Kusama Shield Roadmap 2026

Feature list for 2026
Privacy features to enhance and support the next generation of shielded Pools.

Q1

  • Extended UI + testing
    Testing suit for the interface
  • Balance checks and block explorer support 
  • Metamask and wallet connect support
    Support for the major EVM browser wallet
  • Privacy Dashboard with k-anonymity scores
    Answering the question: How private is my transaction?
  • Proxy withdrawals
    Ability to withdraw tokens from the shielded pool via a new address

Q2

  • Smart contract user simulator on Paseo
  • Zero Knowledge logic moved from Solidity into Polkavm
    LeanIMT and more rust RISC-V optimized features.
    Polkavm programs extended scope
  • Massive user documentation and examples
    Documentation for 40+ different L1 assets, how they can utilize Kusama Shield.
  • Audit
    Audit of smart contracts contracts, write up and audit report publishing by ZK expert.

Implementation of extended features and patches of bugs + readjustment of some of the zk logic(especially the merkle tree)

Kohaku integration


We want to integrate Kusama Shield directly into Kohaku, making it easy for future applications to integrate. We aim to make Kusama Shield the best Kohaku integration and submit an integration or once past audit https://github.com/ethereum/kohaku

Why is Kohaku important?

Kohaku aims to cater to dapp developers, making it easy to provide shielded transfers, we want to t Most solidity dapp developers 

Q3 - Going stable

Support for a lot of Assets by default,

Bring your own assets(ability to just paste in an kusama ah asset address),

ipfs UI fork ui button(deploy a new version of the UI by the click of a button)

Ability for smart contract to withdraw asset directly to parachains via xcm precompiles

Do you have features you want to see in Kusama Shield?

Open a codeberg issue here: https://codeberg.org/KusamaShield/Interface/issues.

Extra features that will be added:

  • ISMP integration
  • Non custodial(kyc) offramps
    Non custodial Offramps in the main UI
  • Yielding Shielded Pools
    Earn rewards for shielding your tokens