# Dev Update March 2, 2026

**URL:** <https://talk.neptune.cash/t/dev-update-march-2-2026/240>\
**Category:** News and Announcements\
**Tags:** dev-updates\
**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/dev-update-march-2-2026/240 "2026-03-02T08:42:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/dev-update-march-2-2026/240/1 "2026-03-02T08:42:56Z")

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# Dev Update | Neptune & Triton Projects

## 1. Last Week by the Numbers

### [neptune-core](https://github.com/Neptune-Crypto/neptune-core/pulse)

- **Issues:** 3 raised
- **Pull Requests:** 1 opened, 2 merged
- **Commits:** 3 merged into master

### [triton-vm](https://github.com/TritonVM/triton-vm/pulse)

- **Issues:** 1 closed
- **Pull Requests:** 1 opened, 2 merged
- **Commits:** 5 merged into master

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## 2. Stand-up Summary

### Alan Szepieniec

- **Last Week:** Resolved issues regarding the ZK note to prepare for research outreach. Managed a significant overhaul of the transaction initiation pipeline to support the `get balance` RPC endpoint, which now allows for arbitrary confirmation depth (N-blocks) filtering of UTXOs.
- **Coming Week:** Will focus on further [exchange integration endpoints](https://github.com/Neptune-Crypto/neptune-core/issues/871), leveraging the new streamlined pipeline. Plans to coordinate testing for the updated infrastructure and polish and reach out to researchers regarding the ZK note.

### Thorkil Schmidiger

- **Last Week:** Worked on exchange-related RPC endpoints for neptune-core. Worked out functional requirements in corporation with Alan Szepieniec,Safetrade, and contributor KaffinPX. Implemented three endpoints.
- **Coming Week:** Expect to finish work on exchange integration endpoints.

### Ferdinand Sauer

- **Last Week:** Completed the implementation of the ZK construction code. Addressed a compatibility issue between Triton VM and WASM.
- **Coming Week:** n/a

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## 3. Technical Discussion

### Exchange Integration

The goal is to allow exchanges to use neptune-core out of the box, without additional modifications. Performance-related issues to facilitate this have been solved on the `master`branch already but have not made it into a release yet. Once the work on endpoints is completed, a new release should be made.

The implementation of the `get balance` RPC endpoint proved more complex than anticipated. To support requests for balances confirmed at least N blocks deep, the transaction initiation pipeline required a rewrite. The system now effectively tracks and filters the UTXO lifecycle based on historical confirmation depth rather than just the current tip.

The [UTXO index](https://youtu.be/5tNzsBtsph0) is coming in handy for these endpoints, as it provides a (very fast) way to answer the question “did a transaction with these inputs and these outputs ever get mined?”. Exchanges can use this endpoint to verify that their payouts to customers did get mined.

### ZK Construction & Security

The construction for achieving zero-knowledge is undergoing refinement. Polishing is underway to document the new construction before external review.

### Triton VM

Work continues on upgrading Triton VM, specifically resolving recent versioning or interface mismatches and updating the ZK construction.

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## 4. Updates and Announcements

- **Research Outreach:** The ZK note has reached a stable state (or is about to) and is ready for external peer feedback from the broader research community.
- **Infrastructure Testing:** A new testing phase for the overhauled transaction pipeline will be initiated shortly.
- **New compiler:** The vast majority of the Triton VM programs that define the Neptune Cash blockchain have been written directly in Triton VM assembler (TASM for short). A 3rd party is working on a compiler for Triton VM though. If successful, this project will accelerate the use of Neptune Cash as a smart contract platform. [GitHub - cyberia-to/trident: 👽 language from future](https://github.com/cyberia-to/trident).