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. Status 2026-10-28: the PDF is Revision 7 of October 2026, the mainnet edition, revised on the v2.5.3 release the network runs: mainnet live since 13 October 2026, the one-time pSOQ to SOQ migration committed in block 1, the first weeks of production figures, PAT as shipped (a per-block coinbase attestation), and the other post-quantum chains in Related Work. 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, and 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.
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 one-time pSOQ to SOQ migration committed in block 1 of mainnet on 13 October 2026. 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 one-time migration to SOQ closed on 5 October 2026 and was committed in block 1 of mainnet; pSOQ is not a wrapped or redeemable form of SOQ.
Regulatory · PDFMiCA Crypto-Asset WhitepaperPDF
EU Regulation 2023/1114 (Annex I) crypto-asset whitepaper, Parts A–J, prepared for National Competent Authority submission. Status 2026-10-28: this is Draft Revision 4 of 11 September 2026 and has not been filed. It was written before mainnet: it gives the launch as targeted for the second half of 2026 and describes the supply as entirely mined, which predates the one-time pSOQ migration committed in block 1 on 13 October 2026. See the 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