Roadmap

Firo has come a long way since its inception as Zcoin, pioneering the use of modern zero-knowledge proofs in a privacy protocol. Over time, we have steadily iterated on our technology, developing some of the most robust privacy protocols in the space — protocols that have influenced many other projects.

Our updated roadmap focuses on usability, utility, and upgrades.

  • Usability

    Enhancing the user experience, integrating with additional wallets, and supporting light clients.

  • Utility

    Expanding use cases through private token issuance and implementing further privacy enhancements in preparation for future quantum computing challenges.

  • Upgrades

    Continuously strengthening the protocol’s core features to maintain Firo’s position as a leader in privacy technology.

Near-term goals

Spark Names

Allow users to register human-readable addresses tied to their Spark addresses. This also enables storing and sharing metadata for potential use as a decentralized digital identity.

Spark Coinbase

Enable miners and masternodes to send rewards directly to private Spark addresses, further enhancing user privacy and Spark adoption.

View Key Tooling

Develop user-friendly methods for sharing and utilizing Spark view keys, enabling watch-only wallets and selectively disclosing Spark-based funds for compliance purposes.

Mid-term goals

Spark Assets

Allow users to issue their own privacy-preserving assets. These assets enjoy the same privacy features as Spark, including the ability to hide asset types. All assets (including Firo) contribute to a shared anonymity set, and the protocol can also support privacy-preserving NFTs.

Spark Swap

Enable atomic swaps between Spark assets and/or Firo, ensuring trustless and private exchanges.

Curve Trees

Adopt Curve Trees, an innovative technique for efficient membership proofs that supports a global anonymity set. This upgrade will substantially improve privacy, scalability, verification speed, and proof size.

Long-term goals

Improved Privacy-Preserving Light Wallet Infrastructure

Improved Privacy-Preserving Light Wallet Infrastructure

Quantum-Resistant Spark

Explore paths to transition Spark into a quantum-resistant protocol, as well as potential interim mitigations to safeguard against future quantum threats.

Tail Emission Consensus Mechanism

Firo’s current hybrid masternode–Proof-of-Work model may evolve once tail emission is reached. We are investigating alternative incentive or consensus mechanisms to secure the chain in the long run.

Governance

Develop clear, decentralized governance structures to reduce reliance on Firo’s core team. The aim is to align all project stakeholders without focusing solely on coin holdings.

Integrations

Enkrypt Wallet Integration

Integrate Firo into Enkrypt, a multi-asset Web3 browser extension wallet, with full support for Spark features.

Layerswap v8 Integration

Leverage Layerswap v8, a peer-to-peer protocol for bridging and swapping crypto assets across different blockchains. By using pre-HTLCs, it addresses many limitations of traditional atomic swaps (e.g., both parties needing to be online) and supports multi-hop transactions.

Serai Integration

Collaborate with Serai, a cross-chain DEX focusing on AMM liquidity for Bitcoin, Ethereum, DAI, and Monero. Integrating Firo expands its cross-chain liquidity options and user base.

Iterative Improvements

Campfire

Continue building out Campfire desktop and mobile wallets to provide full-featured support for masternodes, Spark Assets, and Spark Names.

FiroDEX

Rework FiroDEX to be more resilient, ensuring its infrastructure—both nodes and front ends—is operated by a decentralized network of volunteers and community members.