Kaspa Improvement Proposals (KIPs)

KIPs GitHub Repository can be found here.

KIP-9: Extended mass formula for mitigating state bloat

• KIP-0009 GitHub link
• Status: Active
• Additional resources:
  • Storage Mass (KIP-0009) - Learn Kaspa on Kaspa.Com

KIP-10:

• KIP-0010 GitHub link
• Status: Active
• Additional resources:
  • KIP-10 - Learn Kaspa on Kaspa.Com

KIP-15: Canonical Transaction Ordering and SelectedParent Accepted Transactions Commitment

• KIP-0015 GitHub link
• Status: Active
• Additional resources:
  • Shai Deshe’s tweet How to Decentralize L2s on Kaspa in the Post-Crescendo Pre-ZK Era (KIP-15 for dummies)

KIP-16: New Transaction Opcodes for Verifiable Computation

• KIP-0016 GitHub link
• Status: Active (activated in the Toccata hard fork, June 2026)
• The ZK precompile: OpZkPrecompile verifies Groth16 and RISC0-Succinct proofs in script.

KIP-17: Covenants and Improved Scripting Capabilities

• KIP-0017 GitHub link
• Status: Active (activated in the Toccata hard fork, June 2026)
• Transaction introspection opcodes and expanded script capabilities - the backbone of Covenants++.

KIP-20: Covenant IDs

• KIP-0020 GitHub link
• Status: Active (activated in the Toccata hard fork, June 2026)
• Additional resources:
  • KIP-20 on Kaspa.com

KIP-21 : Partitioned Sequencing Commitment with O(activity) Proving

• KIP-0021 GitHub link
• Status: Active (activated in the Toccata hard fork, June 2026)
• Additional resources:
  • KIP-21 on Kaspa.com