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Kaspa glossary

The ideas behind Kaspa, one short page each.

BlockDAGA ledger where blocks can have several parents, so blocks mined at the same time all stay in.BPS (blocks per second)How many blocks the network produces each second. Kaspa runs at 10.CrescendoThe May 2025 hard fork that took Kaspa from 1 to 10 blocks per second.DAA scoreA counter that rises with every block, used as Kaspa's network clock.DAGKnightKaspa's planned parameterless consensus protocol.GHOSTDAGThe consensus protocol Kaspa uses today to order blocks in its blockDAG.kHeavyHashKaspa's proof-of-work algorithm, mined today on dedicated ASICs.KRC-20A token standard on Kaspa, launched in 2024 by Kasplex.