Kaspa Ecosystem
| Author | Luke Dunshea |
|---|---|
| Discussions-To | https://kas-smiths.org/t/kaspa-x402-pay-per-request-kas-payments-for-apis-and-ai-agents/15 |
| Status | Draft |
| Type | Informational |
| Created | 2026-07-27 |
| Requires | CAIP-2, CAIP-10 |
Namespace for Kaspa chains
Introduction
Blockchains in the kaspa namespace are identified by the network names defined by the Rusty Kaspa NetworkId implementation.
Kaspa is a proof-of-work Layer 1 with a native UTXO transaction model that uses GHOSTDAG consensus to order parallel blocks in a blockDAG.
It has its own consensus protocol, RPC interfaces, transaction serialization, and address encoding.
Although Kaspa uses UTXOs, it does not implement Bitcoin or the BIP-122 chain-identification method.
The kaspa namespace therefore identifies Kaspa networks directly rather than placing them in the BIP-122 Namespace.
Syntax
The namespace kaspa refers to the Kaspa open-source blockchain platform.
The initial profiles cover Kaspa mainnet and the stable public testnet-10 network.
Governance
Kaspa is a decentralized proof-of-work network with no single governing organization or authority. Protocol changes are developed openly and take effect through adoption by independent network participants, including node operators and miners. The resources referenced in this profile document the network and its implementation; they are not governing authorities.
This namespace profile documents identifiers already used across the Kaspa ecosystem for interoperability. The change controllers for this namespace profile and its CAIP profiles are Luke Dunshea (@elldeeone) and representatives of the kaspanet GitHub organization. Changes to this profile are reviewed through the CASA namespace process and should be informed by public Kaspa community discussion and implementation evidence.
References
- Kaspa - Kaspa ecosystem website
- Kaspa Docs - Kaspa builder documentation
- Rusty Kaspa - Kaspa full-node implementation and related SDK libraries
- Kaspa Community Discussion - Community review of the identifier convention
- BIP-122 - Bitcoin-family URI and chain-identification method
- BIP-122 Namespace - CASA namespace profile for BIP-122 chains
Copyright
Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.
Citation
Please cite this document as:
Luke Dunshea, "namespaces/kaspa: Kaspa Ecosystem [DRAFT]," Chain Agnostic Namespaces, kaspa, July 2026 / . [Online serial]. Available: https://github.com/ChainAgnostic/namespaces/kaspa.md