For deeper technical context, see the R&D Channel Insights. For testnet-specific details, see Testnet Updates.

2026

March 2026

March 10 – Silverscript DAP debugger PR submitted by manyfestation, enabling step-through debugging of Silverscript covenant scripts in VSCode.

March 4 – Rusty Kaspa v1.1.0 stable release. This serves as the pre-Covenants++ baseline – the last stable release before the covpp branch merges.

February 2026

February 27 – DagKnight branch becomes active in the main rusty-kaspa repository, marking a significant step toward consensus upgrade integration.

February 24 – KIP-21 (Partitioned Sequencing Commitment) proposal published by Michael Sutton. This is the foundational KIP for vProgs, introducing lane-based sequencing commitments that enable O(activity) proving. Covenant declarations proposal for Silverscript published the same day.

February 19 – ZK Covenant Rollup PoC completed by Maxim Biryukov (Milestone 3). Full deposit-transfer-withdraw cycle demonstrated on TN12 with both STARK and Groth16 proof generation. Michael Sutton called it “a highly mature canonical bridge implementation.” See R&D Insights for details.

February 11 – KIP-20 (Covenant IDs) formal proposal published, providing identity and state tracking for covenants.

February 10 – Silverscript announced by Ori Newman. A dedicated L1 covenant language for Kaspa, designed to compile to the transaction script system.

February 9 – TN12 reset with major new features: Covenant IDs, Blake3-based sequencing commitment opcode, and ZK verify precompiles for Groth16 and RISC Zero. See Testnet Updates.

February 5 – vProgs reorg filter PR (halving-based denoising mechanism) submitted.

February 4 – vProgs L1 bridge PR ready, implementing the canonical connection between L1 and the vProgs runtime.

January 2026

January 21 – vProgs repository goes public at github.com/kaspanet/vprogs. Described as “a Rust framework for based computation on Kaspa” with a layered monorepo architecture.

January 17 – Opcode numbers agreed for Covenants++: 0xcf-0xd3 for covenant ID operations, 0xd4 for seqcommit.

January 16 – Yonatan Sompolinsky publishes comprehensive ZK strategy document defining three tiers: inline ZK (Noir), based apps (RISC Zero/SP1), and based rollups (Cairo).

January 11 – Noir identified as the inline ZK direction, with approximately 1 second proving on mobile and approximately 6 seconds on mobile web.

January 6 – Michael Sutton publishes the milestones gist outlining the phased path from covenants to full vProgs. Same day, Ori Newman publishes native assets ZK PoC using SP1.

January 5 – TN12 launched, the primary testnet for Covenants++ development. See Testnet Updates.

January 1 – covpp branch created in the rusty-kaspa repository, beginning active Covenants++ implementation.

2025

December 2025

December 26 – KIP-17 implementation ready for review (Ori Newman). Same day, Michael Sutton outlines vProgs phasing strategy: standalone vProgs first, then synchronous composability.

December 14 – Covenants++ hard fork announced by Yonatan Sompolinsky. Three pillars defined: covenants (limited programmability), ZK verifier (based rollup support), and RTD (real-time data from miner payloads). Three KIPs proposed by Alex, Ori, and Sutton respectively.

December 4 – Sparkle L2 retired by Anton Yemelyanov in favor of the vProgs approach. This marked a consolidation of the ecosystem around vProgs as the programmability layer.

Upcoming

Covenants++ Hard Fork – Targeting May 5, 2026

The next major milestone. Activates covenants, ZK verification precompiles, RTD support, covenant IDs, native assets, and Silverscript. See the Development Roadmap for full details.

DagKnight Consensus Upgrade

Parameterless adaptive consensus with near-instant finality. Branch active in the main repository. No target date announced.

vProgs Phase 1 – Standalone Programs

Sovereign vProgs operating independently, bridging to L1 via ZK proofs. Depends on Covenants++ and DagKnight. No target date announced.

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