Michael Sutton

Computer science, graph theory, parallelism, consensus; taking Kaspa to the next level

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

wrote an outlook for the upcoming “Toccata” hard fork -- native L1 covenants, based zk apps, why the activation window moved, and what the road from feature freeze to mainnet looks like:

https://t.co/JFRkYp6Yd4

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

I mean, now I read in full, the text part you see in the link preview img is wrong, but after that it explains correctly. He seems to be confused with the definition of “full toccata version” and assumes you mean the full toccata features while you meant simply mining over the released version which is obviously fine and recommended

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@StppStp @BankQuote @KaspaSilver @KaspaKii @kaspaunchained @DiiDesertEnergy @kaspa_stream @supertypo_kas lol grok has no idea what it’s talking about

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@StppStp @BankQuote @KaspaSilver @KaspaKii @kaspaunchained @DiiDesertEnergy see version info in both these pages by @kaspa_stream and @supertypo_kas:

https://t.co/RcLNEMRM74
https://t.co/MDiqROvwOy

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@Kasdaghopesfwo @coderofstuff_ @thekaspaonion Thx!

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

so this kaspa toccata thing is out now ⚡, wow

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@coderofstuff_ @thekaspaonion It’s actually a must

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@MEZ_tech btw, if you send to a p2sh with new opcodes, it will be accepted (the net has no way to know what hash you sent to), but you will not be able to spend it before activation

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@MEZ_tech exactly

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@Kaspa_Commons courtesy of @coderofstuff_ and @argonmining for the 565 suggestion

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@Crux_of_Crypto I’ll take a few days to gather myself, and then I’ll do my best to educate and share as much as possible too

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

Kaspa Toccata mainnet process update:

Today we plan to publish the v1.3.0 mainnet pre-release, without activation, for 1–2 days of broader network sanity testing.

Assuming everything looks good, the following release will be v2.0.0, with activation planned for June 30, 4 weeks from today

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

👀

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

version link: https://t.co/QastU7u4G4

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

And now, to the actual v2.0.0 Toccata release ⚡🎉:
https://t.co/gBBkPoaHQv

[Ori Newman @OriNewman]

**Official Toccata Release — Mainnet Hardfork Activation Included** (Links in reply)

We’re excited to announce the official Kaspa release containing the **Toccata Hardfork** activation logic.

Toccata is scheduled to activate on mainnet at DAA score `474,165,565`, expected around **June 30, 2026, 16:15 UTC**.

This is a consensus-changing upgrade. All node operators, miners, pools, exchanges, indexers, wallets, and infrastructure providers must upgrade before activation to remain compatible with the network.

Toccata introduces a major expansion of Kaspa L1 capabilities, including:

• **Native L1 covenant support** through transaction introspection, allowing for more expressive contracts, including stateful contracts
• **Covenant IDs**, providing stable covenant lineage across UTXO transitions, so covenant instances can preserve continuity as their state moves from one UTXO to the next
• **ZK proof verification on L1** via `OpZkPrecompile`, enabling to trustlessly offload computation off-chain.
• **Partitioned sequencing commitments**, improving support for based ZK applications by making lane-local proving scale with relevant activity rather than global throughput

Please upgrade as soon as possible and verify your nodes are running the new release well before the activation DAA score.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to designing, implementing, reviewing, and testing Toccata.

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@WolfysBar @Kaspa_HypeMan very

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

(outdated now. final release: https://t.co/QastU7u4G4)

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

pre-release: https://t.co/XQZSof2d0y

discord: https://t.co/gMvUmNdbI5

pub rnd: https://t.co/2VLrnspT3Z

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@brt2412 @ibuypow @OriNewman Nop. You need this: https://t.co/QastU7u4G4

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@ibuypow @OriNewman correct

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@chillenall87270 they sure are uploaded

[Ori Newman @OriNewman]

**Official Toccata Release — Mainnet Hardfork Activation Included** (Links in reply)

We’re excited to announce the official Kaspa release containing the **Toccata Hardfork** activation logic.

Toccata is scheduled to activate on mainnet at DAA score `474,165,565`, expected around **June 30, 2026, 16:15 UTC**.

This is a consensus-changing upgrade. All node operators, miners, pools, exchanges, indexers, wallets, and infrastructure providers must upgrade before activation to remain compatible with the network.

Toccata introduces a major expansion of Kaspa L1 capabilities, including:

• **Native L1 covenant support** through transaction introspection, allowing for more expressive contracts, including stateful contracts
• **Covenant IDs**, providing stable covenant lineage across UTXO transitions, so covenant instances can preserve continuity as their state moves from one UTXO to the next
• **ZK proof verification on L1** via `OpZkPrecompile`, enabling to trustlessly offload computation off-chain.
• **Partitioned sequencing commitments**, improving support for based ZK applications by making lane-local proving scale with relevant activity rather than global throughput

Please upgrade as soon as possible and verify your nodes are running the new release well before the activation DAA score.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to designing, implementing, reviewing, and testing Toccata.

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@CryptoEndeavr @Kasdaghopesfwo @hashdag ^^^

+ devs can build product layers above features which is literally what hashdag said he’s pushing forward

[Michael Sutton @michaelsuttonil]

@Kasdaghopesfwo @hashdag I’m sorry, I’m doing my best but this does not feel like a genuine discussion