Team Xahau recently updated its roadmap covering Q2 2026 through Q3 2027.

Among the milestones listed are eight new protocol features - each one deliberate, targeted, and consistent with the network's philosophy of minimal but meaningful change in the base protocol.

Xahau Roadmap

Here's a breakdown.

Random Number Generator

Currently in beta development, the native on-ledger Random Number Generator (RNG) brings verifiable randomness directly to hooks and applications - without relying on any off-chain oracle or third-party source.

For a crypto network, trustworthy randomness is harder to achieve than it sounds, and having it available as a native primitive opens the door to fairer lotteries, gaming mechanics, sampling logic, and any application where unpredictability needs to be provable.

FeatureExport

FeatureExport is one of the more significant additions on the list.

It allows a Xahau user or hook to request that the Xahau UNL (Unique Node List) co-sign a transaction destined for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) - structured as an ordinary transaction with a MultiSign block, where each UNL member contributes a signature.

In practical terms, this means Xahau Hooks can effectively control XRPL accounts and issue or manage assets directly on the XRPL. It's orchestration between the two networks, enabling cross-chain logic to be written and executed from Xahau.

AMM — Automated Market Maker

Already merged into the xahaud development branch and awaiting an amendment vote, the AMM brings an Automated Market Maker (AMM) primitive to the Xahau DEX. This provides a foundational building block for any serious DeFi activity on the network.

Rather than depending solely on order books, users and hooks will be able to interact with liquidity pools directly at the protocol level.

An AMM, when provided with liquidity, usually narrows the spreads between trades and allows for higher-frequency trading among token and native asset pairings.

A highly-beneficial addition for things like stablecoins.

PriceOracle

Also merged and awaiting the amendment vote, PriceOracle delivers a native on-ledger price feed - asset prices available to DeFi applications, the AMM (in theory), and hooks.

Reliable price data at the protocol level removes a significant dependency on external feeds, reducing both complexity and attack surface for any application that needs to know what an asset is worth.

IOURewardClaim

IOURewardClaim extends the RewardClaim feature by making a version of this available to user-created tokens.

This update opens that same capability to IOU token holders - letting projects use hooks to distribute token-based rewards according to a user's holdings.

It's a practical tool for any project building loyalty programs, yield on a stablecoin, or even community incentive structures on Xahau.

NamedHook

Currently in development for Q3–Q4 2026, NamedHook allows developers to assign human-readable names to individual hooks.

Within a single transaction type, multiple hooks can be attached to an account. Without names, distinguishing and invoking specific hooks is cumbersome. With this feature, different hooks can be cleanly identified and called - making more complex, multi-hook account logic far more manageable.

JSHooks

Slated across Q2–Q4 2026, JSHooks introduces a JavaScript runtime for writing hooks - sitting alongside the existing WebAssembly runtime. Until now, developers needed to work in C/C++ compiled to WebAssembly to build hooks.

JavaScript support significantly extends the developer base, making Xahau's smart-contract layer accessible to a much wider pool of builders.

Audits & Optimization

The final item is ongoing rather than a one-time release: continuous security audits and performance work across the protocol, hooks, and tooling.

Regular audits and incremental optimisations are what keep the layer-one foundation trustworthy as the applications above it grow.

The Bigger Picture

Eight new features means eight new tools to do more complex projects. It opens the doors to dozens (or more) of new use cases that can now be coded with ease.

New Tools For New Projects

Taken together, these eight features reflect a coherent strategy:

• The RNG, PriceOracle, and AMM lay infrastructure for serious DeFi like stablecoins.
• FeatureExport extends Xahau's reach into the broader XRPL ecosystem.
• IOURewardClaim and NamedHook deepen the utility of hooks for developers and projects already building.
• JSHooks expands who can build. And the ongoing audit program keeps all of it secure and dependable.

Xahau's roadmap is strategic by design ... the network team describes protocol changes as "few and deliberate." These eight additions are precisely that: scoped, purposeful, and pointed toward real-world use.
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Sources:

https://xahau.network/roadmap/

https://x.com/XahauNetwork/status/2046178379724914836?s=20

Xahau Roadmap - updated 19 April 2026