Whitepaper Changelog
A summary of what changed between each published version of the Monolythium whitepaper.
v3.0 — April 2026
Major revision. Restructured from 15 chapters into a single streamlined document. Updated all figures to reflect current testnet state.
Tokenomics
- Genesis supply reduced from 161.2M LYTH to 87M LYTH
- Distribution restructured from 8 categories to 6:
- Genesis Allocation (46.8%), Team Treasury (27.6%), Grants (13.8%), Liquidity Program (9.2%), Ecosystem Incentives (2.3%), Operational (0.3%)
- Removed legacy categories: SXP Community, XQR Community, Custodial Wallets
- Vesting schedules added — TGE unlock percentages, cliff periods, and linear vesting durations for each category
- Supply dynamics section added — net inflation analysis, burn crossover modeling, Ethereum EIP-1559 comparison
Ecosystem
- Updated from 18+ to 22+ deployed smart contracts
- Updated from 50+ to 60+ repositories
- MonoPump elevated as primary economic engine (bonding curve launch, auto-graduation to DEX)
- Added Genesis Campaign and "What You Can Do Right Now" sections
- Expanded MonoPlay coverage: Forge (AI game builder), GRID (seeder network), MonoLands (48 planets)
Security
- Added zero open critical findings status
- Expanded from single audit mention to five-layer security model (protocol, contract, application, wallet, infrastructure)
Governance
- Added DAO transition roadmap (testnet council, parameter proposals, phased decentralization)
Structure
- Consolidated 15 verbose chapters (~3,400 lines) into 11 sections (638 lines)
- Removed implementation-level detail (contract addresses, library versions, hardware specs) — this belongs in developer documentation
- New executive summary with product-forward tone
- Added links and resources section
v1.0 — February 2026
Initial published whitepaper. 15-chapter format covering architecture, tokenomics, consensus, DeFi, smart contracts, multi-chain strategy, financial services, gaming, wallets, infrastructure, security, governance, and roadmap.
- Genesis supply: 161.2M LYTH across 8 distribution categories
- 18+ smart contracts across 7 EVM-compatible testnets
- 50+ repositories
- LythiumBFT consensus with quadratic proposer selection
- Detailed technical specifications including contract function signatures, deployment addresses, validator hardware requirements, wallet crypto libraries, and OS-level sandbox implementations