2026 Technical Upgrade Plan and Ecosystem Development Blueprint

As blockchain technology continues to evolve and market demands become increasingly complex, the DEPaaS team is excited to present DEP Chain's comprehensive technical development roadmap to our community. This roadmap not only demonstrates our unwavering commitment to technological innovation but also showcases DEP Chain's ambitious vision for building next-generation decentralized infrastructure.

In today's blockchain ecosystem, rapid technological iteration and diverse user requirements place higher demands on infrastructure platforms. As an innovative platform that combines EVM compatibility with Cosmos ecosystem interoperability, DEP Chain must maintain technological leadership while ensuring system stability, security, and scalability.

Our technical roadmap is built on three core principles: progressive upgrades, security-first approach, and ecosystem synergy. Through phased technical implementation, we ensure that every upgrade delivers substantial value improvements for users and developers.

Upgradeable Smart Contract Architecture

We will implement the industry-leading UUPS (Universal Upgradeable Proxy Standard) upgradeable contract system, enabling hot updates of core logic while maintaining contract address stability, providing users with seamless upgrade experiences. This innovation will significantly enhance DEP Chain's technical flexibility and responsiveness.

Simultaneously, we will introduce a Diamond multi-module system based on the EIP-2535 standard, enabling independent upgrades and feature toggles through the Facet mechanism. This modular architecture not only improves system maintainability but also provides a robust technical foundation for future feature expansions.

Batch Operational Management System

Through the Beacon Proxy batch deployment mechanism, we will achieve unified logic contract batch integration, dramatically improving operational efficiency. Combined with our three-phase deployment strategy of Canary → Shard → Full rollout, we ensure the safety and stability of every upgrade.

Security Detection and Fee Optimization

We will integrate automated security detection pipelines, running professional testing tools including slither, echidna, and foundry before each deployment to ensure code quality and security. Additionally, our new fee market mechanism will adopt a tiered structure of base fees plus priority fees, coupled with adaptive burning pools, providing users with more fair and transparent transaction costs.

Account Abstraction and User Experience

We will implement an Account Abstraction (AA) compatibility layer supporting Paymaster-sponsored Gas functionality, significantly lowering barriers for new users. This innovation will elevate DEP Chain's user experience to new heights.

Community Governance Mechanism

We will launch a comprehensive governance system based on Governor contracts and Token Voting, enabling DEP token holders to genuinely participate in network parameter adjustments and fund management decisions. This mechanism ensures that DEP Chain's development direction remains aligned with community interests.

The governance system will employ multi-signature (Gnosis Safe) mechanisms, ensuring that critical upgrades and fund operations require multi-party signature confirmation. We will establish a role-based hierarchy of Admin, Operator, and Auditor, making the entire lifecycle of proposals fully traceable.

Security Protection and Risk Control

Security remains our top priority. Our new Circuit Breaker mechanism can automatically freeze relevant functional modules upon risk detection, maximally protecting user asset security.

We will also introduce zkProof verification modules, providing cryptographic proofs for state consistency before and after upgrades, ensuring the correctness of every upgrade. Combined with version control and rollback mechanisms, we can quickly revert to stable versions when necessary.

Shadow Environment and Change Assessment

Through Shadow Fork technology, we will replay real transaction traffic before formal upgrades, ensuring upgrade compatibility and stability. Meanwhile, our change impact assessment system will conduct deep simulations of inflation and economic parameter adjustments, providing scientific basis for decision-making.

Our designed validator system will provide opportunities for both node operators and regular users to participate in network governance and earn rewards. Validators earn management fees and revenue shares by providing stakes and deposits; regular users can participate through delegated staking, receiving rewards proportional to their stake weight.

To maintain network stability, we have established a 21-28 day exit queue period, effectively preventing liquidity shocks. For malicious behaviors such as prolonged offline periods or double-signing, the system will execute corresponding penalty mechanisms.

We innovatively introduce an insurance pool mechanism, extracting 1-2% from rewards to establish an insurance fund specifically for compensating potential losses of small-scale users, further enhancing system security and user confidence.

DEP Chain will provide official cross-chain bridges, enabling secure interconnection with mainstream EVM chains. Through multi-signature limit mechanisms, we ensure fund security while providing users with convenient cross-chain experiences.

We will also integrate mainstream oracle services including Chainlink and Pyth, providing reliable price data support for DeFi applications within our ecosystem.

To lower barriers for developer onboarding, we will provide comprehensive SDK toolkits supporting mainstream development languages including TypeScript, Python, and Go, accompanied by rich templates and testnet Faucet services.

Addressing MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) concerns, we will implement sequencing protection mechanisms through public mempool observation and private channel protection, providing users with a more equitable trading environment.

We will establish a multi-layered monitoring system covering node operational status, contract events, and economic indicator dashboards, providing comprehensive protection for healthy network operation.

Through automated audit pipelines, we will conduct static analysis, fuzzing, and formal verification for every code update, generating corresponding audit badges to ensure continuous improvement in code quality.

For compliance, we will implement KYT (Know Your Transaction) risk control mechanisms while adopting privacy data minimization storage strategies, meeting compliance requirements while protecting user privacy.

The implementation of this technical roadmap will elevate DEP Chain to new heights in technological advancement, security reliability, and user experience. We believe that through community collaboration and continuous technological innovation, DEP Chain will become a crucial infrastructure driving Web3 development.

We cordially invite developers, validators, and users worldwide to participate in DEP Chain's construction, building a more open, secure, and efficient decentralized future together.

About DEPaaS

DEPaaS is dedicated to building next-generation cross-chain infrastructure, providing high-performance, low-cost blockchain services to global users through deep integration of EVM compatibility and the Cosmos ecosystem. We consistently uphold the principles of technological innovation and community co-construction, contributing to building a better Web3 world.

Learn More:

• Official Website: https://depaas.de

• Technical Documentation: https://docs.digitalecology.de

• Community Discussion: https://discord.gg/Be8ERrRWXv

This article is published on DEPaaS Official Medium. More technical details and implementation timelines will be covered in subsequent articles.