The Beldex network has officially entered a new phase with the successful activation of the Obscura Hardfork at block height 4939540.
This upgrade introduces Bulletproofs++, an advanced zero-knowledge range-proof system that makes Beldex transactions significantly lighter, faster, and more scalable.
Obscura marks a resilient step forward, a structural upgrade that strengthens Beldex’s long-term goal of delivering default privacy while ensuring the network scales sustainably as usage grows.
Obscura’s Key Upgrades
Since privacy blockchains rely on range proofs to verify transaction amounts without revealing them, a typical proof (in a Beldex transaction, this includes information about decoys) comes with several challenges: larger transaction sizes, greater verification load on the masternodes, fewer transactions fitting inside each block, faster overall chain growth, and increased storage and hardware requirements for node operators.
As the Beldex ecosystem expands, these bottlenecks can restrict scalability and raise the barrier to running nodes. Obscura addresses these challenges head-on.
Introducing Bulletproofs++
With Obscura now live, the Beldex mainnet uses Bulletproofs++ instead of standard Bulletproofs (which replaced first generation range proofs) for all private transactions. Bulletproofs++ retains the same security guarantees but delivers substantial efficiency gains.
Key upgrades include:
- •~38% smaller proof size, reducing transaction weight
- •Faster verification, decreasing load on masternodes
- •Quicker network synchronization, enabling seamless block propagation
- •More efficient aggregation techniques, improving block utilization
- •Reduced CPU and memory usage, helping both masternodes and mobile clients perform better
Network-Wide Advantages
The activation of Bulletproofs++ brings clear, measurable upgrades across the ecosystem:
- •Smaller transactions: Less on-chain data per proof and lower block-level data consumption.
- •Faster node sync: Lighter proofs shorten verification time and increase responsiveness.
- •More transactions per block: Better space efficiency increases effective throughput without altering block size limits.
- •Lower hardware requirements: Reduced computational and storage load lowers the entry barrier for running masternodes.
- •Better user experience: Mobile wallets and lightweight clients operate more smoothly with reduced resource demands.
Together, these improvements ensure that the Beldex network continues to scale while ensuring strong transactional privacy.
Updates Required for Node Operators and Partners
With Obscura live, all exchanges, partners, and masternode operators must run the latest Beldex binaries to stay compatible.
Updating is essential to: stay synchronized with the upgraded chain, keep deposits and withdrawals fully functional, and maintain full node compatibility and stability.
By updating, operators ensure seamless performance and consistent service availability.
Obscura Live, What’s Next?
Obscura is an architectural enhancement that strengthens the foundation of the Beldex blockchain. With Bulletproofs++, the network becomes more efficient, more inclusive, and better prepared for future growth.
But Obscura is just one step on a larger roadmap toward sustainable scalability and privacy.
Next, the Beldex network is preparing for its most significant consensus upgrade yet: the shift to a Verifiable Random Function (VRF)–based consensus model. This upcoming hardfork will refine validator selection, enhance fairness and security, and improve network performance as Beldex scales.
Onwards and forward.