Development Roadmap

From Genesis
to Heritage.

SOST launches from code, not from capital. The genesis block is self-sufficient — it requires only a miner and a timestamp. Exchange listings, community growth, and gold accumulation follow naturally from the protocol's own mechanics.

GENESIS | 2026-03-13 00:00:00 UTC
SECTION 01

Protocol Timeline

MARCH 13, 2026
Genesis Block
MARCH 15, 2026
Public Launch
  • BTCTalk announcement thread published
  • CEX listing requests submitted
  • C++ miner released publicly
  • GitHub repository public
  • Block explorer live
JUNE 2026
Gold Purchases Begin
  • First XAUT/PAXG acquired from Gold Vault accumulation
  • Reserve Vault deployed on Ethereum mainnet
  • Public dashboard for reserve tracking published
  • Batch execution reports with on-chain attestations
JANUARY 2027
PoPC Activation (Epoch 2)
  • PoPC Model A (self-custody bonds) and Model B (timelocked escrow) launch
  • First custody contracts active
  • Escrow contract published, verified, and independently audited
  • PoPC Pool has accumulated ~103,160 SOST
JUNE 2027
Physical Gold Extension
  • Mobile app for PoPC audit challenges
  • Verifier network expansion
  • Physical gold custody exploration
2028
ZK Research & Development
  • Zero-knowledge proof R&D begins
  • Physical proof system research
  • Privacy-preserving audit system design
2029 – 2030
ZK Physical Custody Proofs
  • Full privacy-preserving audit system
  • ZK proofs for physical custody verification
2030+
Multi-Metal Platform (Vision)
  • SOST blockchain as infrastructure for tokenizing multiple precious metals
  • Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium
  • Every tokenized asset backed 1:1 by physical reserves
  • Independent proof of reserves in auditable vaults
INDEFINITE
Heritage Reserve
  • Gold sealed by default — Heritage mode perpetual
  • Emergency dual-gate available if needed (≥75% miner signaling + Foundation Execution Order)
  • Chain sustained by transaction fees
  • Protocol runs autonomously
SECTION 02

Reserve Evolution

The metals reserve transitions through three phases — from tokenized gold on Ethereum to sovereign physical custody.

PHASE 1 · YEARS 0-3

Tokenized Reserve

Reserve Vault holds XAUT/PAXG tokens on Ethereum mainnet. No infrastructure needed. Liquid, auditable, immediate. Risks: issuer dependency (Tether, Paxos).

PHASE 2 · YEARS 3-5

Physical Transition

When reserve exceeds 500 oz equivalent: Foundation establishes legal entity, contracts with LBMA-approved vault, redeems XAUT/PAXG to physical delivery. Independent quarterly audits.

PHASE 3 · YEARS 5+

Sovereign Reserve

Physical gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium. Zero intermediaries. Foundation-controlled vault. Public serial numbers and audit reports. 100% independent of token issuers.

Heritage rules apply equally to physical metals as to tokenized metals. The reserve is sealed by default regardless of form factor. Expanding to other metals is a roadmap item, not a promise — each asset must satisfy verifiable custody, sufficient liquidity, and acceptable issuer risk.
Progressive decentralization: The transition from Phase 1 (manual operations) through Phase 2 and into Phase 3 (sovereign reserve) is a constitutional commitment, not a discretionary goal. Every manual process in Phase 1 is transitional by design, with a documented automation path in the protocol roadmap.
SECTION 03

Native Financial Primitives

SOST does not support smart contracts — no virtual machine, no user-deployed bytecode, no Turing-complete execution. Instead, purpose-built transaction types provide financial primitives directly in the consensus layer. Deterministic, auditable, and not exploitable through contract bugs — they are protocol rules, not programs.

PHASE 1 · Q3-Q4 2026

Bond Lock + Escrow

Activate BOND_LOCK (0x10) and ESCROW_LOCK (0x11) transaction types via block height. Native PoPC bonds and escrow on the SOST chain without Ethereum dependency. ~12 weeks development.

PHASE 2 · Q2-Q3 2027

Native Metal Tokens

TOKEN_REGISTER, TOKEN_ISSUE, TOKEN_TRANSFER. Foundation-only issuance. Native XAUT-SOST, PAXG-SOST, SLVR-SOST tokens backed by verified metal holdings. Each issuance includes Capsule attestation. ~6 months development.

PHASE 3 · Q4 2027

Fully Native PoPC

All PoPC operations migrate from Ethereum to SOST chain. Bond locks, escrow, verification, and reward distribution fully on-chain. Zero Ethereum dependency. Target: 18 months to full sovereignty.

Supply immutability: The supply of SOST is immutable by construction. No minting, burning, or destruction mechanism exists in the protocol. All slashing operations redistribute funds — they never destroy them. OUT_BURN (0x20) is reserved in code but has no activation timeline.
Activation policy: All activation heights will be announced at least 30 days in advance. Each phase requires stability of the previous phase on mainnet for a minimum of 3 months before activation.
SECTION 04

Epoch Structure

Emission Epochs
131,553 BLOCKS EACH
EpochApprox. YearsBlock RewardKey Events
00 – 2.57.851 SOSTGenesis, public launch, gold purchases begin, PoPC activation
12.5 – 5~6.12 SOSTPhysical gold transition, ZK R&D, mobile audit app
25 – 7.5~4.77 SOSTZK custody proofs, privacy-preserving audits
37.5 – 10~3.72 SOSTMulti-metal platform vision
4-1110 – 30Smooth decay~95% of total supply mined by epoch 12
12+30+MinimalHeritage reserve. Chain runs on fees.
Scratchpad Evolution
PER EPOCH

Each epoch produces a new 4 GB mining scratchpad. For epoch > 0, the scratchpad key depends on the block that ended the previous epoch — it cannot be pre-computed.

PropertyValue
Epoch 0 keySHA256(MAGIC || "EPOCH" || epoch_u32)
Epoch N key (N > 0)SHA256(MAGIC || "EPOCH" || epoch_u32 || anchor_block_id)
Scratchpad size4,096 MB (4 GB)
Pre-computationImpossible for epoch > 0