines 1,000 practice variants across 80 core concepts with 32 priority questions covering current mainnet, Toccata, the developer stack, and DAGKnight research.
OriginsBlockDAG BasicsGHOSTDAGMining & ConsensusWallets & SecurityNetwork & ScalingTokens & ProgrammabilityEcosystem & Culture
Editorial standard: current and time-sensitive questions are source-labelled inside the game. The larger legacy bank remains a draft practice bank pending full item-by-item review.
05 / WHERE GEEK FITS
Server-ranked Alpha
Selectable categories, timed Gauntlet rounds, server-backed progression, source review, leaderboards, and live room presence.
Content Engine
Original, sourced questions can move through human review into ranked play and a first-use Alpha credit.
Token settlement
The separate, user-approved fair mint is live. Alpha reward settlement remains disabled until treasury controls, terms, and audit evidence are verified.
06 / SOURCE DESK
VERIFY
THE SIGNAL.
Geek Protocol is independent from Kaspa's core organization. For protocol facts, use primary sources.