LP-10000: Lux Curriculum

Abstract

This LP is the one curriculum document for the Lux LP corpus (one concept, one LP — the nine former per-role path LPs, 10001–10009, are merged here and retired). Each track below is a reading order over live canonical LPs only; retired and superseded LPs are never referenced. Every link is verified against the current tree.

The mental model to acquire first, regardless of role:

1. Topology — ten chains: P X (UTXO rails) + C D Q Z A B M F (execution lanes). LP-0130 is the single topology + fee-model authority.
2. Consensus — Quasar: BLS fast path + post-quantum witnesses. LP-0110.
3. Money — X is the money rail, P is the staking rail, LUX is the only fee currency. LP-0001 + LP-0130 §3–5.

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Track 0 — Core Protocol (everyone starts here)

"What is Lux, structurally?" Prerequisite for every other track.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-0000	Network architecture and the LP process
2	LP-0001	LUX tokenomics, denominations (µLUX base)
3	LP-0130	The 10-chain roster, UTXO ownership, fee rails
4	LP-0099	How LPs are numbered and organized
5	LP-0110	Quasar consensus
6	LP-0121	The go-live standard: chains, VMs, precompiles, finality
7	LP-1000	P-Chain: validators, staking, chain creation
8	LP-1100	X-Chain: the asset-settlement UTXO ledger

Checkpoint questions: Which two chains hold UTXOs? What currency are fees paid in, on every chain? Where do worker rewards settle? Why does Q-Chain have no user-payable blockspace?

Track 1 — Smart Contract Developer

"I want to build apps, protocols, and money." After Track 0.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-1200	C-Chain EVM; gas paid from X-imported LUX
2	LP-3020	LRC-20 fungible tokens
3	LP-3721	LRC-721 NFTs
4	LP-4155	LRC-1155 multi-token
5	LP-0041	Wallet standards
6	LP-7337	Account abstraction
7	LP-9015	The precompile registry
8	LP-9999	0x9999 receipt settlement: D matches, C settles

Build after reading: an LRC-20 with minting; a minimal AMM; then settle a fill through the 0x9999 path on a local net.

Track 2 — Validator / Platform Engineer

"How does Lux actually run?" After Track 0.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-1000	P-Chain deep dive
2	LP-0120	Quasar mainnet defaults + strict-PQ profile
3	LP-4000	Q-Chain and the 4xxx crypto umbrella
4	LP-1605	Elastic validator chains
5	LP-3660	Network upgrades and state migration
6	LP-0070	Key management system

Track 3 — Trading / Market Infrastructure (the DeFi core)

"Sub-millisecond matching with on-chain settlement." After Track 0.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-9099	DEX series map
2	LP-9000	D-Chain CLOB: match at Verify, commit at Accept
3	LP-9026	Asset identity + permissionless admission
4	LP-9027	CCXT surface + dex_* ZAP wire
5	LP-9001	Trading engine internals
6	LP-9005	Native oracle protocol
7	LP-9040	Perpetuals and derivatives
8	LP-9025	MEV protection
9	LP-9061	Measured precompile gas benchmarks

Track 4 — Security / Auditor

"Where are the trust boundaries?" After Track 0.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-0006	Network security principles
2	LP-0085	Audit framework
3	LP-0086	Responsible disclosure
4	LP-0130 §13	The 8 cross-chain invariants (incl. Σ-escrow)
5	LP-4090	PQ precompile implementation guide
6	LP-0120	Strict-PQ profile enforcement boundaries

Track 5 — MPC / Threshold / Custody

"Sign without any party holding the key." After Track 0.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-7103	LSS: the secret-sharing substrate
2	LP-7100	M-Chain: ceremonies, committee selection, sessions
3	LP-7336	K-Chain: key lifecycle (cold path)
4	LP-4720	CGGMP21 threshold ECDSA
5	LP-4710	FROST threshold Schnorr
6	LP-4450	Pulsar: PQ threshold ML-DSA (FIPS 204 byte-equal)
7	LP-4730	Proactive resharing
8	LP-4740	Per-asset custody keys

Track 6 — Privacy / ZK / FHE

"Compute on data that is never revealed." After Track 0.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-8000	Z-Chain ZKVM; shielded pool = X-escrow wrapper
2	LP-8045	Encrypted execution layer interface
3	LP-8503	Validity proof system
4	LP-8200	F-Chain: FHE bootstrap keys + encrypted EVM
5	LP-4800	P3Q: PQ-only STARK core
6	LP-9400	Private AMM
7	LP-9401	Confidential lending
8	LP-9402	ZK swaps

Track 7 — Cross-Chain / Bridge

"Move value and messages between sovereign chains." After Track 0.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-6000	B-Chain: bridge lifecycle; fees from bridged amount
2	LP-6331	BridgeVM detail (annex to LP-6000)
3	LP-6602	Warp messaging base
4	LP-6603	Warp 1.5: quantum-safe messaging
5	LP-9107	Bridged-asset standard (reference implementation)
6	LP-7100	The custody layer bridges depend on

Track 8 — Investor / Institutional

"What is the economic machine?" Track 0 items 1–3, then:

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-0001	Tokenomics, supply cap, burn model
2	LP-0130 §4–12	Fee flows and per-chain fee policy
3	LP-1000	Staking economics
4	LP-9099	The trading stack at a glance
5	LP-3104	Stablecoin compliance (GENIUS Act)

Track 9 — Researcher

"Where is the frontier?" After any technical track.

#	LP	What you learn
1	LP-4450	Byte-equal FIPS 204 threshold signing
2	LP-4440	Corona: Ringtail-derived two-round threshold
3	LP-4540	Magnetar: threshold SLH-DSA (hash-based)
4	LP-4800	PQ-only STARK stack
5	LP-8501	Data availability layer

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Merged-and-retired note

LP-10001 through LP-10009 (per-role path LPs) are retired into this document (2026-07-03). Their prior revisions contained link errors (references to renumbered or retired LPs); every link above is verified against the live tree at merge time. If a link here 404s, the referenced LP was retired after this revision — check git log for its successor.

Security Considerations

None — meta/organizational.

Copyright

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