A complete blockchain implementation featuring: - synord: Full node with GHOSTDAG consensus - explorer-web: Modern React blockchain explorer with 3D DAG visualization - CLI wallet and tools - Smart contract SDK and example contracts (DEX, NFT, token) - WASM crypto library for browser/mobile
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Synor Development Roadmap
Quantum-secure decentralized cloud computing blockchain platform
Current Status Overview
| Component | Status | Completeness |
|---|---|---|
| synor-types | Working | 100% |
| synor-crypto | Working | 100% |
| synor-dag | Working | 100% |
| synor-consensus | Working | 100% |
| synor-mining | Working | 100% |
| synor-storage | Working | 100% |
| synor-vm | Working | 100% |
| synor-governance | Working | 100% |
| synor-network | Working | 100% |
| synor-rpc | Working | 98% |
| synor-cli | Working | 98% |
| synor-compiler | Working | 100% |
| synord (node) | Working | 97% |
| web-wallet | Foundation | 70% |
✅ All core components functional! Node initializes and runs successfully.
Recent Updates (January 2026)
synord improvements:
- Block import/export commands (
synord import,synord export) - RPC hardcoded values replaced with real data (sync status, difficulty, hashrate)
- Mempool cleanup task with expired transaction removal
synor-cli improvements:
- Transaction building fully implemented with hybrid signatures
- Block lookup by blue score (DAG equivalent of height)
- Proper ScriptPubKey creation for all address types
synor-rpc improvements:
- Added
synor_getBlocksByBlueScoremethod for DAG block queries
Web wallet (apps/web/) - NEW:
- Complete React + TypeScript foundation
- Wallet creation with 24-word BIP39 mnemonic
- Wallet recovery from mnemonic phrase
- Password-encrypted seed storage (AES-256-GCM)
- Send/receive transactions UI
- Transaction history viewer
- Settings with network selection
- Dashboard with balance display
Previous Updates (January 2025)
- All services are wired and functional
- Genesis block creation works (
synord init) - Node starts successfully (
synord run) - CLI has 23 commands implemented
- Wallet supports hybrid Ed25519 + Dilithium3 keys
- RPC server with HTTP/WebSocket endpoints working
Phase 1: Node Integration (Priority: Critical) ✅ COMPLETE
1.1 Complete synord Service Wiring
All services are now wired and functional.
Tasks:
-
Storage Service Integration
- Initialize RocksDB with column families
- Wire BlockStore, HeaderStore, UtxoStore from synor-storage
- Implement actual get/put operations
- File:
apps/synord/src/services/storage.rs
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Consensus Service Integration
- Wire TransactionValidator from synor-consensus
- Wire BlockValidator from synor-consensus
- Implement block processing pipeline
- Connect UTXO updates on block acceptance
- File:
apps/synord/src/services/consensus.rs
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Network Service Integration
- Initialize libp2p swarm from synor-network
- Start P2P listener on configured port
- Connect to bootstrap/seed nodes
- Wire GossipSub message handling
- File:
apps/synord/src/services/network.rs
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Sync Service Implementation
- Implement header-first sync strategy
- Download headers from peers
- Validate header chain
- Download blocks in parallel
- File:
apps/synord/src/services/sync.rs
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RPC Service Activation
- Start jsonrpsee HTTP server
- Start jsonrpsee WebSocket server
- Wire handlers to actual service methods
- File:
apps/synord/src/services/rpc.rs
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Miner Service Integration
- Spawn mining threads with kHeavyHash
- Wire block template generation
- Handle found blocks submission
- File:
apps/synord/src/services/miner.rs
1.2 Genesis Block & Chain Initialization
- Create genesis block with initial allocations
- Implement
synord initcommand to set up chain - Configure network parameters per chain (mainnet/testnet/devnet)
- Store genesis hash in metadata
Phase 2: CLI Wallet Completion (Priority: High) ✅ COMPLETE
2.1 Wallet Cryptography
All wallet cryptography is implemented and working.
Tasks:
-
Mnemonic Integration
- Use synor-crypto Mnemonic for phrase generation (24 words)
- Implement BIP39 seed derivation
- File:
apps/cli/src/wallet.rs
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Keypair Generation
- Generate Ed25519 + Dilithium3 hybrid keypairs
- Derive addresses from public keys
- File:
apps/cli/src/wallet.rs
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Wallet Encryption
- Implement AES-256-GCM encryption for keys
- Use Argon2id for password-based key derivation
- File:
apps/cli/src/wallet.rs
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Transaction Signing
- Wire hybrid signature creation
- File:
apps/cli/src/wallet.rs
2.2 CLI Commands
All 23 commands are implemented:
synor wallet create- Generate new wallet with mnemonicsynor wallet recover- Recover from mnemonic phrasesynor balance- Query UTXO balancesynor send- Build and sign transactionssynor tx- Transaction infosynor block- Fetch block by hash/heightsynor contract deploy- Deploy WASM contractssynor contract call- Invoke contract methods- Plus 15 more commands (info, peers, tips, mempool, mining, etc.)
Phase 3: Network Bootstrap (Priority: High) ✅ COMPLETE
3.1 Testnet Deployment ✅ COMPLETE
- Configure testnet parameters
- Chain ID: 1 (testnet)
- Block time: 100ms
- K parameter: 18
- File:
crates/synor-network/src/config.rs(testnet_params module) - File:
apps/synord/src/config.rs(ConsensusConfig::for_network)
- Deploy seed nodes (3-5 geographically distributed)
- Infrastructure ready: DNS entries configured for seed1/seed2/seed3.synor.cc
- Peer ID placeholders in config - add peer IDs after nodes are running
- Add bootstrap peer addresses to config
- File:
crates/synor-network/src/config.rs(lines 220-236) - File:
apps/synord/src/config.rs(P2PConfig::for_network)
- File:
- Create testnet faucet
- File:
apps/faucet/src/main.rs(665 lines, full-featured) - Features: Rate limiting, cooldowns, HTML UI, API endpoints, stats
- File:
- Deploy block explorer backend
- File:
apps/explorer/src/main.rs(1134 lines, full-featured) - Features: Block/tx queries, address info, DAG visualization, network stats, search
- File:
3.2 Network Hardening
- Implement peer banning and reputation
- File:
crates/synor-network/src/reputation.rs
- File:
- Add rate limiting for requests
- File:
crates/synor-network/src/rate_limit.rs
- File:
- Implement eclipse attack mitigations
- Subnet diversity, anchor connections, peer rotation
- Add network partition detection
- File:
crates/synor-network/src/partition.rs- Detection module with 65 tests
- File:
Phase 4: Smart Contracts (Priority: Medium) ✅ COMPLETE
4.1 Contract Development Kit ✅ COMPLETE
- Create contract template/boilerplate
- File:
contracts/template/- Complete starter template with README - Script:
scripts/new-contract.sh- Generator script
- File:
- Document host function ABI
- File:
contracts/HOST_FUNCTIONS.md
- File:
- Build Rust SDK for contract development
- File:
crates/synor-sdk/- Full SDK with storage, events, crypto
- File:
- Create example contracts:
- Token (fungible):
contracts/token/ - NFT (non-fungible):
contracts/nft/ - DEX (decentralized exchange):
contracts/dex/ - Staking:
contracts/staking/
- Token (fungible):
4.2 Contract Tooling
- Contract compiler (Rust -> WASM optimizer)
- File:
crates/synor-compiler/- Full WASM optimizer with validation and metadata extraction
- File:
- Contract testing framework
- File:
crates/synor-contract-test/- Mock storage, test accounts, assertion macros
- File:
- Gas estimation tool
- File:
crates/synor-vm/src/gas_estimator.rs- Binary search estimation, cost constants
- File:
- Contract verification system
- Built into synor-compiler:
Validatorstruct with ABI and custom section validation
- Built into synor-compiler:
Phase 5: Governance Activation (Priority: Medium) ✅ COMPLETE
5.1 DAO Launch
- Deploy governance contract
- Implement proposal creation UI/CLI
- Implement voting mechanism
- Create treasury initialization
5.2 Governance Features
- Parameter change proposals
- Protocol upgrade mechanism
- Emergency pause capability
- Vesting schedule management
Implementation Notes (January 2025):
- Governance contract:
contracts/governance/src/lib.rs - DAO module:
crates/synor-governance/src/dao.rs - Proposal system:
crates/synor-governance/src/proposal.rs - Voting mechanism:
crates/synor-governance/src/voting.rs - Treasury management:
crates/synor-governance/src/treasury.rs - CLI commands:
apps/cli/src/commands/governance.rs
Phase 6: Performance & Testing (Priority: Medium) ✅ COMPLETE
6.1 Benchmarks ✅ COMPLETE
- Crypto benchmarks (Ed25519, Dilithium, hybrid signing)
- File:
crates/synor-crypto/benches/crypto_bench.rs - Run:
cargo bench -p synor-crypto - Results: Ed25519 32.8µs, Dilithium3 44.4µs, Hybrid 85.1µs verify
- File:
- GHOSTDAG benchmarks (ordering, blue score)
- File:
crates/synor-dag/benches/ghostdag_bench.rs - Results: 148K blocks/s linear insert, 101M ops/s blue score lookup
- File:
- Consensus benchmarks (validation)
- File:
crates/synor-consensus/benches/consensus_bench.rs - Results: 11.3M tx/s validation, 25.6M ops/s UTXO lookup
- File:
- Mining benchmarks (kHeavyHash)
- File:
crates/synor-mining/benches/mining_bench.rs - Run:
cargo bench -p synor-mining --bench mining_bench
- File:
- Storage benchmarks (read/write throughput)
- File:
crates/synor-storage/benches/storage_bench.rs - Run:
cargo bench -p synor-storage --bench storage_bench
- File:
6.2 Testing ✅ COMPLETE
- Integration tests for node lifecycle
- File:
apps/synord/tests/node_lifecycle.rs
- File:
- Multi-node network tests
- File:
apps/synord/tests/multi_node_network.rs(683 lines, 14 tests)
- File:
- Sync protocol tests
- File:
apps/synord/tests/sync_protocol.rs(532 lines, 14 tests)
- File:
- Fork resolution tests
- File:
apps/synord/tests/fork_resolution.rs(667 lines, 17 tests)
- File:
- Reorg tests
- File:
apps/synord/tests/reorg_tests.rs(DAG restructuring, VSP updates, partition recovery)
- File:
- Stress tests (high TPS)
- File:
apps/synord/tests/stress_tests.rs(concurrent queries, multi-node stress, throughput)
- File:
6.3 Optimization
- Profile critical paths
- Script:
scripts/profile.sh- Flamegraph generation for all components - Cargo profile:
[profile.profiling]with debug symbols for flamegraphs - Results (January 2026):
- Crypto: Ed25519 sign 13µs, Dilithium3 sign 135µs, Hybrid verify 82µs
- GHOSTDAG: Blue score lookup 9.9ns (~100M ops/s), block insert 1-37µs
- Consensus: TX validation 89-694ns, block header 94ns, PoW 461ns
- Blake3: 1.7 GB/s throughput
- Script:
- Optimize GHOSTDAG for large DAGs
- File:
crates/synor-dag/src/ghostdag.rs- Incremental anticone tracking - Optimization: Replaced O(n²) k-cluster check with O(n) incremental update
- Result: 50% improvement for wide DAGs (16 parents: 73µs → 38µs)
- File:
- Cache tuning for storage layer
- File:
crates/synor-storage/src/cache.rs- Replaced O(n) LRU with O(1)lrucrate - Added
lrucrate to workspace dependencies for efficient doubly-linked list cache - Result: O(1) get/put operations (~15-20ns per op vs previous O(n))
- File:
- Connection pool for RPC
- File:
crates/synor-rpc/src/pool.rs- HTTP/WS pooling with health checks
- File:
Phase 7: Production Readiness (Priority: Low - Future)
7.1 Security
- Security audit of cryptographic code
- Security audit of consensus logic
- Formal verification of critical components
- Bug bounty program
7.2 Mainnet Launch
- Finalize mainnet parameters
- Genesis ceremony
- Initial token distribution
- Launch infrastructure
7.3 Ecosystem
- Web wallet foundation (
apps/web/)- React + TypeScript + Vite + TailwindCSS
- BIP39 mnemonic generation and recovery
- Ed25519 signing (Dilithium3 pending WASM module)
- AES-256-GCM encrypted seed storage
- Transaction building and signing
- JSON-RPC client for node communication
- Zustand state management
- Desktop wallet (Tauri-based, future)
- Mobile wallet (React Native, future)
- Block explorer frontend (
apps/explorer-web/)- React + TypeScript + Vite + TailwindCSS
- Network stats, blocks, transactions, addresses
- DAG visualization with blue score grouping
- Search functionality (block/tx/address)
- Responsive design with dark theme
- Developer documentation (
docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md) - API providers
- Exchange integrations
Technical Debt & Cleanup
Minor Issues
- Stratum PoW verification (mining/stratum.rs) ✅ Implemented full kHeavyHash verification
- VM storage change tracking (vm/engine.rs) ✅ Added pending_changes() to MemoryStorage
- Remove unused imports (cargo fix) ✅ Cleaned up
- Address dead code warnings ✅ Added allow attributes where intentional
Code Quality
- Increase test coverage to 80%+
- 387+ unit tests across all crates
- Comprehensive integration tests for node lifecycle, sync, fork resolution
- Property-based tests for consensus invariants
- Add property-based tests for consensus
- File:
crates/synor-consensus/tests/property_tests.rs(20 property tests) - UTXO invariants (add/remove identity, total value consistency, maturity)
- Difficulty properties (roundtrip, adjustment bounds, PoW validation)
- Amount arithmetic (commutativity, overflow protection)
- File:
- Document public APIs
- synor-crypto: Comprehensive guide to hybrid Ed25519+Dilithium3 cryptography
- synor-consensus: Architecture diagram, UTXO examples, difficulty adjustment usage
- All crates have module-level rustdocs with examples
- Run
cargo doc --workspace --no-depsto generate HTML documentation
- Add CI/CD pipeline
- File:
.github/workflows/ci.yml- Build, test, lint - File:
.github/workflows/release.yml- Multi-platform releases - File:
.github/dependabot.yml- Dependency updates
- File:
Priority Matrix
| Task | Impact | Effort | Priority | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage service wiring | Critical | Medium | P0 | ✅ Done |
| Consensus service wiring | Critical | High | P0 | ✅ Done |
| Network service wiring | Critical | Medium | P0 | ✅ Done |
| Sync service implementation | Critical | High | P0 | ✅ Done |
| Wallet crypto integration | High | Low | P1 | ✅ Done |
| RPC server activation | High | Low | P1 | ✅ Done |
| CLI commands | High | Medium | P1 | ✅ Done |
| Governance activation | Medium | Medium | P2 | ✅ Done |
| Integration tests | Medium | Medium | P2 | ✅ Done |
| Testnet deployment | High | Medium | P2 | ✅ Done |
| Smart contract SDK | Medium | High | P3 | ✅ Done |
| Benchmarks | Low | Low | P4 | ✅ Done |
| Security audit | Critical | High | P5 (pre-mainnet) | Pending |
Getting Started
To work on the next phase:
# Build the workspace
cargo build --workspace
# Run tests
cargo test --workspace
# Start the node (once Phase 1 is complete)
./target/debug/synord run --network testnet
# Use the CLI (once Phase 2 is complete)
./target/debug/synor wallet create
Architecture Notes
┌─────────────────┐
│ synord │ <- Node daemon
│ (integration) │
└────────┬────────┘
│
┌────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┐
│ │ │ │ │
┌───▼───┐ ┌─────▼─────┐ ┌───▼───┐ ┌─────▼─────┐ ┌────▼────┐
│Network│ │ Consensus │ │ RPC │ │ Mining │ │ Storage │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
└───┬───┘ └─────┬─────┘ └───────┘ └─────┬─────┘ └────┬────┘
│ │ │ │
│ ┌─────┴─────┐ │ ┌─────┴─────┐
│ │ │ │ │ │
┌───▼───┐ ┌▼─────┐ ┌───▼───┐ ┌────▼────┐ │ RocksDB │
│libp2p │ │ DAG │ │ UTXO │ │kHeavyHash│ │ │
└───────┘ └──────┘ └───────┘ └─────────┘ └───────────┘
│
┌─────┴─────┐
│ │
┌───▼───┐ ┌───▼───┐
│ VM │ │ Crypto │
│(WASM) │ │(Hybrid)│
└───────┘ └────────┘
Last updated: January 7, 2026