The Casper Manifest is a multi-year technical roadmap targeting two converging markets: regulated real-world asset tokenization and the emerging machine-to-machine economy.
Nine initiatives targeting one goal:
making blockchain accessible to developers, frictionless for users, trusted by institutions, and native for machines.
Before the Casper Manifest we built the essential infrastructure. These are the capabilities that already shipped with Casper, and now form the bedrock that Casper Manifest builds on.
Native support for multiple virtual machines on a single chain. WASM and EVM contracts share the same global state, same finality, same block — a true polyglot execution layer.
Accounts and contracts merged into a single entity type. Every account can hold code; every contract can hold keys. The basis for protocol-native account abstraction.
Extensible key system supporting multiple signature algorithms per account. Ed25519 and secp256k1 today, with a clear path to post-quantum schemes — no hard fork required.
Deterministic, chainspec-defined pricing for all transaction types. No gas auctions, no fee spikes. Costs are predictable and governable by the validator set.
Native delegation-based gas models built into the protocol. Third parties can sponsor transaction fees at the protocol level — not via wrapper contracts.
Full EVM execution environment alongside existing Rust / WASM
Full compatibility with developer toolchains (Foundry, Hardhat) and retail wallets
Shared access to underlying primitives make Casper a true polyglot chain
Evolve network layer for higher performance, resilience and throughput
Upgrade underlying networking protocols
Fungible tokens become first class citizens on the protcol level via system contracts
Cost, performance and security match native currency
Compliance hooks enable institutional-grade enforcement of regulatory requirements
Permit-based model with offchain signatures
Fee delegation to third parties
Receipt-based gas prepayment
Multiple operations in a single atomic transaction with configurable atomicity
One signature for multiple consecutive actions, without external intent frameworks
Protocol-native account abstraction on Casper's unified account/contract model
Enables biometrics, session keys with time-bounded permissions, programmable spending limits and social recovery
Enables AI Agent accounts with limited scope permissions
Full ERC-3643 equivalent implementation on Casper
Identity registries with on-chain claims, pluggable compliance engine, trusted issuer registries and factory contracts
On Casper, Compliance enforcement becomes uniquely strong, as protocol-level compliance hooks via Native Token Registry
Multi-phase roadmap from stealth addresses through private smart contract execution
Implemented as native host functions with fixed, chainspec-defined costs
Only L1 to offer compliant privacy: viewing keys for auditors. Proof of Innocence for sanctions screening. Selective disclosure for regulators.
Hybrid accounts carrying both classical and post-quantum keys (ML-DSA-44 / FIPS 2026) during a transition period, with migration tooling for existing accounts
Casper's extensible key system was designed for exactly this kind of extension
Full HTTP 402 payment flow, leveraging EIP-712
Casper will be the first WASM-native L1 with X402 in production
Casper Association is a member of the X402 Foundation
Combining AI Agent targeted innovations (X402, Smart Accounts, Gassless operations), machine-to-machine commerce is uniquely powerful on Casper Network
Smart accounts with scoped permissions and spending limits, enforced on the protocol level
