Hello Kaspians! Welcome to the fifth release of Kaspa Weekly! Today we'll tell you when the Crescendo upgrade is going to be activated on mainnet and share some learning resources if you're looking to get started on your technical Kaspa journey. We'll introduce you to Juliano Anago, a Muay Thaï fighter brought to Kaspa via Julien (Kaspa France Ambassador), and sponsored by KEF, and introduce you to two new projects in the ecosystem. Finally, we'll tell you about the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong, which will be full of various keynotes by Kaspa Developers. Below is a short summary of what we'll be covering.

Crescendo Upgrade Activation 👨‍💻

On March 27th, Michael Sutton announced on X that Rusty Kaspa version 1.0.0 will be released on March 31st, and that it has the Crescendo activation hardcoded at DAA score of 110165000, which translates to approximately May 5th at 3PM UTC. This upgrade is amongst one of the most anticipated upgrades by the Kaspa Community, because it changes the block production rate from 1 block per second to 10 blocks per second, allowing for significantly higher throughput and confirmation times.

Feeling impatient? You can view the live countdown at kas.live, as well as on the official Kaspa website.

Kaspa - Where do I begin? ℹ️

coderofstuff has curated a list of resources that will help you learn the technical aspects of Kaspa. From understanding how GhostDAG works to more advanced topics like the Prunality of the GhostDAG protocol. It's a great way to learn more about the revolutionary tech, which Kaspa houses and contribute to it in the future.

Meet Juliano Anago 🥊 

Meet Juliano Anago, a professional Muay Thaï Fighter and the Founder and Head Coach of the Jungle Gym Academy. He was introduced to Kaspa by Julien, one of Kaspa Ambassadors. The Kaspa Ecosystem Foundation decided to sponsor him, as he prepares for the biggest challenge of his career: the European Championship in Limoges on April 26th, 2025. Good luck Juliano, we wish you the win 😉.

KasNodes - Track Kaspa Nodes 🔗

Luke Dunshea (also known as Elldee), one of Kaspa's Ambassadors recently announced KasNodes. It's a hub for everything related to Kaspa Nodes. The dashboard will provide various information including

If you'd like to learn more, check out Luke's thread on X. You can check the product out at kasnodes.com. Great job Luke!

KasWay - an easy way to accept Kaspa payments 🏦

Allow us to introduce you to KasWay, a Kaspa-powered PoS (Point of Sale) dApp. It's an easy and clean way to accept payments as a Kaspa merchant, with future plans for stablecoin and smart contract support (upon Sparkle release). You can check it out and learn more about it on their website.

Kaspa at Web3 Festival 🌍

In one of our previous releases, we've talked about Kaspa at Crypto Expo Europe in Romania. This time, Kaspa will appear at the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong. It's not just another event, this time core developers and community projects like Kasplex and Igra Labs will attend.

Get ready for keynotes hosted by Yonatan Sompolinsky, Michael Sutton, Monica Forman, Kasplex, Igra Labs and more! The event will happen on April 8th, and you can learn more about it on the thread the Kaspa Ecosystem Foundation posted on X.

And that's it for this week! Thanks for reading and see you next week! 😉

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