Kaspa Explained STPLog in with Kasware
For people who already mine to Kasware. Switch that extension to Testnet 10 first. Then approve Log in. Your balance shows here.
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Your tKAS, then the rules.
This site does not hand out coins. Mine tKAS, or bring a Testnet-10 address you already have. Kasware must already be on Testnet 10 inside Kasware. The models below explain Kaspa. They do not spend your coins unless you press Send.
Testnet-10 wallet
In Kasware: Settings → Network → Testnet 10. This page will not switch it for you. Approve Log in when Kasware asks. Never paste a seed.
- tKAS
Point your TN10 miner at this address. Balance updates when the node sees the reward.
Read only. To send, Log in with the Kasware that holds this address, or make a local wallet and mine to that.
No Kasware
Make a local Testnet-10 wallet in one click. Copy the address and point your miner at it. Same playground, no extension.
Your miner address
Pinned Testnet-10 address. One click shows its tKAS. Sending still needs Kasware that holds these keys, or a local wallet you made here.
kaspatest:qzpvdakagvwfm95g8pv9ndpupjtndgjfhmve08cg3tv5wgfytjzf7cudwwzv0
Local wallet key hex
Only for a wallet made in this tab. Not a seed phrase. Anyone with this hex can spend those test coins.
Log in, make a test wallet, or paste a kaspatest: address. No faucet nag. Your miner is the faucet.
What you are looking at
The live network is a blockDAG: honest miners can find blocks at the same time, and Kaspa keeps them. Bitcoin throws the extra honest work away. Ethereum left proof of work. These five models are that story, slowed down. They do not move your tKAS unless you use Send above.
News is late
Two miners, a delay, parallel blocks. This is why Kaspa is not a chain.
Why blocks arrive in parallelInteractive model
Two miners. Two independent blocks.
Miner 2 found C before hearing about B. Both blocks build on A.
Arrows reference earlier blocks.Inspect a block
Select A, B, C, or D in the scene to see its references.
Miner 1
Blocks received or found
AB
Found B at 100 ms.
Miner 2
Blocks received or found
AC
Found C without knowing B.
An illustrative two-miner model. Discoveries stay fixed at 100 and 400 ms. The same delay applies both ways. Packet positions show elapsed delivery, not physical distance.
Model assumptions and event times
Delivery occurs before discovery at an exact tie. Real mining is random. D is a possible later block, not a timed discovery. This example calculates neither GHOSTDAG nor confirmation confidence.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 0 ms | Both miners know A. |
| 100 ms | Miner 1 finds B, referencing A. |
| 400 ms | Miner 2 finds C, referencing A. |
| 600 ms | Miner 2 receives B. |
| 900 ms | Miner 1 receives C. |
Same coins twice
One output, two attempts. Speed does not cancel the ledger check.
One output, two spending attemptsConstructed example
Available output10 KASBoth attempts refer to this same output.
Pay Alice10 KASAccepted
Pay Bob10 KASAlready spent
The ordering is chosen here to expose the consequence. It is not a GHOSTDAG calculation. Fees are omitted from this conservation example.
Payment, change, fee
One input becomes payment, change, and a fee. Same as Bitcoin’s coin model.
Where the amount goesConstructed example
Input12.5 KAS
=Payment7 KAS
Change5.499 KAS
Fee0.001 KAS
Ribbon widths compare payment and change. The fee line is enlarged to remain visible.
Amounts are calculated in whole sompi: 100,000,000 sompi = 1 KAS. This is not a signed transaction or a fee recommendation. Payment and change labels are authored for this example.
Many blocks, uneven pay
The network can hum while your miner finds almost nothing. Variance is not a bug in the DAG.
One minute of network-wide discoveriesSeeded illustration
Other minersYour miner
Expected discoveries6
In this sample2
600 prescribed opportunities at 10 per second. Each is an independent draw using your work share; discovery times, stale work, fees, and pool payouts are not modeled. This does not predict income.
Inspect the calculation
Expected discoveries = 600 × work share. Each sample uses a reproducible pseudorandom seed, beginning at 42. Changing the share keeps the same random draws; “Another sample” changes the seed.
Real block discovery times are random. This display fixes the number of opportunities to isolate differences in mining share.
Spending rules
A withdrawal with three conditions. Toccata on L1, not a smart-contract chain.
A withdrawal with three conditionsConstructed example
Locked output10,000 KAS
The remainder keeps the spending rule.
×Wait at least 60 example steps
✓Withdraw no more than 2,000 KAS
✓Use the authorized destination
No wallet or real funds. Each attempt starts from the same 10,000 KAS. “Steps” are illustrative; this is not a deployable contract or a specified locktime encoding.