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

🏆 100% Fair Launch

No premine. No ICO. No founder allocation. No treasury. All SOQ is distributed through proof-of-work mining.

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