Zen Protocol gives you control over your own financial assets. It’s a trading floor, a broker, and a tool for making new instruments, all on a parallel blockchain that connects to Bitcoin.
IDEA IS FORMALIZED Adam, Nathan, Ronen, Sharon, and Ash come together. The idea of a UTXO based bounded computation language is formalized.
Q4 2016
TECHNOLOGY STACK IS CHOSEN Work begins. Started to work on how we do a cost model for contracts. We choose F* and start work on the contract language. Nathan presents Zen for the first time at the china-israel innovation summit.
Q1 2017
COST MODEL COMPLETED Start working on an elaborator. Start developing libraries.
Q2 2017
SMART CONTRACTS AND ORACLE IN C# Continue developing libraries, begin developing contracts. Integration of ZF*.
Q2 2017
SMART CONTRACTS AND ORACLE IN C# Continue developing libraries, begin developing contracts. Integration of ZF*.
Q3 2017
REFACTORING Developing contracts. Testing ZF* builds. Evaluate cost using dependent types and an exported cost function.
Q4 2017
TESTNET Implementation of: Decentralized multi token UTXO blockchain. Smart contracts with: Formal verification Computational Boundaries Compiled execution Active Contract Set GTK GUI and contract editor Headless client with a terminal user interface Contract explorer Template contract generator Oracle system Electron Crowdsale wallet Token sale
Q1 2018
RELEASE CANDIDATE We will take our current testnet and enhance its robustness: Refactoring Bitcoin Integration Improve the UX/UI experience: Insert the demo site to the wallet. Create a domain name system and a customized distributed hash table to assist in network.
Q2 2018
GENESIS BLOCK Multi hash mining Voting system Non outsourceable proofs + smart contract to assist miner variance. Difficulty discounts? Robust APIs and SDKs Project documentation Work with implementing the use cases of our strategic partners
Q3 2018
ECOSYSTEM BUILDING Implementation of multiple use cases and a high speed decentralized exchange Market research Hardware wallet integration Wallet overhaul: We want a multi seed cross platform experience The basis is a USB-C open dime style hardware wallet which can be inserted to a phone or computer. Mobile wallets Cross platform native clients Web wallet Additional template contracts Build a community of open source developers.
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