SORA v3 (Nexus)

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Soranauts is an independent knowledge base covering SORA v3 (Nexus), Polkaswap, and the Token Bonding Curve. Explore 369 glossary terms, 24 documentation pages, and stay current with ecosystem developments.

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SORA Glossary

369 terms across 18 categories — from XOR tokenomics to Nexus architecture.

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24 curated documentation pages covering fundamentals, products, and technical specs.

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Nexus Whitepaper

The authoritative reference for execution lanes, governance, and liquidity.

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Whitepaper Highlights

What the Nexus whitepaper covers.

Execution lanes, predictable liquidity, governance cadence, and programmatic guardrails — the building blocks of the SORA v3 economy.

Architecture

Lanes, Merge Ledger & Data Spaces

Sections 6–7 explain how Nexus scales with parallel lanes while the merge ledger keeps one canonical order across sovereign data spaces.

  • Lanes finalize independently and fuse or split deterministically based on load.
  • Merge ledger orders lane tips without rewriting finalized history.
  • Data spaces provide privacy and jurisdictional controls while still emitting proofs.

Source: Whitepaper §§6–7 — Architecture & Data Spaces

Execution

IVM, Kotodama & Deterministic Contracts

Sections 5 and 11 detail the Iroha Virtual Machine and Kotodama bytecode that keep Nexus execution deterministic.

  • Pointer-ABI defines typed handles so contracts cannot craft malformed references.
  • Gas tables and syscalls are versioned on-chain for predictable execution.
  • Kotodama bytecode (.to) plus Norito serialization keeps auditing and ZK tracing straightforward.

Source: Whitepaper §§5 & 11 — IVM & Smart Contracts

Security & DA

FASTPQ Proofs, DA Sampling & Sumeragi

Sections 8–10 describe the Sumeragi pipeline, Start-Time Fair Queuing, and FASTPQ zk-STARK proofs tied to DA certificates.

  • Sumeragi finalizes non-empty slots in ~1 s with deterministic leader rotation.
  • FASTPQ proofs aggregate per-data-space execution into verifiable lane receipts.
  • Two-dimensional erasure coding plus DA sampling keeps data recoverable and auditable.

Source: Whitepaper §§8–10 — Consensus, Proofs & DA

Governance

SORA Parliament & Governance Surfaces

Sections 7.2 and 16 outline configuration surfaces, data-space onboarding, and the upcoming SORA Parliament structure.

  • Council, Assembly, and Technical Committee publish Norito manifests with XOR bonds.
  • Parameter sets (crypto, scheduling, admission caps) are versioned on-chain.
  • New data spaces require attested certificates; unknown DSIDs are rejected.

Source: Whitepaper §§7.2 & 16 — Governance Surfaces & Parliament

Nexus Whitepaper

The authoritative reference for SORA v3.

Execution lanes, governance cadence, and liquidity safeguards — all documented in the official Nexus whitepaper. Download the PDF or browse the wiki.

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Core Primitives

How SORA v3 (Nexus) works.

Four primitives form the backbone of execution, monetary policy, governance, and liquidity.

Execution

Lanes & Merge Ledger

Iroha v3 lanes finalize independently, then the merge ledger weaves those tips into one canonical order so builders never fork history.

Architecture overview

Monetary Policy

XOR Bonding Curve

The bonding curve keeps XOR supply elastic and signals mint/burn windows so desks can dial liquidity without surprises.

Bonding curve model

Governance

SORA Parliament

Council, Assembly, and Technical Committee publish Norito manifests with XOR bonds so upgrades activate deterministically.

Governance plan

Liquidity

Polkaswap & HASHI

Polkaswap routes liquidity across HASHI-connected domains while XOR operates as supranational money.

Polkaswap rails

Getting Started

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FAQs

Common questions

Answers reference the Nexus whitepaper, glossary entries, and live wiki sections.

How do Nexus lanes reach ~1 second finality?
Sections 6–8 of the Nexus whitepaper explain how parallel lanes execute in isolation while the merge ledger orders lane tips into one canonical sequence. The Sumeragi pipeline plus Start-Time Fair Queuing (STFQ) keeps every lane deterministic.
What are data spaces and why do they matter?
Nexus treats each jurisdiction or business unit as a sovereign data space with its own policy, privacy settings, and audit proofs. Governed onboarding ensures private zones stay private while still emitting proofs to the merge ledger. See §7 of the whitepaper or the glossary entry.
How is liquidity policy enforced across SORA?
The XOR Token Bonding Curve keeps supply elastic and signals mint/burn windows so desks can schedule liquidity programs. Nexus lanes read the same bonding-curve state, meaning Polkaswap LPs and Kensetsu vaults all follow the same deterministic policy.
Where can I learn SORA terminology?
The SORA Glossary contains 369 terms across 18 categories — from XOR and VAL tokenomics to Nexus architecture concepts like lanes, data spaces, and the merge ledger. Use the search or filter by category.

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