Casper Network Publishes the Casper Manifest, a Multi-Year Roadmap to Power Regulated Real-World Assets and the Machine Economy
The Casper Association has published "The Casper Manifest," a multi-year technical roadmap for Casper Network. Introduced at the Digital Finance Forum in Bermuda, the roadmap outlines nine coordinated initiatives designed to position the layer-1 blockchain as the infrastructure for regulated real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and the machine-to-machine economy.
Key initiatives focus on:
1. **Developer Access:** Adding full Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility alongside its existing WebAssembly (Wasm) execution layer.
2. **User Experience:** Implementing gasless transactions, batch operations, and smart accounts with biometric authentication.
3. **Institutional Compliance & Privacy:** Building compliant security tokens aligned with the ERC-3643 standard and a multi-phase roadmap for confidential transactions with built-in audit tools.
4. **Machine Economy:** Implementing the X402 open payment standard to enable AI agents and machines to make autonomous, programmatic micropayments.
5. **Token Infrastructure:** Creating a Native Token Registry to give all tokens protocol-level status with fixed, predictable costs.
6. **Quantum Safety:** Developing hybrid accounts with both classical and quantum-resistant keys.
The first initiative, X402 micropayments, is expected within weeks. Subsequent releases through 2026 and 2027 will include EVM compatibility, compliant security tokens, the Native Token Registry, gasless transactions, and quantum-safe features. The goal is to create a blockchain that is frictionless for users, trusted by institutions, and native for machines.
TheNewsCrypto05/12 13:20
