v1.7 Protocol Specification
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Protocol Specification
Complete technical reference for Soqucoin's consensus parameters, staged activation schedule, and cryptographic components.
📊 Key Parameters
Block Time
1 min
DigiShield v3
Initial Reward
500K
SOQ per block
Halving
100K
blocks (~69 days)
Terminal
10K
perpetual emission
Premine
0
100% mined
Chain ID
0x5351
AuxPoW "SQ"
🚀 Staged Activation Schedule
Novel cryptographic features activate at predetermined block heights to minimize launch risk.
Genesis
Height 0 • Q1 2026
Dilithium ML-DSA-44 signatures, PAT aggregation, AuxPoW merged
mining
Stage 1: Bulletproofs++
Height 50,000 • +~35 days
Range proof infrastructure (secp256k1-zkp) — privacy primitive
for future CT
Stage 2: LatticeFold+
Height 100,000 • +~69 days
Batch verification (~150x speedup) — 512 signatures in 0.68ms
Stage 3: Lattice-BP Hybrid
Future Softfork • v0.22
Full confidential transactions with post-quantum privacy
Stage 4: Solana Bridge
Future • Q4 2026
Cross-chain SOQ ↔ pSOQ integration
💎 Tokenomics
| Block Range | Reward per Block | Cumulative Supply |
|---|---|---|
0 - 100,000 |
500,000 SOQ | 50 billion SOQ |
100,001 - 200,000 |
250,000 SOQ | 75 billion SOQ |
200,001 - 300,000 |
125,000 SOQ | 87.5 billion SOQ |
300,001 - 400,000 |
62,500 SOQ | 93.75 billion SOQ |
400,001 - 500,000 |
31,250 SOQ | 96.875 billion SOQ |
500,001 - 600,000 |
15,625 SOQ | 98.4375 billion SOQ |
600,001+ |
10,000 SOQ (perpetual) | ~5.26B SOQ/year |
🔐 Cryptographic Components
Dilithium (ML-DSA-44) NIST FIPS 204
Standard
NIST Level 2
Signature Size
2,420 bytes
Public Key
1,312 bytes
Verification
~0.2ms
Bulletproofs++ Elements/Blockstream
Library
secp256k1-zkp
Proof Size
~675 bytes
Verification
~0.89ms
Security
128-bit classical
⚠️ v1.0 Privacy Status:
Amounts remain plaintext. Full CT in Stage
3.
LatticeFold+ ePrint 2025/247
Batch Size
512 signatures
Proof Size
~1.38 KB
Verification
~0.68ms
Speedup
~150x
PAT Aggregation
Proof Structure
100 bytes
Batch (1024 sigs)
~0.67ms
Space Savings
25,600×
Security
SHA-256 binding
⚙️ Consensus Limits
| Parameter | Limit | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block Weight | 4,000,000 |
Consensus | Inherited |
| Block Sigops | 80,000 |
Consensus | Inherited |
| Block Verify Cost | 80,000 |
Consensus | Novel |
| LatticeFold per Block | 10 |
Consensus | Novel |
| Proof Bytes per Block | 256 KB |
Consensus | Novel |
| Min Relay Fee | 0.001 SOQ/kB |
Policy | Modified |
| Dust Limit | 0.01 SOQ |
Policy | Modified |
| Coinbase Maturity | 240 blocks |
Consensus | Inherited |
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Last updated: January 2026 • Specification Tag: Mainnet Candidate v1.0