Radix Week in Review: Mar 16–22, 2026

Hyperscale Code: One Month on GitHub

It has been one month since the Radix Foundation open-sourced all Hyperscale code, documentation, and operational tooling. The sustained 500K+ TPS result — with peaks above 800K+ across 128 shards — is now independently verifiable. Linear scaling has been demonstrated empirically: doubling shard count from 64 to 128 doubles throughput, consistent with the theoretical model.

The Foundation’s announcement positioned this as the close of the interim Hyperscale chapter, with all remaining development now community-led. Developers can fork the codebase, run their own benchmarks, and build tooling directly on top of the proven architecture. For autonomous AI agents, the implications are direct: a ledger that scales linearly means gas costs don’t spike as agent-to-agent transaction volume grows. Full technical breakdown on RADIX.wiki.

Validator Subsidy: Phase 1 Closes This Month

March is the final month of Phase 1 of the Validator Subsidy wind-down. Following the 71.6% community vote (740.7M XRD in favour, 604 accounts), the taper is on schedule: the March cap of $200/month transitions to Phase 2 in April, where the incoming Community Entity administers $100/month stipends until June 2026, when subsidies terminate completely.

Validators who have not yet adjusted their fee structures to be self-sustaining should do so now. After June, validator economics must work on fees alone — the subsidy has been covering the operational gap for many node operators since mainnet. The Foundation’s detailed breakdown covers the transition structure and Community Entity handover timeline.

RAC: Six Weeks In

The Radix Accountability Council — five community-elected members (Peachy 92.8%, Faraz 83.9%, Jazzer_9F 82.9%, Avaunt 58.4%, projectShift 57.2%) — is six weeks into its mandate. The RAC’s primary function is coordinating the Foundation → community handover: overseeing the Gateway and Connect Relay RFP process, facilitating the formation of the Radix DAO, and maintaining accountability throughout the transition.

The Gateway RFP in particular remains an active discussion on RadixTalk, with questions around the DataAggregator architecture and operator model still unresolved. The RAC is not a commander here — they facilitate; final selection rests with community governance. No decision has been announced this week.

Separately, a community RFC for migrating official developer documentation to RADIX.wiki continues to gather replies. If adopted, it would position the wiki as the canonical source for Scrypto guides and Gateway API reference as the Foundation steps back from direct developer infrastructure.

Quack Space: Radix Identity for the Open Social Web

Quack Space is a Radix-native project building identity and login infrastructure for Bluesky, the AT Protocol-based decentralised social network. The project uses ROLA (Radix Off-Ledger Authentication) and XRD domain names for Bluesky identity attestation and login, bridging Web3 wallet identity to open social web profiles.

The integration represents a novel use case: instead of building a new social layer from scratch, Quack Space uses Radix’s cryptographic identity primitives to connect existing wallet holders to an established open social network. The P2P trustless fixed-rate lend/borrow component — using Radix sub-intents for atomic settlement — suggests a broader DeFi layer is planned on top of the social graph.

Note: Source URL for Quack Space is pending verification. This section will be updated with a direct link once confirmed.

New on RADIX.wiki This Week

• Hyperscale — Updated with open-source milestone, 500K+ TPS benchmarks, and community development context.
• Radix Accountability Council — Updated with operational status and current RAC focus areas.
• Validator Subsidy Sunset — Updated with Phase 1–3 timeline and Community Entity handover details.

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