Here we go again: rehearsing a major hardfork on testnet 10, this time crescendoing into Toccata Activation is scheduled for tomorrow May 18, 16:00 UTC. Existing TN10 miners/operators should upgrade now. In a few hours upgraded p2p nodes will stop connecting to non-upgraded nodes as we enter the 24h pre-activation window. Let’s make the mainnet activation boring by making the TN10 rehearsal as mainnet-real-world as possible

Dagknight technical progress I want to share some technical progress related to the dagknight effort. In a yet-unshared post by @michaelsuttonil, the DK effort is split into several iterations: devnet v0, testnet v1 and mainnet candidate v2. v0 is focused on getting a full end-to-end flow running, even if it only partially implements components of the full protocol. v0 progress will be the focus of this post. Since the last update, more things have been implemented such as: efficient k-searching algorithm, gray blocks (to replace representative) among many other technical changes that I will elaborate elsewhere. The most important change since then is that DK can now be run over a dynamic DAG. Rusty-kaspa has a simulation engine called simpa where you can test dynamic DAG conditions. Current state of DK can now run there. There are a few more changes that need to be checked in to fully complete v0. This will happen very soon. The dk branch will also be posted into the main repo once it is cleaned up. A small internal devnet will be set up to test the v0 in a controlled but dynamic non-simulation environment.

I’ve never felt a stronger dissonance between how Kaspa R&D is thriving and how (part of) the community seems to be feeling -- at least on some of my radars, though completely not on others :) TL;DR: Talent and expertise are compounding in R&D, and real work is being done. More concrete updates soon. What I see as the strongest indication of long-term growth is that Kaspa R&D circles are expanding by the day. You can feel it not just growing in size but maturing in spirit as well. More and more contributors, full of passion and a desire to understand, explore, and contribute to the core technology, keep popping up. More vibe-coders opening PRs, more ppl writing KIPs. Parallel research/dev efforts are converging into a single coherent vision. Timelines are clearing up, OG contributors are regathering, and coders-of-stuff are talking about DK’s cascade voting algorithm in their sleep (I have no proof for that, but it can’t be wrong). At the same time, deep core narratives that will lead to near-term products are being polished and understood as we speak. These will be delivered. Kaspa’s main superiority point is taking shape in front of our eyes: fast PoW provides true real-time decentralization (RTD), probably for the first time ever. I know I’ve always been optimistic, but right now the dissonance is especially interesting to follow. Bitcoin has “died” many times, ETH went through its own “is it over?” phases, and Solana definitely felt dead post-SBF -- ppl understandably correlate weak price action with long-term prosperity, even when fundamentals are quietly compounding. Part of my challenge is figuring out how to share that vantage point so more of the community can feel what I’m seeing from up close. I genuinely believe that big things don’t happen in the world without low periods that prove your resilience to yourself and to everyone watching.