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Introducing Obsidian Core (OSD) — High-Speed UTXO Settlement Infrastructure by Cygnusium LLC
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As the CygnusPay and Cygnusium ecosystem continues to expand, our engineering focus has always been on building real, self-hosted financial infrastructure rather than chasing market hype.
Today, we are introducing Obsidian Core (OSD) — a dedicated Layer-1 UTXO settlement protocol engineered by Cygnusium LLC specifically for high-frequency money movement, point-of-sale throughput, and CPU-level decentralization.
How Obsidian Fits Alongside Cygnus Coin (CNS)
A common question when an organization introduces new infrastructure is how it relates to existing networks. Obsidian does not replace Cygnus Coin (CNS), nor is it a "second token."
In enterprise payment architecture, different layers solve different technical requirements:
- Cygnus Coin (CNS) remains our primary flagship asset and the core pillar of the Cygnus community and ecosystem.
- Obsidian (OSD) is purpose-built UTXO settlement technology — engineered strictly as a pure payment rail and developer settlement layer. It is not an investment token, has no public exchange listing roadmap, and exists solely to process fast, deterministic UTXO transactions inside our infrastructure stack.
Building and maintaining our own dedicated UTXO rail allows CygnusPay and Cygnusium services to settle transactions in seconds without relying on congested third-party networks or ASIC-dominated chains.
Key Technical Specifications of Obsidian Core
- 30-Second Block Target: Rapid confirmation finality built for checkout and microtransaction speed.
- CPU-Only Consensus (Yespower 1.0): Memory-hard proof of work (
2 MBL3 cache footprint per thread,"Obsidian"custom salt) so any standard desktop or laptop can validate and mine—zero ASICs, zero gatekeepers. - LWMA-1 + Emergency Difficulty Adjuster (EDA): Per-block difficulty retargeting across a 45-block window with automated anti-stall recovery so the rail never freezes.
- Bitcoin Core & Litecoin Lineage: Native Bech32 SegWit (
osd1q...), full UTXO coin control, deterministic C++17 daemon (obsidiand), Qt5 desktop wallet (obsidian-qt), and complete JSON-RPC tooling.
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Obsidian Core is 100% open-source under the MIT license and live now:
- Official Website & Documentation: https://obsidian.cygnusium.com
- Source Code (GitHub): https://github.com/Cygnusium/obsidian
Thank you for building with us as we continue expanding the CygnusPay and Cygnusium ecosystem.
— Cygnusium LLC
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Slightly belated Happy Halloween to those who celebrate from the CygnusPay Team!
DisPay is a Discord bot that allows users to link their Cygnus Pay accounts directly to Discord. It’s designed to make managing paid roles, donations, subscriptions, and exclusive server access easier than ever.
Server owners will be able to manage roles, automate access based on payments, and offer exclusive perks to their communities. Meanwhile, users will be able to track their payments, manage their subscriptions, and keep everything organized in one place.
Our goal is to make DisPay a simple and reliable solution for Discord communities looking to monetize their servers using crypto payments through Cygnus Pay.
More details will be shared as development progresses!
We’re working on adding support for all EVM-compatible blockchains, including most major stablecoins, to expand network coverage and provide broader support across the ecosystem.
We’ll also be updating our internal services, improving the API, introducing new API endpoints, and expanding overall functionality to support upcoming features and improvements.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to improve the platform!
We sincerely apologize for the lack of communication and updates during this time. We understand that the silence may have left many of you wondering what was happening, and we appreciate everyone who stayed with us.
We’ve been working behind the scenes on improvements, fixes, and new features that we believe will make our services significantly better.
We’re not going to spoil everything just yet, but big changes are on the way.
Thank you for your patience, support, and understanding. We’re excited to finally start sharing what we’ve been working on.
More updates coming soon.
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