SHIPs - SmartHoldem Improvement Proposals

SHIPs describe standards for the SmartHoldem network: consensus rules, transaction types, wire formats, node behaviour, peer-to-peer transport, tooling and processes. A SHIP is a design document providing information to the community and describing a new feature, its rationale and a reference implementation in sth-core (Rust).

• Repository: https://github.com/smartholdem/SHIPs · Discussions: https://github.com/smartholdem/SHIPs/issues
• Process and template: SHIP-1.
• PQ Node: SmartHoldem Rust Core Node (sth-core) with Post-Quantum Key Commitments and Hybrid Block Signatures: SHIP-18, SHIP-20, SHIP-22.

Statuses

Status	Meaning
Active	Implemented in sth-core, rules enforced on mainnet (or enforced as soon as the feature is used).
Accepted	Implemented and tested in sth-core, activation on mainnet waits for a milestone / delegate upgrade.
Draft	Proposal under discussion; may change or be withdrawn.
Final	Frozen standard; changes require a new SHIP.

Index

SHIP	Title	Type	Category	Status
1	SHIP Purpose and Guidelines	Process	-	Active
2	Rust Core Node (sth-core)	Standards Track	Core	Active
3	Compact State Database on Sled	Standards Track	Core	Active
4	Web4 Peer-to-Peer Layer on Iroh (Gossip + RPC)	Standards Track	Networking	Active
5	Dual-Stack Networking: Legacy WebSocket Bridge and Peer Discovery	Standards Track	Networking	Active
6	Snapshots: Dump Import, Fast Import and Download	Standards Track	Core	Active
7	Parallel Signature Verification and Fast Vote Index	Standards Track	Core	Active
8	Operator Metrics Page and Delegate Dashboard (Version Guard)	Standards Track	Interface	Active
9	Isolated Networks from the Command Line (init newnet)	Standards Track	Tooling	Active
10	Standalone Client sth-cli	Standards Track	Tooling	Active
11	Transaction Wire Format v2 and Schnorr Signatures	Standards Track	Core	Final
12	Multipayment with up to 1 024 Recipients	Standards Track	Core	Draft
13	SmartObjects (sObject) - Programmable On-Chain Objects	Standards Track	Core	Active
14	Native Tokens (typeGroup 3)	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
15	Token Manifest (TokenMeta) with On-Chain Logos	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
16	sObject Transfer and Decentralised Market (sell / buy)	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
17	STH Burn: Fee Burning with Milestone-Controlled Share	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
18	Quantum Shield Stage A - Post-Quantum Key Commitments	Standards Track	Core	Active
19	Transaction Wire Format v3 - Second-Signature Blocks	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
20	Quantum Shield Stage B - ML-DSA-44 Second Signature	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
21	Wallet Quantum Shield - Client Requirements	Standards Track	Interface	Accepted
22	Quantum Shield Stage C - Hybrid Block Signatures	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
23	On-Chain Governance: Delegate Proposals with 11-of-21 Quorum	Standards Track	Core	Draft
24	TokenUpdate - Ownership Transfer and Flag Tightening	Standards Track	Core	Draft
25	TokenFreeze - Account Freezing for Regulated Assets	Standards Track	Core	Draft
26	Non-Fungible Tokens (subType 1: tokenId + serial)	Standards Track	Core	Draft
27	Atomic Swaps STH <> Token via HTLC	Standards Track	Core	Draft
28	Deflationary Tokens - Burn Share on Transfer	Standards Track	Core	Draft
29	Confidential Transfers - Shielded Pool with Post-Quantum Proofs	Standards Track	Core	Draft
30	Chain Compression with Evolutionary (Genetic) Encoding Search	Standards Track	Core	Draft
31	State and History Pruning	Standards Track	Core	Draft
32	Sharding - Sender-Partitioned Execution Lanes	Standards Track	Core	Draft
33	Safe Contracts - Declarative, Non-Turing-Complete sObject Programs	Standards Track	Core	Draft
34	Dead Crypto - Dead Man's Switch and Digital Legacy	Standards Track	Core	Draft
35	BFT Finality Gadget over Iroh Gossip	Standards Track	Core	Accepted
36	Compact Blocks and Parallel State Application	Standards Track	Core	Draft
37	Netfory Web4 Integration - ntfryData and sth:// Content Links	Standards Track	Interface	Draft
38	Light Clients - Verifiable State Commitments	Standards Track	Core	Draft
39	Sub-Second Slots and Pipelined Forging	Standards Track	Core	Draft
40	Post-Quantum E2EE Key Registry and Encrypted On-Chain Memos (ML-KEM)	Standards Track	Core	Draft
41	Dynamic Fees - Per-Node Pool Policy and the Wallet Fee Formula	Standards Track	Interface	Active
42	Service Nodes (Masternodes) Protocol & Netfory Infrastructure Incentives	Standards Track	Core / Interface / Protocol	Draft
43	Token Market - Partial Sell Orders for Native Token Balances (On-Chain DEX)	Standards Track	Core / Interface	Draft
44	Wallet Stream API - REST over iroh (netfory/api/1), push subscriptions (sth/events/1), MessagePack frames, WebSocket bridge	Standards Track	Networking / Interface	Active

Categories

• Core - consensus, transaction types, state, validation rules.
• Networking - peer-to-peer transport, gossip, discovery.
• Interface - REST API, wallet and explorer requirements, operator UI.
• Tooling - command-line tools, network generation, release process.