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Dfinity and the Internet Computer Protocol ecosystem has been quite busy these first three months of 2026. AMD SEV-SNP Subnets (Live): This is a huge infrastructure play. The first subnets running on AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) are now live. It provides a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) at the hardware level, meaning even node providers can't peek at the data being processed. This is the "confidential computing" layer that was promised for years and is finally operational for sensitive enterprise data. ckDOGE & Chain Fusion scaling (Live): While "just another token" usually doesn't count as infrastructure, the underlying Chain Fusion tech was upgraded in February to handle 10x the throughput for Chain Key signatures. This allowed ckDOGE to go live, enabling Dogecoin to be used in DeFi with 1-2 second finality without a bridge. Chain Fusion technology (ckBTC, CKETH etc) is like a wrapped token, except it integrated fully into both systems and is much more secure. It also makes it possible to integrate smart contracts with Bitcoin. Mission 70 Implementation (Live): The protocol's tokenomics were fundamentally altered in January. This wasn't just a proposal; the NNS (Network Nervous System) implemented the code that reduced node provider rewards and adjusted staking parameters to target a 70% reduction in inflation. You can track the actual burn/mint ratio changes on the dashboard now. Caffeine V2 (Live): This is the AI-to-canister infrastructure. In 2025 it was a cool demo, but the V2 update shipped recently has automated the deployment of complex, multi-canister dapp architectures through natural language. It’s the reason why the "canister growth" chart on the IC dashboard has gone nearly vertical this quarter. It’s actual people shipping actual code.
ICP hosting CKBTC and CKETH on chain. As well as fully on chain AI