Protocol Roadmap
Gate-based milestones, not calendar promises. STSH will launch only after its cryptographic, operational and solvency safeguards pass their final gates. The public token and shielded protocol launch together, followed by progressive community governance and private BTC pool expansion.
Completed foundation
Circuit finalised and frozen
The initial Groth16/BN254 circuit has been completed, reviewed and frozen.
Initial trusted-setup ceremony
The initial ceremony is complete and transparently disclosed. Its verification key has been generated, pinned and integrated into the reviewed verifier build.
Adversarial review campaign
Multiple independent review passes have tested the circuit, verifier, pool state machine, supply boundaries and double-spend protections. No known critical or high-severity findings remain open from the completed rounds.
Current launch gates
Final hardening and launch audits
Final production hardening, integrated testing and launch-level audits are underway. Launch proceeds only after all required security, recovery, solvency and reproducible-build gates are satisfied.
Multi-party ceremony
Before launch, approximately three to six independent participants will complete a second ceremony. The resulting circuit and verification-key records will be published for independent verification.
Launch
Public and shielded protocol launch
The transparent public token, optional zero-knowledge shielded pool, wallet recovery, solvency monitoring, staking and initial governance systems launch together.
Community control
Progressive governance handoff
Over the initial three-to-six-month post-launch period, upgrade, treasury and protocol authority will progressively move into community governance.
DAO-controlled protocol
Once the handoff is complete, the DAO governs canister upgrades, verification keys, treasury policy, protocol parameters and approval of future pools.
Expansion
Auditable private BTC pools
Under DAO governance, STSH plans to develop isolated Bitcoin-backed privacy pools for treasury companies and professional asset holders.
Long-term objective
Private Chain-Key Bitcoin settlement with publicly verifiable backing.