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<h1>Kaspa in 90 seconds</h1>
<p class="lead">Kaspa keeps Bitcoin-style mining, but lets honest blocks be found in parallel and still ordered into one shared payment history.</p>
<p class="fit-note">For shipped-versus-roadmap detail, use the <a href="/status">status table</a>.</p>
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<span>What Kaspa is</span>
<p>Proof of Work, UTXO, blockDAG, and GHOSTDAG. The plain idea is faster mined ordering through hashpower.</p>
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<span>What is live</span>
<p>Mainnet PoW, UTXOs, GHOSTDAG ordering, pruning-oriented node operation, and the 10 BPS Crescendo-era network.</p>
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<span>What comes later</span>
<p>Toccata is released and scheduled with TN10/TN12 testnet evidence, vProgs and native DeFi are roadmap, and DAGKnight plus RTD-derived app systems are research or future architecture.</p>
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<span>Design case</span>
<p>Kaspa tests whether Bitcoin-style mining can feel fast enough for everyday use and later app rules while keeping L1 focused on ordering, ownership, and proofs.</p>
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<span>Mechanism</span>
<p>Kaspa keeps mined PoW and UTXOs, changes the block structure from one line to a DAG, and uses GHOSTDAG to order parallel honest work.</p>
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<span>Live status</span>
<p>Mainnet already runs the PoW blockDAG, GHOSTDAG, UTXOs, pruning-oriented operation, and 10 BPS Crescendo-era network.</p>
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<span>Future work</span>
<p>Toccata is released and scheduled; TN10/TN12 evidence does not make it mainnet-live. vProgs and native DeFi are roadmap. DAGKnight and RTD-derived app systems are research or future architecture.</p>
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<span>Thesis</span>
<p>The thesis is fast mined ordering today, then app paths that produce activity and prove their rules if the roadmap ships and attracts users.</p>
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<p>Bitcoin monetary brand, Ethereum apps, Solana UX, and Kaspa's architectural claim.</p>
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<a href="/builder-evidence"><span>Previous</span><strong>How to prove a Kaspa builder claim</strong><p>How to prove a Kaspa builder claim: status label, source, artifact, user-visible result, and remaining blocker.</p></a>
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<a href="/status"><span>Status</span><strong>Kaspa current status</strong><p>A compact status page for Kaspa: what is live, what is targeted, what is roadmap, what remains research, and which common claims need context.</p></a>
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