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Roadmap

What VDM Nexus is shipping, in order. The build log on the right updates live as new commits land.

Phase 1

Mainnet rail live

Completed
  • Agent payment rail
  • Devnet demo
  • On-chain deposit detection
  • @vdm-nexus/sdk published to npm
  • Marketing site repositioned to signed-receipt pitch
  • x402-gated /chat/completions endpoint live
  • Self-hosted SVM facilitator
  • @vdm-nexus/x402 SDK published to npm
  • docs.vdmnexus.com live
  • First real signed inference settled on-chain
  • KMS-backed facilitator signing (mainnet + devnet)
  • Receipt verifier shipped in @vdm-nexus/x402
  • Ed25519-signed receipts
  • Per-agent points field in receipts
  • Production observability + per-agent rate limiting
  • @vdm-nexus/mcp — MCP server for Claude Desktop / Cursor
  • @vdm-nexus/paywall — drop-in middleware for Express / Hono / Next.js
  • Base / EVM support in x402 facilitator and verifier
  • Mainnet hardening — spend cap + allowlist + kill switch
  • Playground — public read-only signed-inference console at /playground
  • Receipts permalink (/r/[id]) + OG / Twitter card images
  • Gitlawb deploy script + auto-mirror GitHub Actions workflow
  • Mainnet-ready API surface — network selector, grants, public receipts
  • SOL fee-payer balance probe — Vercel Cron every 5 min
  • Frontend quick fixes — dead links + vocabulary lock + Docs nav entry
  • /sdk landing page — four packages, one signed-inference stack
  • /verify landing page — the five cryptographic checks explained
  • /agents rebuild — what works today + agent-git primitives + marketplace later
  • /team hiring application — Tally form embed for first 1-2 collaborators
  • /token + /whitepaper hidden behind NEXT_PUBLIC_LAUNCH_LIVE flag
  • Docs site refresh — MCP reference, /docs/sdk landing, agent-git placeholder, security corrections
  • Mainnet launch
  • Nexus Verify — receipt verification SaaS
  • Public receipt format spec
Phase 2

Distribution & adopters

Active
  • First 10 independent agents using signed inference
  • vdm-nexus Python SDK — port Agent + x402 client + verifyReceipt to PyPI
  • Listings on x402 Bazaar, Agentic.Market, x402.direct, awesome-x402
  • ERC-8004 agent card pointing at /chat/completions with SIR v2 verification
  • Coinbase AgentKit — vdm-nexus action provider PR
  • Mastra provider — drop-in for the OpenAI-compatible LLM slot
  • Vercel AI SDK provider
  • LangChain + LangGraph adapters (Python, unlocked by the Python SDK)
  • SendAI Solana Agent Kit plugin — @solana-agent-kit/plugin-vdm-nexus
  • ElizaOS plugin — @elizaos-plugins/plugin-nexus
  • OpenAI Agents SDK adapter
  • Solana Foundation x402 developer guide — signed inference with Nexus + Kora
Phase 3

EU enterprise & compliance

Upcoming
  • EU AI Act Article 12 / NIST / OWASP Top 10 — SIR v2 compliance one-pager
  • First regulated-industry pilot — Spanish fintech, EU bank, or EU government RFP
  • Third-party security audit
Phase 4

Platform maturity

Upcoming
  • @vdm-nexus/wallet + Agent.deposit() — autonomous top-up loop
  • Nexus Agents — marketplace with on-chain reputation
  • Web UI for agent management
  • Webhook + event system
  • Activity dashboard with signed receipts
  • Agent monitoring + balance alerts
  • Agent-git provenance — @vdm-nexus/github-app (verifies SIR receipts on PRs)
  • Payment-gated merges via .nexus/policy.json (preview + enforce modes)
  • Signed release tags — nexus release CLI wrapper anchors tag SHA on-chain
  • Gitlawb adapter for agent-git primitives — after GitHub App proves out
  • Multi-provider routing intelligence — replace OpenRouter passthrough
Phase 5

Token (after distribution)

Upcoming
  • Spanish firm MiCA memo — merchant-rail + token-issuance position (Cuatrecasas / Garrigues / Uría)
  • Token — utility-first design, launch follows demonstrable demand
Phase 6

Verticals

Upcoming
  • Autonomous trading agents
  • Research agents
  • Business automation agents
  • Private inference via TEE / ZKML upstream providers