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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  June 30, 2025

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Kaspa Dust Policy After Crescendo: Why the Temporary Rule Was Removed

Rusty Kaspa removed a temporary mempool restriction on multi-output transactions after KIP-9 became active. Here is what changed and what did not.
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KaspaBuy  November 10, 2025

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Kaspa Consensus Parameter Overrides: Safer Local Testing and Devnets

Rusty Kaspa PR #751 added JSON-based consensus parameter overrides for testnet, devnet, and simnet while explicitly refusing them on mainnet.
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KaspaBuy  December 2, 2025

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Kaspa P2P Compatibility: Why Outdated Protocol Versions Were Removed

Rusty Kaspa PR #772 removed P2P flow registrations for versions 5 and 6, leaving version 7 compatibility and the current version 8 path.
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KaspaBuy  December 11, 2025

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Kaspa VCC v2 Data Aggregator: Better Consensus Visibility Through RPC

Rusty-kaspa PR #740 added a non-breaking virtual-chain RPC that packages chain changes and accepted transaction context for indexers, wallets and exchanges.
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KaspaBuy  January 1, 2026

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Kaspa 2025 Price and Fundamentals Review: Crescendo, Builders, and Payments

KAS ended 2025 below its first daily close, while Crescendo and ecosystem work advanced. This review separates market, protocol, and adoption evidence.
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KaspaBuy  January 1, 2026

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Kaspa KIP-17 Implementation: Native Covenant Rules Enter the Codebase

Rusty Kaspa PR #797 added covenant-oriented opcodes, activation plumbing, examples, and test vectors to the covpp integration branch.
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KaspaBuy  January 6, 2026

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Kaspa Testnet 12 Covenants: What KIP-17 Testing Added

TN12 provided a separate Kaspa network for covenant code, node diversity, mining, and transaction-load experiments using valueless test funds.
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KaspaBuy  February 1, 2026

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Kaspa Community Merch as Education: Turning Protocol Ideas Into Conversation

Kaspa community merchandise can start accurate conversations about BlockDAG technology, payments, mining, and decentralized participation.
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