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Pending Submission JSKitty Q2

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Name:           JSKitty Q2
Term:           3 Cycles
Cycle Amount:   45,000
Total Amount:   135,000
Author:         JSKitty
Receiver:       JSKitty
Address:        D8q4QyXAm9ohd51iZjsHF57XjaXHXatYv4
Created:        17-04-2026
Status:         Pending
Vote Hash:      <TBD>



Hello curious PIVian or Labsian!

I'm JSKitty 🐱 - A Developer at PIVX Labs.
Who is this? Click to get up-to-date on my last proposal.

This is my fifteenth proposal to renew my perpetual job of pushing PIVX to the next level.
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What have I done in these last cycles?

These last three cycles were a mix of flagship new platforms and serious backend engineering: a brand-new Shield Sync server from scratch in Rust, a full AI Agent infrastructure for PIVX, two new public-facing platforms, and the usual maintenance + review grind.

A quick, TL;DR recap of everything:
  • PIVX Bridge - A high-performance Shield Sync server written in Rust, replacing PivxNodeController with ~80% smaller sync streams and massively faster performance.
  • PIVX Agent Kit - A full PIVX wallet built for AI Agents, with MCP server mode, shielded + transparent support, and a one-liner installer.
  • PIVX.ai - An AI-native knowledge hub positioning PIVX as the currency for the agentic economy.
  • Spend PIVX - A beautiful PIVX Business Directory with built-in GPS navigation to nearby stores.
  • Coin World - A location-based crypto game where PIVX is the first-class integrated currency.
  • My PIVX Wallet - Giftcodes rebrand, content-hashed caching, and 11 PRs reviewed & merged.
  • Infrastructure - New Hetzner dedicated server, Cloudflare CDN migration, continued server management.

Let's dive in to my contributions below.


🌉 PIVX Bridge

This is the big engineering effort of the quarter. PIVX Bridge is a complete rewrite of PivxNodeController in Rust - a high-performance Shield Sync server that serves as the backbone for MPW's privacy features.

Why? The old Node.js-based PivxNodeController was the bottleneck; Shield Sync was slow, bandwidth-heavy, and clunky. PIVX Bridge solves all of that:
  • ~80% Smaller Sync Streams - A new compact/compact+ sync mode strips unnecessary Sapling data, dramatically reducing bandwidth and sync times.
  • In-Memory Shield Buffer - Zero disk I/O for serving requests. Shield data lives in memory and gets served instantly.
  • SIMD Hex Decoding - Hardware-accelerated hex operations for maximum throughput.
  • Pure Rust jaq Integration - Replaced system jq with an in-process Rust implementation, eliminating thousands of process forks per request.
  • Smart Block Caching - getblock cache with LRU eviction, rehydration on restart, and automatic reorg detection.
  • ZMQ + Polling Reliability - Dual notification system for block indexing.
  • Crash Recovery - Matching PivxNodeController's recoverShieldbin() behaviour, so no data is lost on unexpected shutdowns.
  • Full Test Suite & CI - Comprehensive tests validated against PIVX Core source, plus GitHub Actions for Linux and macOS.
  • Cross-Platform Releases - Automated CI builds producing binaries for multiple platforms.

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A real-world example of the extreme Shield Sync improvements coming to v3 thanks to the PIVX Bridge.​

Over 40 commits across 10 days of intense development. The result is a Shield Sync server that vastly outperforms its predecessor in every metric: speed, bandwidth, reliability, and maintainability, Shield will already be syncing noticeably faster for everyone using MyPIVXWallet, but MPW v3 will be able to utilize our new Compact sync mode, which is the biggest beast in sync speed improvements, at around ~80% faster sync, without any catch.


🤖 PIVX Agent Kit

PIVX Agent Kit is the other major new project this quarter - a full PIVX wallet designed from the ground up for AI Agents.

The thesis is simple: AI agents are becoming economic actors, and they need money that doesn't require identity, permission, or a bank account. PIVX is perfect for this.

The Agent Kit went from v0.1.0 → v0.3.2 across the quarter:
  • MCP Server Mode - One command (pivx-agent-kit serve) gives Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI full PIVX wallet capabilities through natural language.
  • Shielded + Transparent Support - Dual balance management with all four transaction directions (transparent↔transparent, transparent↔shielded, shielded↔transparent, shielded↔shielded).
  • Device-Bound Encryption - Wallet files are tied to hardware fingerprints; stolen files are useless on another machine.
  • Anti-Hijacking - Validates transaction intent before signing, protecting against prompt injection and hallucinated transactions.
  • Self-Updater - Built-in update mechanism with SHA256 verification.
  • One-Liner Installer - curl -sSf https://install.pivx.ai | sh — that's it.
  • Compact Sync - Leveraging the PIVX Bridge's compact mode for ultrafast, lightweight sync.
Single compiled Rust binary. Zero dependencies. No runtime, no daemon, no full node.


🧠 PIVX.ai

PIVX.ai is the AI-native knowledge layer for PIVX - essentially the AI Agent version of PIVX.org.

While PIVX.org serves humans, PIVX.ai serves machines. It provides structured, versioned, unambiguous data that AI agents can fetch, parse, and trust:
  • /llms.txt - Plain-text summary optimised for LLM consumption.
  • /protocol.json - Structured protocol facts and specifications.
  • /ai-policy.json - AI crawling policy and common hallucination corrections.
  • Schema.org Structured Data - Full JSON-LD for search engines and AI crawlers.
  • Agent Kit Documentation - Setup guides, CLI reference, and MCP integration instructions.
The tagline says it all: "The Agentic Economy Starts with Private Money."

This positions PIVX ahead of every other cryptocurrency in the AI space. When agents search for a privacy coin, PIVX.ai ensures they find the right answer.
PIVX.ai still has a beautiful frontend design, in the event that humans (agent operators) want to investigate further or manually, but the site is designed to place economic agents as first-class citizens, and onboard them to PIVX in a single terminal command.
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The "Install" page for the PIVX Agent Kit.​


🛍️Spend PIVX

Spend PIVX is a brand-new PIVX Business Directory, built to answer the most common question in crypto: "Where can I actually spend it?" - https://spend.pivxla.bz/
  • Business Directory - Browse and filter merchants by category, transaction type (physical/digital), custody level, rating, and more.
  • Built-In GPS Navigation - A custom navigation system that provides turn-by-turn directions to the nearest PIVX-accepting stores, with modes for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers.
  • Free Listings - Any business dealing with PIVX can list themselves for free, whether they're an online store or a physical shop.
  • Beautiful Design - Clean, modern UI that makes it easy to discover PIV-friendly businesses at a glance.
Listings are open and encouraged for anyone accepting PIVX, online or offline.
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An example of @clem 's business, Shuffles 88, on the Spend PIVX website.​


🌍 Coin World

Coin World is a location-based crypto game where real cryptocurrency is hidden in the real world for players to find. While this is a personal project built on my own time, PIVX was the first coin integrated and receives first-class treatment throughout the platform, Coin World can be considered a partial successor to the previous "PIVX Rewards" platform, built with "Proof of Humanity" at the forefront.

What makes this exciting for PIVX specifically is that Coin World is actively implementing features requested by the PIVX Community to fit the ecosystem:
  • Ambassador Programme - Physical participation rewards & physical "Proof of Work" for PIVX Ambassadors on the ground; Coin World, at heart, is built for this.
  • Business Incentive Programmes - Businesses can provide crypto rewards to customers for visiting their stores. Coin World handles the logistics, statistics, and legwork; turning real-world foot traffic into PIVX adoption.
  • Gamified Onboarding - Players explore their surroundings, hunt for hidden coins, level up, and earn real PIV along the way; no wallet knowledge required.
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An example of a targetted airdrop during the Uyo University PIVX event in Nigeria.​


This is a new avenue for scaling PIVX adoption: a platform where businesses, ambassadors, and everyday people interact with PIV through play and real-world commerce.

Coin World is 100% non-custodial for both Creators and Players, it also provides incredible privacy guarentees thanks to our zkSNARKs (Groth16) circuits that can prove your location down to the precise spot... without ever revealing that spot, no GPS coordinates are ever sent to Coin World, at most, a 5-10km-wide geohash is used to allow the server to display coins in your local area, and to help guide Campaign creators to drop coins where the general playerbase is roughly active.

See the Coin World FAQ for further details: https://coinworld.money/faq.html


💰 My PIVX Wallet

Continued development and maintenance of My PIVX Wallet:
  • Giftcodes Rebrand - Rebranded "PIVX Promos" / "Promo Codes" to the cleaner "PIVX Giftcodes" naming across the entire codebase (PR #611).
  • Content-Hashed Bundles - Implemented hashed JS and CSS filenames for long-term browser caching, eliminating stale cache issues for users (PR #617).
  • Claude CI Tooling - Improved the automated Claude Code analysis system for deeper PR reviews.
  • 11 PRs Reviewed & Merged - Reviewed Duddino's work across multi-account improvements, ledger fixes, shield sync resilience, Vue warning fixes, webpack Node 25+ compat, and more.

🖥️ Infrastructure

Significant infrastructure changes this quarter:
  • New Hetzner Dedicated Server - Added a second dedicated server specifically for running PIVX's Core infrastructure, providing more capacity and isolation.
  • Core Infrastructure Migration - Migrated PIVX's core infrastructure to fresh Hetzner servers for improved reliability.
  • Cloudflare CDN Migration - Migrated MyPIVXWallet back under Cloudflare to improve global connectivity, loading speeds, and DDoS protection.
  • Continued Server Management - Ongoing maintenance, monitoring, and security hardening across the server fleet.

🖥️ MPW-Tauri

Continued work on MPW-Tauri, the native desktop application for My PIVX Wallet:
  • MacOS Installer - Finished the macOS installer with an improved background design (PR #64).
  • App Renaming - Cleaned up application names for consistency across platforms.
  • PR Review - Reviewed and merged Duddino's icon and ID changes.


What are my goals for this proposal?

🤖 AI Infrastructure
This is the big pivot. AI is reshaping how software is built, used, and monetised, it's also changing how people and businesses interact, and how the entire economy flows, with agent-based markets rapidly becoming reality - PIVX is positioned to be the currency that powers the agentic economy. My primary focus this quarter:
  • PIVX Agent Kit - Continued development: richer capabilities, PIVCards API integration for agent-based purchases, and deeper integrations with AI frameworks.
  • PIVX.ai Expansion - More structured data endpoints, rich data points (governance data, blockchain data), and an "AI Governance Portal" allowing agents to review proposals in an unbiased public environment.
  • AI-Powered Workflows - Deepening the integration of AI into PIVX Labs development processes: automated reviews, testing, and code generation.

📋 PIVX Task Platform (New)
A brand-new platform enabling the PIVX community to get paid for work and pay others for work, all in PIV:
  • Bounty & Task Listings - Anyone can post tasks (bug fixes, features, translations, design work) with PIV rewards attached.
  • Non-Custodial Framework - Payments handled without a middleman holding funds.
  • Reputation System - Both task Creators and Workers build reputation scores based on successful transactions, creating trust without centralisation.
  • Open Participation - Anyone in the community can earn PIV by contributing their skills, uploading evidence of their work, and having their reward approved.
This creates a self-sustaining work ecosystem around PIVX - people earning and spending PIV for real work, growing the circular economy.


🔧 Continued Development & Maintenance
  • My PIVX Wallet - Continued PR reviews, stability and UX improvements, and pushing v3 through the intense public testing phase required to launch.
  • PIVX Bridge - Monitoring, optimisation, and iterating on the compact sync protocol.
  • Spend PIVX - Growing the merchant directory, onboarding businesses, encouraging Ambassador use.
  • Coin World - Continued integration and growth of PIVX within the platform.
  • Infrastructure - Server management, security hardening, uptime monitoring.

💷 A Note on Funding
This proposal requests 45,000 PIV per cycle - a significant increase, but context matters:

At current prices, 45,000 PIV is roughly £2,500–2,700, for a senior blockchain developer working full-time across multiple platforms. PIV's price has declined considerably since my last proposal, and this adjustment reflects the reality of sustaining this level of output. This is still well below market rates for the scope, quantity, and quality of work being delivered.


... want to add your own ideas for us to build?
Join and let's get it done!

I thank everyone who has supported the work thus far, and allowed me to prove that I can get shit done without too much messing around - we have some fun, it's what keeps us sane and grounded, down-to-earth, but we keep our direction the same: build, and do it right.

Thanks for reviewing my proposal, now's your choice:

Purple Pill (Vote Yes) | Red Pill (Vote No)

- JSKitty 🐱​
 
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