Use the base network
Send and receive KAS, self-custody, use wallets and explorers, and experience the live high-rate blockDAG.
Current status
What is live, what is next, and what is still research.
Kaspa is live as a Proof-of-Work UTXO blockDAG using GHOSTDAG. The larger app and consensus roadmap should be read in stages, not as one bundle of already-shipped features.
Last verified: May 4, 2026. This page is the quick anti-confusion reference. It is intentionally shorter than the source map.
Live
Targeted
Roadmap
Research
Not live
Status last checked
May 4, 2026
Toccata timing
Public target window: roughly June 5-20, 2026
Recheck trigger
After June 20, 2026, or sooner if code, releases, KIPs, or core-dev posts update the target.
Snapshot
Status in one table.
| Feature / idea | Status | Plain meaning | Anchor source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proof of Work | Live | Kaspa is mined. Work and issuance are external to any validator identity set. | rusty-kaspa |
| UTXO model | Live | Kaspa tracks spendable outputs rather than Ethereum-style global account balances. | rusty-kaspa |
| GHOSTDAG | Live | The live ordering rule that lets parallel blocks contribute to consensus. | Kaspa Research |
| Crescendo 10 BPS | Live | The 10 blocks-per-second era is live; this is not the same as instant finality or unlimited throughput. | KIP-14 discussion |
| Base RTD framing | Live | Real-time decentralization is Hashdag's framing for Kaspa's core edge: Bitcoin-style PoW security and censorship-resistance goals with seconds-scale confirmation feel under normal network conditions. | hashd.ag/raw |
| Toccata | Targeted | Hard-fork track for covenants, ZK verification foundations, sequencing commitments, and vProgs groundwork. | Sutton outlook |
| vProgs | Roadmap | App-level verifiable programs intended to feel native without turning L1 into one global execution VM. | vProgs talk |
| Native DeFi | Roadmap | A design target after Toccata-era foundations and useful app tooling, not a mature live ecosystem today. | Why Kaspa |
| DAGKnight | Research | A major parameterless/adaptive consensus direction. It is not current mainnet behavior. | hashd.ag |
| RTD-derived oracle / TangVM flows | Research | Miner attestations, oracle resolution, TangVM, and coordination-market systems build on the RTD idea but are not shipped products. | hashd.ag/raw |
Today
What a user can actually do now.
Run or study infrastructure
Run nodes, study pruning, inspect mining, follow releases, and learn how GHOSTDAG orders the DAG.
Do not assume apps are done
Toccata, vProgs, native DeFi, DAGKnight, and RTD-derived oracle/TangVM systems are different roadmap and research lanes.
Changelog
Status-sensitive updates.
May 4, 2026
Separated base RTD framing from downstream oracle, TangVM, and coordination-market ideas. Base RTD is treated as Hashdag's real-time PoW framing for Kaspa; RTD-derived app systems remain research or architecture work.
May 4, 2026
Marked Toccata as targeted with a public June 5-20, 2026 window, pending testnet, audit, rehearsal, and activation work. Older May 5 references are not used as the current target.
FAQ
Fast answers to common status questions.
Is DAGKnight live?
No. DAGKnight is a parameterless/adaptive consensus upgrade direction, not current mainnet behavior.
Is Toccata live?
No. It is a targeted hard-fork track with a public June 5-20, 2026 window as last checked May 4, 2026.
Are Kaspa smart contracts live?
Not as a mature Ethereum-style app environment. The near-term path runs through Toccata, covenants, ZK foundations, sequencing commitments, and later vProgs.