kHeavyHash Proof-of-Work
The core depends on the official Rust crates kaspa-hashes and kaspa-pow. They provide the hashing and kHeavyHash engine used by the node and external miner.
v2.3.0 private-testnet release published
Independent DAG infrastructure.
Built in the open.
AuriaDAG is the public identity of PulseDAG, an independent Rust-based DAG Proof-of-Work project developed by AuriaLABS. The v2.3.0 node and standalone miner are available for private-testnet operation.
View v2.3.0 on GitHubThis release does not open the public testnet. Public launch and the 30-day testnet clock require a separate authorization.
AuriaDAG
DAG Proof-of-Work
The project
What is AuriaDAG?
AuriaDAG is not a token landing page or a marketing wrapper. It is the public-facing identity of a working protocol codebase: PulseDAG.
The project is organized as a modular Rust workspace with protocol core, cryptography, wallet, storage, P2P networking, API, RPC, the pulsedagd node and a separately packaged pulsedag-miner. Mining remains an external application rather than being embedded into the node.
The current objective is controlled network operation: reliable multi-node behavior, deterministic validation, recovery, observability and operator tooling before opening a public testnet or introducing smart contracts.
Kaspa lineage
What do we use from Kaspa?
PulseDAG uses selected, open-source components from the Rusty Kaspa ecosystem for its Proof-of-Work path. The surrounding network, headers, APIs and release process remain PulseDAG-specific.
PulseDAG header adapter
Kaspa's PoW engine is not applied to a Kaspa block unchanged. PulseDAG deterministically serializes its own canonical block-header fields into the PoW preimage, and both node and miner must produce exactly the same bytes.
Kaspa-inspired, not Kaspa-compatible
The project studies GHOSTDAG terminology and design concepts, but it does not claim full Kaspa consensus, wire, state or network compatibility. Advanced GHOSTDAG-style selection remains an explicitly gated development path.
AuriaDAG / PulseDAG is an independent project. It is not an official Kaspa product and is not presented as a drop-in Kaspa node or network implementation.
Open-source license
Simple, permissive and reusable.
PulseDAG is released under the ISC License, with copyright held by AuriaLABS and PulseDAG contributors. The license permits use, copying, modification and distribution, with or without a fee, provided that the copyright and permission notice are preserved.
The software is supplied “as is”, without warranties. Rusty Kaspa is also distributed under the ISC License, while every other third-party dependency continues to be governed by its own license and attribution requirements.
Read the license on GitHub