Soqucoin™ Core

A post-quantum Layer 1 with native ML-DSA-44 signatures. Running on stagenet, mainnet genesis in progress.

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Soqucoin is a Scrypt-based proof-of-work cryptocurrency that removes ECDSA from the transaction authorization path and uses NIST-standardized ML-DSA-44 (Dilithium) signatures. It uses PAT (Practical Attestation Technique) for batch signature attestation. SoquObscura, the post-quantum confidential transaction system built on the LNP22/LaZer proof system with LaBRADOR block-level aggregation, is designed and partly in-tree but is not activated on any network. See the status note in the Architecture section before citing any of its figures.

Why does this matter? Quantum computers will eventually break ECDSA. Soqucoin makes all user transaction signatures quantum-resistant without requiring a soft-fork migration from an ECDSA-based design.

STATUS: NOT ACTIVE ON ANY NETWORK. DEPLOYMENT_SOQUOBSCURA is NOT_SCHEDULED on mainnet, testnet, regtest and stagenet, and its BIP9 entry is configured to never activate. The table below describes the design, not behaviour you can observe on a running node. The reference sizes and timings are measured against the research implementation, not against consensus code. Confidential outputs do not currently hide amounts.

Note: SoquObscura supersedes the earlier Lattice-BP++ system (SOQ-P002). It uses ABDLOP commitments with LNP22/LaZer proofs and LaBRADOR block-level aggregation. The exactness architecture confines approximate proof slack (ψ) to non-consensus-critical margins via compile-time static asserts. Patent pending (SOQ-P010).

┌─────────────────────────────────┬────────────────┬─────────────┐
│ Operation                       │ Time           │ Size        │
├─────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ Dilithium Sign (M4)             │ 0.177 ms       │ 2,420 bytes │
│ Dilithium Verify (M4)           │ 0.041 ms       │ —           │
│ PAT root over 1000 sigs (M4)    │ 0.67 ms        │ 72 bytes    │
│ SoquObscura Range Prove (Xeon)  │ 61.8 ms        │ 17,991 B    │
│ SoquObscura Range Verify (Xeon) │ 26.8 ms        │ —           │
│ SoquObscura Balance Verify      │ 34.9 ms        │ 20,233 B    │
│ SoquObscura VE Verify           │ 56.9 ms        │ 22,426 B    │
│ Full Ref Tx Verify (Xeon 8358)  │ 316 ms         │ ~146 KB     │
└─────────────────────────────────┴────────────────┴─────────────┘

Validated on Antminer L7 (9.5 GH/s):

• Standard Stratum V1 protocol
• Zero firmware modifications
• Zero rejected shares across the validation run
• 640+ blocks continuous operation, zero crashes

Status: ✅ Fully Implemented (v1.0) — November 2025

Soqucoin implements PAT to commit a batch of Dilithium signatures to a Merkle root. This gives a constant-size on-chain commitment for batch validation; the signatures themselves remain in witness data.

• ✅ Merkle Root Binding: Prevents proof forgery and signature omission
• ✅ Hash Aggregation (SHA3-256): Prevents rogue-key substitution attacks
• ✅ Message Commitment: Prevents message tampering or reordering
• ✅ Non-Malleability: Canonical ordering ensures unique proofs

Stack: <sigs...> <pks...> <msgs...> <count> 
       <proof> <agg_pk> <msg_root> OP_CHECKPATAGG
Use Case: Transaction validation, block verification
Trust Model: Full cryptographic verification with witness data

• Wire Format: doc/pat-specification.md
• API Reference: src/crypto/pat/logarithmic.h
• Test Vectors: test/pat_tests.cpp

• C++14 compiler (GCC 7+ or Clang 8+)
• Boost 1.60.0+
• OpenSSL 1.1+
• libevent 2.1+

git clone https://github.com/soqucoin/soqucoin.git
cd soqucoin
./autogen.sh
./configure
make -j$(nproc)
make install  # optional

# Stagenet (current active network)
./src/soqucoind -stagenet -daemon -server -rpcuser=soqucoin -rpcpassword=YOUR_PASSWORD

# Mainnet (after genesis)
./src/soqucoind -daemon -server -rpcuser=soqucoin -rpcpassword=YOUR_PASSWORD

# Regtest (local development)
./src/soqucoind -regtest -daemon

The SOQ Solo Miner is a lightweight stratum proxy included in contrib/solo-miner/. Mine blocks directly to your wallet, zero pool fees.

# 1. Configure with your node RPC and wallet address
cd contrib/solo-miner
cp config.example.json config.json && nano config.json

# 2. Run it
./soq-solo-miner config.json

# 3. Point your ASIC/GPU at stratum+tcp://localhost:3333

📖 Full Solo Mining Guide

Note: Lattice-BP++ (SOQ-P002) is superseded by SoquObscura (SOQ-P010). LatticeFold+ batch verification (OP_CHECKFOLDPROOF, witness v3) 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.

⛔ Status note, so this table is not read as a claim of what exists. Rows marked ◻ have no code in this tree. Earlier revisions of this table cited concrete paths (src/crypto/soquobscura/, src/crypto/labrador/) that have never existed; they are now marked as planned. Confidential outputs are not active on any network — DEPLOYMENT_SOQUOBSCURA is NOT_SCHEDULED on mainnet, testnet, regtest and stagenet — because the currently-shipped range verifier accepts an all-zero witness. See src/test/soquobscura_degenerate_witness_tests.cpp, whose three failing tests are committed red on purpose as the regression gate (zero witness, wire-reachable zero witness, and scaled witness; the scaled case staying red confirms the break is homogeneity-wide, so no "reject all zeros" patch can legitimately turn this battery green). Attribution for the LNP22/LaZer and LaBRADOR upstreams this work builds on is in ATTRIBUTION.md.

Soqucoin Core is in pre-genesis final validation. The consensus stack has completed external security audit and is undergoing final pre-mainnet testing. The audit reports are published by Halborn: blockchain node audit, architecture assessment, and a case study.

How to contribute now:

1. Report bugs — Open a GitHub Issue
2. Discuss features — Join GitHub Discussions
3. Share test data — Regtest blocks, fuzz corpora, ASIC screenshots

Pull requests will be enabled immediately after genesis. Contributors who help stress-test the chain will be credited in the launch paper.

This project follows Bitcoin Core contribution guidelines:

• C++14 standard (C++17 is optional, via --enable-cxx17)
• 4-space indentation
• No trailing whitespace
• Signed commits required

Fair Launch — No premine, no ICO, no founder allocation, no treasury. 100% proof-of-work distribution.

For security vulnerabilities, please see SECURITY.md.

Do not open public issues for security-related bugs.

Soqucoin Core is released under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING for details.

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