# RSKIP **URL:** https://research.rsk.dev/c/rskip/13.md [Latest](https://research.rsk.dev/latest.md) · [Categories](https://research.rsk.dev/categories.md) --- ## [About the RSKIP category](https://research.rsk.dev/t/about-the-rskip-category/137)
**Author:** [@gabriela](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gabriela)\ **Replies:** 0
This category is for the discussion of all things related to RSK improvements proposal (RSKIP) Here you find the guidelines to make a propose in this place: --- ## [RSKIP-694: Network Upgrade Cardamom](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-694-network-upgrade-cardamom/552)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-694-network-upgrade-cardamom/552 "2026-10-08T13:26:02Z")
Hello to the Rootstock community! A new network upgrade proposal has been published and is now open for discussion. The Cardamom network upgrade proposal introduces several consensus protocol improvements, including ch… --- ## [RSKIP567: Fork-Aware Consensus](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip567-fork-aware-consensus/551)
**Author:** [@darcy.camargo](https://research.rsk.dev/u/darcy.camargo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip567-fork-aware-consensus/551 "2026-09-22T14:42:44Z")
As an effort to communicate better the research done and to open the space for criticism and discussions, I plan going forward to create a topic here for each topic that I work on. To bootstrap this, I will share the RS… --- ## [RSKIP-545: Account Abstraction (EIP-7702)](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-545-account-abstraction-eip-7702/501)
**Author:** [@shreemoy](https://research.rsk.dev/u/shreemoy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-545-account-abstraction-eip-7702/501 "2026-08-11T17:27:56Z")
This is a proposal to implement EIP-7702 for account abstraction in Rootstock. This can lead to usability improvements. As with the original EIP-7702, this type of account abstraction can work with pre-existing infrastru… --- ## [Precompiled contract for Bitcoin historical hashrate](https://research.rsk.dev/t/precompiled-contract-for-bitcoin-historical-hashrate/535)
**Author:** [@Nuh](https://research.rsk.dev/u/Nuh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/precompiled-contract-for-bitcoin-historical-hashrate/535 "2026-07-16T09:20:26Z")
I now have two reasons why I would like to have a native API to access informations about historical hashrate of both Rootstock and Bitcoin, especially the 200 week moving average hashrate, and even more specifically the… --- ## [RSKIP-553: Network Upgrade Vetiver](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-553-network-upgrade-vetiver/510)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-553-network-upgrade-vetiver/510 "2026-03-30T07:39:38Z")
Hello to the Rootstock community! A network upgrade proposal has been recently published and is open for discussion. This proposal introduces several consensus protocol improvements across Mainnet and Testnet, with the… --- ## [RSKIP-544: Reject code starting with \`0xEF\` (EIP-3541)](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-544-reject-code-starting-with-0xef-eip-3541/500)
**Author:** [@shreemoy](https://research.rsk.dev/u/shreemoy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-544-reject-code-starting-with-0xef-eip-3541/500 "2026-01-07T19:52:57Z")
This is a proposal to implement EIP-3541 which prevents the deployment of new contracts with bytecode starting with 0xEF. This is a per-requisite for account abstraction (EIP-7702) init eip3541 by smishraIOV · Pull Requ… --- ## [RSKIP-543: Typed Transaction Envelope (EIP-2718)](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-543-typed-transaction-envelope-eip-2718/499)
**Author:** [@shreemoy](https://research.rsk.dev/u/shreemoy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-543-typed-transaction-envelope-eip-2718/499 "2026-01-07T19:47:55Z")
This is a proposal to implement EIP-2718 style typed transaction envelope in Rootstock. This will improve Rootstock’s compatibility with EVM chains ecosystem and make it easier to introduce other changes such as Account … --- ## [RSKIP-305 Peg-out efficiency improvement (Segwit)](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-305-peg-out-efficiency-improvement-segwit/368)
**Author:** [@patogallaiov](https://research.rsk.dev/u/patogallaiov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-305-peg-out-efficiency-improvement-segwit/368 "2025-08-08T13:07:05Z")
Hello, Together with Nicolas Vescovo and Ramses Fernandez-Valencia, we have created a new draft RSKIP Peg-out efficiency improvement (Segwit). The purpose of the proposal is the introduction of Segwit V0 for use in p… --- ## [RSKIP-518: Network Upgrade Reed](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-518-network-upgrade-reed/495)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-518-network-upgrade-reed/495 "2025-08-08T13:06:05Z")
Hello to the Rootstock community! :wave: A network upgrade proposal has been recently published and is open for discussion. This proposal primarily focuses on improvements to the PowPeg, aiming to enable more pegnatori… --- ## [RSKIP517 – Block time-centric difficulty adjustment with uncle threshold](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip517-block-time-centric-difficulty-adjustment-with-uncle-threshold/494)
**Author:** [@patogallaiov](https://research.rsk.dev/u/patogallaiov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip517-block-time-centric-difficulty-adjustment-with-uncle-threshold/494 "2025-06-18T20:23:01Z")
This thread introduces RSKIP517, a proposal to revise Rootstock’s difficulty adjustment mechanism to enable safer reductions in block time targets. Motivation The current difficulty algorithm was designed to maintain sa… --- ## [RSKIP-491 - Reduce target difficulty to lower average block time to 10s (DRAFT)](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-491-reduce-target-difficulty-to-lower-average-block-time-to-10s-draft/486)
**Author:** [@patogallaiov](https://research.rsk.dev/u/patogallaiov)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-491-reduce-target-difficulty-to-lower-average-block-time-to-10s-draft/486 "2025-06-17T18:25:39Z")
Hey everyone, I’d like to start a discussion on RSKIP-491 draft, which proposes reducing the target difficulty by 30% to lower Rootstock’s average block time from 14s to 10s. The goal is to improve transaction finality … --- ## [RSKIP-435: Network Upgrade Lovell](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-435-network-upgrade-lovell/459)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-435-network-upgrade-lovell/459 "2025-03-12T11:07:37Z")
Hello to the Rootstock community! :wave: A network upgrade proposal has been recently published and is open for discussion. This proposal focuses mostly on Ethereum compatibility by introducing opcodes already supporte… --- ## [Rootstock Development Tools](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rootstock-development-tools/417)
**Author:** [@JoGb](https://research.rsk.dev/u/JoGb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rootstock-development-tools/417 "2023-11-27T20:30:14Z")
If you’re working on the Rootstock blockchain, exploring its latest developer tools can significantly enhance your experience RSKj: Core Platform- Java-based RSK protocol implementation RBank Tools for DeFi-Tool… --- ## [RSKIP-436: Network Upgrade (patch) Arrowhead 6.3.1](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-436-network-upgrade-patch-arrowhead-6-3-1/458)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-436-network-upgrade-patch-arrowhead-6-3-1/458 "2024-07-04T18:10:05Z")
Hello to the Rootstock community! :wave: A patch network upgrade proposal has been recently published and is open for discussion. This proposal aims to fix the PowPeg service outage described in " Incident report: Root… --- ## [RSKIP419 - Powpeg Spendability Validation Protocol](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip419-powpeg-spendability-validation-protocol/446)
**Author:** [@mirisarri](https://research.rsk.dev/u/mirisarri)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip419-powpeg-spendability-validation-protocol/446 "2024-04-15T09:44:23Z")
Hello everyone, we would like to share with the Rootstock community RSKIP419. It introduces an automatic validation to be performed by the Bridge whenever a powpeg composition change is voted, to make sure that the new p… --- ## [RSKIP-414: Network Upgrade Arrowhead](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-414-network-upgrade-arrowhead/419)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-414-network-upgrade-arrowhead/419 "2024-03-04T22:02:11Z")
Hello to the Rootstock community! :wave: A network upgrade proposal has been recently published and is open for discussion. This proposal focuses mostly on Ethereum compatibility by introducing opcodes already supported… --- ## [Support For Bridging Bitcoin Stamps](https://research.rsk.dev/t/support-for-bridging-bitcoin-stamps/410)
**Author:** [@jvarvsev](https://research.rsk.dev/u/jvarvsev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/support-for-bridging-bitcoin-stamps/410 "2023-09-20T14:01:43Z")
Bitcoin Stamps are a type of digital collectible that is stored on the Bitcoin blockchain. They are created using the Counterparty protocol, which allows for the creation of assets and tokens on top of the Bitcoin networ… --- ## [RSKIP-387: Support for Bridging Ordinals](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-387-support-for-bridging-ordinals/408)
**Author:** [@SergioDemianLerner](https://research.rsk.dev/u/SergioDemianLerner)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-387-support-for-bridging-ordinals/408 "2023-09-16T02:25:34Z")
This is a proposal for enabling Bitcoin ordinals and inscriptions to be “transferred” to Rootstock using the current Powpeg bridge. Once ordinals or inscriptions have representations in Rootstock, they can be traded as E… --- ## [Network Upgrade Fingerroot Proposal (RSKIP-388)](https://research.rsk.dev/t/network-upgrade-fingerroot-proposal-rskip-388/406)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/network-upgrade-fingerroot-proposal-rskip-388/406 "2023-06-08T14:04:31Z")
Hello, Rootstock community! The IOVlabs team has recently published a meta RSKIP for the next RSK network upgrade called Fingerroot: RSKIP-388: Network Upgrade Fingerroot. There are 7 RSKIPs proposed so far, which are: … --- ## [RSKIP-358: Network Upgrade (patch): Hop 4.0.1](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-358-network-upgrade-patch-hop-4-0-1/385)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-358-network-upgrade-patch-hop-4-0-1/385 "2022-10-28T16:43:45Z")
Hello Community, Adrian Eidelman has created a draft RSKIP 358 titled “Network Upgrade (patch): Hop 4.0.1”. The purpose of this network upgrade is to fix the network issue that produced the peg-out service outage as d… --- ## [Article: RSK’s Peg-out efficiency Improvement — based on the use of Segwit in RSK’s PEG](https://research.rsk.dev/t/article-rsk-s-peg-out-efficiency-improvement-based-on-the-use-of-segwit-in-rsk-s-peg/383)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/article-rsk-s-peg-out-efficiency-improvement-based-on-the-use-of-segwit-in-rsk-s-peg/383 "2022-10-26T08:32:44Z")
Hi community, ​​Pato Gallardo, Ramsès Fernàndez-València, Nicolás Vescovo, all members of the RSK Research and Innovation team recently created three amazing articles about the RSK’s Peg-out efficiency improvement — bas… --- ## [RSK Hop 4.1.0 Is Here](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rsk-hop-4-1-0-is-here/378)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rsk-hop-4-1-0-is-here/378 "2022-09-15T11:01:30Z")
Hello everyone, RSK is glad to announce that RSK Hop v4.1.0 is now publicly available in RSKj GitHub repository . New changes include: :white\_check\_mark: JSON-RPC tracing method :white\_check\_mark: Support for the late… --- ## [Hop v4.0.0 is Here: What You Need To Know About RSK Upcoming Network Upgrade](https://research.rsk.dev/t/hop-v4-0-0-is-here-what-you-need-to-know-about-rsk-upcoming-network-upgrade/371)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/hop-v4-0-0-is-here-what-you-need-to-know-about-rsk-upcoming-network-upgrade/371 "2022-08-08T12:07:19Z")
Hello everyone, RSK is glad to announce that RSK Hop v4.0.0 is now publicly available in RSKj GitHub repository. Mainnet will undergo a planned upgrade to Hop v4 on block 4,598,500! Learn about the following by reading… --- ## [RSKIP-336 Simple Parallelizable Semaphore](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-336-simple-parallelizable-semaphore/370)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-336-simple-parallelizable-semaphore/370 "2022-08-04T12:48:30Z")
Sergio Demian Lerner, Chief of Innovation at the IOV Innovation Garden, recently created a new draft RSKIP titled Simple Parallelizable Semaphore. This RSKIP proposes adding a precompiled contract that provides a semaph… --- ## [New RSK Improvement Proposal Website](https://research.rsk.dev/t/new-rsk-improvement-proposal-website/367)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/new-rsk-improvement-proposal-website/367 "2022-07-18T07:44:47Z")
Hi Community, RSK just launched a new RSK Improvement Proposal Website. RSKIP stands for RSK Improvement Proposal, it is a design document describing a new feature for the RSK platform. An RSKIP should provide a conc… --- ## [MIT Bitcoin Club Expo 2022: Flyover Protocol Presentation](https://research.rsk.dev/t/mit-bitcoin-club-expo-2022-flyover-protocol-presentation/366)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/mit-bitcoin-club-expo-2022-flyover-protocol-presentation/366 "2022-07-13T11:48:35Z")
Hi Community, Shreemoy Mishra, a senior researcher at IOV Labs gave an interesting presentation at MIT Bitcoin Club Expo 2022 about the Flyover Protocol. Find the Youtube URL here. To learn more about the Flyover Prot… --- ## [Community Call June/July 2022](https://research.rsk.dev/t/community-call-june-july-2022/351)
**Author:** [@gino.osahon](https://research.rsk.dev/u/gino.osahon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/community-call-june-july-2022/351 "2022-06-23T12:24:39Z")
:wave: everyone! I trust you have been doing great since Community Call January/February 2022. I am excited to let you know that our next community call is proposed to be held on June 23rd, 2022, and we are already plann… --- ## [RSKIP-291: Network Upgrade Hop (Initial Proposal)](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-291-network-upgrade-hop-initial-proposal/257)
**Author:** [@adrian.eidelman](https://research.rsk.dev/u/adrian.eidelman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/rskip-291-network-upgrade-hop-initial-proposal/257 "2022-06-22T23:48:27Z")
Hello RSK community! I’ve just created an initial meta RSKIP for the next RSK network upgrade called Hop (RSKIPs/RSKIP291.md at master · rsksmart/RSKIPs · GitHub). I’m proposing 2 RSKIPs to be part of Hop, which are RSKI… --- ## [Token Bridge Design](https://research.rsk.dev/t/token-bridge-design/345)
**Author:** [@analyst](https://research.rsk.dev/u/analyst)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://research.rsk.dev/t/token-bridge-design/345 "2022-06-05T04:00:26Z")
Hi there, I read the code and the implementation requires each federation member to submit a transaction to cast a vote. This means if it requires 3/5 members for the transaction to be valid, 3 separate transactions fro… [Next page](https://research.rsk.dev/c/rskip/13.md?page=1)