Compliance before settlement: the Zilliqa roadmap

Institutional blockchain finance has always had the same problem: you settle first, then you check compliance. If the counterparty wasn't who they said they were, you find out afterwards. Every reconciliation process, every post-trade compliance check, every remediation workflow exists because the infrastructure runs in the wrong order.

Zilliqa is built to change that at the infrastructure level.

The Mediation Layer runs the check before a transaction settles — confirming both
parties are permitted to transact, on any chain or settlement rail. Compliance enforced before settlement, not reconciled after the fact. The credential check runs first. Everything else follows.

Today we're publishing the roadmap that shows how we build that infrastructure from Q2 2026 through mid-2027, in four phases.

Phase 01 — Credential Infrastructure Live

The settlement network goes live. The Mediation Layer architecture specification is
published. The first public report on ZIL economics sets the baseline.

Phase 02 — First Live Regulated Flows

Real transactions run through the Mediation Layer in production. Volume, latency, and revenue data are published — the first hard evidence the architecture works at scale.

Phase 03 — Cross-Chain and Cross-Jurisdiction

Credential-verified settlement extends beyond a single chain and single jurisdiction.

The mediation model is no longer single-chain.

Phase 04 — The Model Proven

Revenue exceeds subsidy — audited and published. The flywheel running in public,
not projected.

One rule governs every milestone: no claim without something shipped behind it.
The roadmap names the direction. Each phase publishes the evidence.

Read the roadmap at https://zilliqa.com/roadmap