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KaspaBuy  April 25, 2025

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Kaspa Crescendo Before Activation: What v1.0.0 Prepared for 10 BPS

Before the planned Crescendo activation, rusty-kaspa v1.0.0 gave node operators the software, schedule, protocol requirement, and retention controls needed for Kaspa's proposed move from 1 to 10 BPS.
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KaspaBuy  July 22, 2025

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Kaspa DNS Seeders: What the July 2025 List Change Means for Node Discovery

A July 2025 Rusty Kaspa update retired two operator-managed DNS seed entries. This guide explains the narrow code change and the wider role of seeders.
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KaspaBuy  September 11, 2025

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How to Run a Kaspa Devnet Node: The Official 2025 Guide

Rusty Kaspa PR #718 documented a reproducible devnet command with unsynced mining, loopback RPC listeners, and the UTXO index for local testing.
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KaspaBuy  October 1, 2025

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Kaspa Genesis Proof Tooling: How Rusty Nodes Can Verify the UTXO Set

A 2025 community toolkit adapted Kaspa's original genesis-proof workflow for rusty-kaspa nodes, checkpoints, and a command-line verification path.
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KaspaBuy  October 23, 2025

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Kaspa Docker Images: Running Every Rusty Kaspa Binary in Containers

Rusty Kaspa PR #742 added dedicated Dockerfiles for four binaries and a Buildx script for reproducible amd64 and arm64 container builds.
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KaspaBuy  October 29, 2025

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Kaspa Initial Block Download: How Body Optimization Improves Sync

Rusty Kaspa PR #652 stopped newer peers from resending headers already checked during the header-only stage of initial block download.
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KaspaBuy  November 5, 2025

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Kaspa Node Count and Price: Why Decentralization Is a Fundamental, Not a Forecast

Kaspa had 567 visible public nodes on November 2, 2025, while historical KAS prices had fallen since October 29—an instructive non-causal snapshot.
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KaspaBuy  November 13, 2025

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Kaspa IBD and Pruning Movement: Keeping Synchronization on Track

Rusty Kaspa PR #702 added a pruning catch-up path for nodes whose local pruning point has fallen behind a peer, with validation and recoverable transition states.
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KaspaBuy  November 18, 2025

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Rusty Kaspa Environment Variables: Configuring Nodes for Deployment

Rusty Kaspa PR #762 mapped kaspad command-line settings to KASPAD_* environment variables, improving reproducible service and container deployments.
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