Check out recent ZK Knowledge updates and Covenant ++ resources. At the same time, real apps in gaming, education, markets, and commerce are launching, alongside steadily growing developer participation.
The Kaspa ecosystem is advancing! Spanning core protocol direction (Covenant++ toward zk execution and vProgs), major performance optimizations, new oracle research grounded in no-arbitrage price discovery, and early institutional settlement infrastructure via ISO 20022 bridging.
Kaspa’s 2026 introduced Testnet 12, which introduced KIP-17 covenants to expand base-layer programmability without sacrificing PoW decentralization, while core contributors outlined a long-term ZK vision centered on Cairo’s provable safety. Alongside renewed debate with Ethereum over the blockchain trilemma, growing external coverage, and Igra Labs’ mainnet preparations, these signals point to rising visibility and ecosystem maturity heading into 2026.
Thu Dec 18 2025
Nicholas SismilToday, we sit down with Eliott Méa, a rising researcher in the blockDAG space. We break down the interview into four parts: centralized exchanges and their order-book mechanics; the current state of DeFi oracle systems, high-frequency trading systems and how they relate to Kaspa; and a closing section on Méa’s research future.
