Saito Summer 14

Roadmap Progress and Development Updates

After a summer full of flashy application releases and updates, we’ve shifted more effort now to underlying technical and academic work in order to prepare for the upcoming penultimate era of the roadmap. This Saito Summer update is to inform the community of the work being done in service of this goal.

You can watch the recording here.

Token Persistence Curve

Saito continues to make significant strides in developing a first-of-its-kind blockchain and P2P network. The token persistence curve has decreased to 77,500 allowing more users on the native chain and signaling acceleration of progress through our core development and roadmap.

On-Chain Blog

We are developing an on-chain replacement to this very blog you are reading now. This move aligns with the project’s commitment to building and using blockchain-based services, and not relying on Web 2 to develop our Web 3 project. Most Web 3 projects are talking the talk, but Saito is fully committed to walking the walk as well.

Red Square Feeds

Red Square, our open, P2P on-chain social media, has gotten an update. Red Square now supports multiple custom feeds. Our first iteration of this upgrade will offer two distinct experiences: a curated feed managed by the Saito team and an open feed that gives users full control over their content policies.

Since data travels on Red Square P2P, a combination of custom filtering and association with certain peers will give users control over their social feed unseen on other platforms. We’re excited to be pioneering this tech, and hope you will take it for a spin and offer feedback!

ATR Module & Stress-Testing

The development team has been busy with several technical improvements. A beta version of a new block explorer (ATR Module) is in progress, focusing on improving in-house testing and performance. A comprehensive stress-testing effort identified and fixed a bottleneck related to SQLite and app coordination. This type of work is crucial for preparing Saito, on its technical front, for massive-scale.

EGLD Collaboration

Exciting developments are also happening on the partnership front. The team recently reconnected with MultiverseX (EGLD) developers, who are impressed with Saito’s progress. The integration potential looks promising, with the EGLD team finding it easy to work with Saito.

Third-Party Developer Advice

Saito is a superset of the client-server model. Not all applications require universal, objective information, and peer-to-peer solutions can often be more efficient. Any developers looking to build under this paradigm are encouraged to ask us for assistance. The usual sticking points with new developers come from misunderstandings about the best way to leverage Web 3.

Academic Outreach

We are currently working with authors on a peer-reviewed paper that will fundamentally challenge existing blockchain research. The current academic landscape views blockchain through a narrow lens, treating it like an auction system where our technology simply “shouldn’t work.” Saito represents a new paradigm that deliberately breaks these outdated constraints.

Our research isn’t just academic posturing—it’s strategic outreach. We understand that getting the right paper published can put us directly in front of the most significant players in the blockchain space. Unlike relying on key opinion leaders (KOLs), a rigorous, peer-reviewed publication carries genuine intellectual weight and credibility