Toccata Hard Fork — Smart Contracts Go Live
Kaspa (KAS) · Releases & Updates · June 30, 2026
Kaspa's Toccata hard fork activated on June 30, 2026, bringing smart contracts via native covenants, native asset support and ZK verification to L1, turning the PoW payments chain programmable.
Kaspa activated its Toccata hard fork on June 30, 2026, its biggest upgrade to date.
- Adds smart contracts via native covenants, native asset support, and zero-knowledge proof verification opcodes directly at Layer 1 - Native covenant programming via SilverScript shifts Kaspa from a payments-only chain to a programmable L1 - Code was frozen in May; node release v2.0.0 shipped on June 5 - Activated on mainnet on June 30, 2026 at DAA score 474,165,565