MISAKA is a post-quantum native Layer 1 blockchain built in Rust. It combines a Narwhal/Bullshark DAG consensus engine with NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography — ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204) for signatures and ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) for P2P key exchange — so that the network remains secure even against an adversary with a large-scale quantum computer.

MISAKA targets ~2 second block times, a transparent UTXO model, and a public PoS validator set. The project ships a full node, REST/Explorer API, CLI wallet, staking frontend, and a community mining client.

For a deeper technical overview, see the network repository: https://github.com/MISAKA-BTC/whitepaper

Most existing blockchains rely on elliptic-curve cryptography (Ed25519, ECDSA, secp256k1) and pairing-based zk systems (BLS12-381, Groth16, PLONK). All of these are broken by Shor's algorithm once a sufficiently large quantum computer exists. MISAKA was designed from day one to avoid that cliff:

• Validator & transaction signatures — ML-DSA-65 (NIST FIPS 204 / Dilithium3). ECC is completely excluded from the signature path.
• P2P transport — ML-KEM-768 key encapsulation + ChaCha20-Poly1305 with mutual ML-DSA-65 authentication.
• State commitments — SHA3-based MuHash for incremental UTXO accumulators.
• Domain separation — every signature is computed under an explicit DST tag.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│         Narwhal/Bullshark DAG Consensus         │
│           Public PoS validator set              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204)  │  ML-KEM-768 (P2P)     │
│  SHA3-256 / BLAKE3     │  Post-Quantum Safe     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│           Transparent UTXO Model                │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

MISAKA is an open ecosystem and welcomes contributors of all kinds — protocol engineers, validator operators, miners, dApp builders, translators, and community members.

• Join the conversation — drop into our Discord or Telegram and say hello.
• Run a node / validator — see the network repository for the public testnet quickstart.
• Mine MISAKA — grab the official miner at MISAKAminer or use the hosted client at https://misakaminer.com.
• Stake — delegate or run validator stake at https://misakastake.com.
• Report a vulnerability — please disclose security issues privately via Discord DM to a core team member rather than opening a public issue.

Core repositories are released under Apache-2.0 unless stated otherwise in the individual repo.

_{MISAKA — Post-Quantum Native Layer 1.}