Kleros Development Update: August 2025

Kleros brings you the latest development digest, showcasing major infrastructure deployments, enhanced dispute resolution capabilities, and significant progress toward production readiness across our decentralized justice platform.

🌟 Key Highlights

August represented a transformative month for the Kleros ecosystem with successful Atlas macroservices production preparation, major Court V2 dispute kit deployments, and the launch of Stake Curate on Gnosis mainnet. We've advanced cross-chain capabilities, enhanced user experiences across multiple platforms, and strengthened our infrastructure while maintaining focus on reliability and ecosystem expansion.

⚖️ Kleros Court

Court V2 Production Advancement

Dispute Kit Evolution:

• Successfully deployed new dispute kits to V2 Devnet, Testnet, and upgraded Beta environment
• Implemented court jumping functionality allowing disputes to move to non-Classic dispute kits
• Enhanced dispute kit switching with dynamic juror number adjustments post-court jump
• Resolved critical Shutter dispute kit issues including voting button bugs and commit period optimizations

Infrastructure and Contract Improvements:

• Completed comprehensive storage layout changes requiring full redeployment and migration
• Advanced handling of empty courts with automated PNK reward staking mechanisms
• Implemented timeline bug fixes addressing setTimeout throttling issues when browser tabs become inactive
• Enhanced gated token validation with improved uncontrolled component behavior

User Experience Enhancements:

• Improved dispute kit selection with automatic selection when single option available
• Enhanced juror profile displays addressing PNK balance visibility issues and penalty calculations
• Streamlined UI text and labels for better clarity, including "You were not drawn" messaging improvements
• Resolved iframe display issues for PoH disputes with URL encoding fixes

🌐 Experience next-generation decentralized justice! Court V2 approaches full production deployment.

🕵️ Kleros Scout

Major Platform Updates and Live Deployments

Scout V2 Development:

• Advanced Scout V2 frontend development reaching final stages with simplified UX for both advanced users and beginners
• Enhanced interface displaying active cases, latest entries, and comprehensive submitter history
• Continued integration testing and design improvements scheduled for September completion

Stake Curate Launch:

• HISTORIC MILESTONE: Stake Curate (permanent staked deposits) officially launched on Curate v1 on Gnosis Chain
• Prepared for first real-world use case partnership with DAMM Capital (launching September)
• Implemented permanent deposit mechanism incentivizing ongoing verification and curation quality

Policy and Ecosystem Improvements:

• ATQ Registry Overhaul: Major policy updates including clearer removal request terms, subgraph availability requirements, and explicit contract allowances
• Incentive Structure Revolution: Transitioned from "first submitted, first rewarded" to comprehensive "reward pool" scheme
• Merged ATQ incentives with other Scout registries for enhanced community engagement
• Introduced removal request incentives to maintain registry quality

Technical Infrastructure:

• Metamask Scout Snap Updates: Completed new version 1.3.9 with critical bug fixes and improved information display, will be published soon by Metamask
• Alternative Indexing Solutions: Advanced migration to alternative subgraph providers for enhanced reliability and performance testing
• Implemented smart wallet user warnings across Curate frontend and other Kleros applications

Real-World Applications:

• RWA Certification Pilots: Continued EU legal framework review for robust certification policy development
• Advanced additional verification layers for company certification with ESG sustainability value-add
• Ongoing discussions for new web3 projects including blind signing problem solutions and advanced curation workflows

🕵️‍♂️ Join the curation revolution! Explore Scout V2 and contribute to Stake Curate on Gnosis Chain.

👤 Proof of Humanity (PoH)

Revolutionary Privacy and Infrastructure Developments

PNK Airdrop Implementation:

• Successfully shipped the airdrop claim page with comprehensive functionality
• Integrated juror onboarding flow featuring pre-claim Kleros guide
• Implemented real-time on-chain APY computation for staked PNK with live updates
• Built sophisticated custom hooks coordinating batched transactions using EIP-5792 with proper lifecycle management and error bubbling

zkPOH Design - Major Privacy Initiative:

• Launched groundbreaking privacy layer development for Proof of Humanity based on KIP-79 concepts
• Goal: Decouple POH identities from on-chain actions via zero-knowledge proof primitives, mitigating linkability and enhancing anonymity
• Completed comprehensive technical evaluation:
  • Evaluated zk frameworks (Circom, Halo2, Noir, zkLLVM) against constraints size, prover time, and verifier gas costs
  • Completed initial threat modeling to identify re-linkability and Sybil attack vectors
  • Drafted initial circuit design with membership management and user journey specifications

User Experience Revolution:

• Enhanced vouching modal with async loading states, transaction success confirmations, and granular error handling
• Updated HumanityID request page with sophisticated chain-aware logic to correctly handle multi-chain contexts and enforce home-chain constraints

Infrastructure Improvements:

• Unified Contract Registry: Successfully merged comprehensive contract registry unification for streamlined PoH UI operations
• Enhanced vouch UX with refined homechain computation logic
• Resolved iframe display compatibility issues for PoH dispute presentations

✅ Verify your humanity! You can check our current implementation here

🌉 Vea (Bridge)

Cross-Chain Infrastructure Advancement

Hashi Lightbulb Integration:

• Multi-Bridge Security: Successfully built and tested Hashi Lightbulb PoC supporting three bridges: Vea, CCIP, and LayerZero
• Enhanced Route Support: Implemented arbitrum sepolia to chiado route with comprehensive testing
• Custom DVN Configuration: Deployed custom DVN config for LayerZero bridge on arbitrum sepolia - sepolia route for enhanced security
• Frontend Development: Active frontend updates to support both routing configurations

Technical Infrastructure Improvements:

• Solidity Compiler Updates: Updated Solidity compiler options and unpinned version pragma in contracts for broader compatibility
• Message Encoding Enhancement: Successfully merged critical message encoding fix improving cross-chain message reliability
• Development Optimization: Shortened devnet epoch period to 5 minutes enabling more efficient testing workflows
• Interface Updates: Enhanced IReceiverGateway interface with receiveMessage function for receiving contracts

Critical Issue Resolution:

• VeaOutbox Fix: Identified and resolved critical issue where messages with dynamic parameters failed execution on destination chains
• Relayer Enhancements: Implemented comprehensive fixes in relayer-cli and subgraph with transaction status improvements
• Validator Improvements: Added wait periods for snapshot saving on devnet matching testnet behavior

🌉 Bridge with confidence! Experience enhanced cross-chain messaging with Vea.

🏗️ Atlas Backend Infrastructure

Production Deployment Achievement

Infrastructure Milestone:

• Comprehensive Testing Complete: Successfully resolved shared dependency issues between macroservices through extensive staging environment testing
• Migration Readiness: Completed comprehensive database migration tests with production deployment preparation finalized
• Quality Assurance: Performed final end-to-end testing ensuring seamless production transition

New Feature Development:

• StakeSet and Voting History: Initiated development of comprehensive stakeSet and voting event capabilities enabling detailed Court V2 profile pages
• Notification System Migration: Began migration of Court V1 notification system to Atlas, enabling Safe users to receive notifications previously unavailable due to legacy system limitations

System Maintenance and Security:

• PoH Forum Migration: Completed migration to newer instance with hardened security measures and enhanced monitoring metrics
• Monitoring Enhancements: Improved system monitoring capabilities with server and application-level metrics
• Bot Maintenance: Continued regular maintenance of automated systems with performance improvements

🔒 Escrow

V2 Development Progress and Ecosystem Growth

Escrow V2 Beta Development:

• Contract Deployment: Successfully updated deployment scripts and redeployed devnet contracts and subgraph to Alchemy and The Graph
• UI Integration Progress: Advanced buyer parameter integration using refined design specifications

Development Focus:

• Primary development attention concentrated on V2 architecture with limited V1 maintenance activity

Community Ecosystem:

• Escrowly Enhancement: Community-developed frontend (Escrowly) now supports ERC20 tokens, expanding accessibility for alternative Kleros interfaces

🔒 Secure your transactions! You can try our Escrow V2 and Escrow V1

🔮 Futarchy

Platform Feature Completion

Core Functionality Enhancements:

• Token Management: Successfully implemented functionality to merge outcome tokens back to base tokens
• Trading Optimization: Enhanced trading path optimization for more efficient outcome prediction workflows
• Wallet Compatibility: Prepared comprehensive hooks for wider wallet support including EIP 7702 and EIP 5792 batch transaction capabilities

User Experience Improvements:

• Enhanced Visualization: Improved chart tooltip information display with current position value tracking
• Interface Refinements: Better color utilization in slider components with improved initial value settings
• Performance Optimization: Significantly reduced chart load times for smoother user interactions

📊 Predict with precision! Futarchy approaches launch with advanced trading optimization.

🌐 Cross-Chain Ecosystem Expansion

Reality.eth Multi-Chain Integration

Ringo/Suku Partnership on Polygon: Drafted production realityERC20 contract deployment with arbitrator integration

📊 Development Infrastructure

System Reliability and Performance

Alternative Indexing Solutions:

• Continued testing of new indexing solutions for Curate with plans for September frontend integration
• Maintained current infrastructure ensuring data display clarity during transition period
• Advanced evaluation of multiple subgraph replacement options for improved reliability

Technical Maintenance:

• Regular automated bot maintenance for token registry systems
• Ongoing system optimization and monitoring improvements
• Enhanced developer tooling and testing capabilities

📅 Looking Ahead

Immediate Production Deployments:

• Atlas macroservices production launch following successful testing completion
• Scout V2 frontend launch with comprehensive design improvements
• DAMM Capital use case inauguration for Stake Curate

Feature Development Continuation:

• StakeSet and voting history feature completion for enhanced Court V2 profiles
• Notification system migration completion enabling Safe user notification access
• Court V1 Keeper Bot migration to Atlas framework
• zkPOH privacy layer development continuation

Platform Expansions:

• Hashi-Lightbulb finalization with multi-route support
• Contract redeployments for enhanced cross-chain capabilities
• RWA Certification pilot launches with EU legal framework implementation

Ecosystem Growth:

• New web3 curation projects implementation
• Enhanced cross-chain bridging capabilities
• Continued alternative indexing solution integration

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August's developments represent substantial infrastructure maturation, successful live deployments, and continued ecosystem expansion. With Atlas production deployment imminent, Stake Curate live on Gnosis, zkPOH privacy development launched, and Scout V2 nearing completion, Kleros continues to lead in decentralized justice and dispute resolution innovation.