Whitepapers & technical research.
The protocol on paper: post-quantum consensus, payment channels, the cross-chain settlement software, and the regulatory filing. Every paper is built on post-quantum signatures: lattice-based ML-DSA-44 (NIST FIPS 204) on-chain, hash-based XMSS-Lite in the cross-chain custody design.
Payment channels · v1.1 draftL2SOQ: A Post-Quantum Payment Channel NetworkRead online
eLTOO channels with ML-DSA-44 co-signatures over Soqucoin L1. A measured 1,710 end-to-end payments/sec per node, quantum-safe at every layer. Benchmark methodology, scaling, and security model.
Core protocol · PDFSoqucoin: Production Post-Quantum Proof-of-WorkPDF
The core technical specification: Dilithium ML-DSA-44 signatures, the Practical Attestation Technique (PAT), and the Scrypt proof-of-work consensus. The paper also covers LatticeFold+ batch verification (OP_CHECKFOLDPROOF, witness v3), which is deprecated. The opcode remains in the tree behind a deployment that does not activate on any network. It was reviewed in the April 2026 external extension audit. Its successor for confidential assets and succinct proofs is SoquObscura, a lattice-based confidential-asset system in research, whose deployment is not scheduled on any network and which is subject to the second external audit phase before any activation. The PDF still describes the older design; treat this note as current. Status 2026-09-11: Revision 5 (July 2026) sections 11.3 to 11.5 describe a project-operated bridge. That is no longer the plan. See the SOQ-TEC and pSOQ statements at soqu.org.
Cross-chain settlement · PDFpSOQ Gateway AddendumPDF
SOQ-TEC post-quantum custody software, the XMSS-Lite Revolving Vault and Quantum Express settlement. The addendum predates the current legal review of the path from pSOQ to SOQ. Status 2026-09-11: Revision 3 (July 2026) describes a project-operated exchange between pSOQ and SOQ. That is no longer the plan. pSOQ is a token on Solana. The path from pSOQ to SOQ is in legal review and details will be published when it is complete.
Regulatory · PDFMiCA Crypto-Asset WhitepaperPDF
EU Regulation 2023/1114 (Annex I) crypto-asset whitepaper, Parts A–J, prepared for National Competent Authority submission. Status 2026-09-11: this is Draft Revision 3, dated 2026-07-08, and has not been filed. Its cross-chain risk bullets describe a project-operated bridge; that is no longer the plan. See the SOQ-TEC and pSOQ statements at soqu.org.
- Signature algorithm
- ML-DSA-44 NIST FIPS 204 · from genesis
- Signature size
- 2,420 bytes
- Classical crypto in consensus
- None ECDSA/secp256k1 removed
- Consensus
- Scrypt PoW + AuxPoW
- Block time
- ~60 s
- L1 security audit
- Halborn 30/30 remediated