Community-initiated hardfork upgradingnetwork to Stacks 2.0 with new proposedproof-of-transferminingmechanism, simple client verification, higher throughput, smart contracts, app specific tokens, and app chains.
Clarity smart contracting language on mainnet, allowing fullyfeatured smart contracts and in-app financial services.
Launch open-source wallet to accompany potential proof-of-transfer rewards.
Release updated version of user authenticator with major UX improvements.
2020 Q1
Releasedraftwhitepaper that proposes a new proof-of-transfer mining mechanism with Bitcoin. Proof-of-transferuses the security ofproof-of-work and improves upon the economic rewards of proof-of-stake.
Increase App Mining STX payouts.
Grow to first million verified users on the Blockstack network(Milestone 2).
2019 Q4
Alpha release of new Blockstack authenticator with improved UX and in-app transaction signing.
Host 4th Annual Blockstack Summit 2019, the annual flagship event.
Increase App Mining STX payouts to a target of $500,000 per month.
Distribute Stacks tokens to 2019 investors via hardfork.
Complete security audit on Stacks Blockchain V2.
Release beta for Clarity smart contract language.
2019 Q3
Raised ~$23M in SEC-qualified token offering and Asian strategic funding round.
Reached 250 independent apps built on Blockstack
Began paying STX toecosystem developers participating in App Mining.
Launched Stacks V2 testnet with transaction and smart contract support.
Announced partnership with Lambda School with the goal of teaching Blockstack to thousands of student developers.
Released developer preview of Collections, a protocol for cross-app data sharing on Gaia.
Released Stackit tutorial, covering all aspects of Blockstack app development.
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2019 Q2
Opened the first SEC qualified token sale in US history.
Announced $1M STX/month target for ecosystem developers participating in App Mining.
Reached 176 independent apps built on Blockstack.
Announced developer preview of Clarity smart contract language, including SDK, documentation, and tutorials.
Published the Blockstack Whitepaper 2.0, building on two years of R&D and peer-reviewed research. Available in English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.
Launched first Can’t Be Evil contest hosted with Product Hunt, Lightning Network, DevPost, and Dapp.com.
2019 Q1
Feb App Mining results included 57 user-ready apps.
TryMyUI added as App Reviewer to App Mining.
Released prototype virtual machine(VM) for Stacks smart contracting language.
Released new consensus algorithm for Stacks blockchain v2(SIP-001).
Released Radiks which provides data indexing on top of Gaia.
2018Q4
Launched theStacks Blockchain v1, distributed tokens, and sent first Stacks transaction.
Achieved Milestone 1 and unlocked $25M in capital.
Released new Stacks Explorer and Wallet.
Published smart contracting language spec as a Stacks Improvement Proposal(SIP-002) and started Rust implementation.
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