Significantly reduce required blockchain storage space while at the same time will set the foundations for future improvements such as warp sync, and garbage collector (further information on Unitrie)

To provide new security and usability features that will enable the onboarding of new Fed Members in a more secure way.

Provide a higher level of compatibility with Ethereum Smart Contracts. CREATE2, SHR and SHL are virtual machine operations (opcodes) that have been recently added to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and to which we are adding support. RSK has been involved in improving the EIPs to match our needs on RSK.

Is an extremely valuable tool that allows developers to inspect the internal execution of a transaction by running it in the exact same manner as it was executed on the network.

Several performance improvements to blockchain long sync and the introduction of warp sync, will enable users to have their nodes ready to use in a fraction of the time currently required.

With the introduction of meta-transactions, users are relieved of dealing with gas prices, making the end user experience much better.

We are adding support for EVM precompiled contracts not present in RSK Virtual Machine (pairing check, elliptic curve operations).

This feature reduces required blockchain storage significantly by deleting old and unnecessary information stored by the node.

Will further minimize the required resources to run a node, making it easier for third parties to run their own instances.

The constant fluctuation of fees is an obstacle when implementing use cases as end users cannot be exposed to constant changes in transactions´ fees. This feature, will overcome this situation.

This is a security feature that seeks to isolate misbehaving nodes in the network.

The current two-way peg implementation has important friction-points from an usability perspective. The goal is to make it more user-friendly while at the same time enabling some interesting use cases that are currently not supported such as direct BTC funding to RSK Smart contracts.

Having all critical nodes running the latest version of software is crucial for the security and health of the network. This feature (although optional) aims at that direction.

Rapid growth of space requirements needs to be addressed in several ways. Complementing blockchain compression features, storage rent establish the right economic incentives so that today's users cannot abuse the blockchain storage, at the expense of future users, leading to a sustainable blockchain. It also makes sure that block verification remains fast and within the limits of a standard laptop. The next step, called storage hibernation, will enable freeing old unused data to shrink the blockchain state even more.

Introduces new security features into the HSM, giving the devices the ability to distinguish correct signature requests that originate in the two-way peg contract from forgeries.

Federation members will have the possibility to decide/vote their members autonomously hence favouring the decentralization of the platform.

Brings economic incentives to those running RSK full nodes, favouring the network decentralization.

The Lumino Compression Protocol reduces transaction size & blockchain storage as well as increasing network’s TPS (transactions per second)..

Once the drivechain standard is established and implemented, sidechains like RSK will no longer require a federated two-way peg. This improves the security of the network while removing sensitive central points.

This is an on-chain alternative to meta transactions, originally tackled through the Gas Station Network.