An interactive chronicle · 2016—2026

Koinos,Story of a community

Code can be copied. Architecture can be reproduced. But a lived blockchain—its people, choices, failures, and continuity—cannot be recreated.

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  1. The Steem Lesson2016-2020
  2. The Discord Conversation Before Koinos2019-2020
  3. OpenOrchard Is Announced16.04.2020
  4. Koinos Is Announced as a New Blockchain16.06.2020
  5. Koinos Group LLC Is Registered23.09.2020
  6. Whitepaper and KOIN Mining Are Announced06.10.2020
  7. KOIN ERC-20 Mining Begins13.10.2020
  8. OpenOrchard Becomes Koinos Group18.11.2020
  9. Koinos Club Makes Fair-Launch Mining Cheaper22.11.2020-30.01.2021
  10. Koinos en Español Becomes the First International Community BranchLate 2020
  11. Mining Period Effectively Ends13.04.2021
  12. Koinos The Goat Turns Fee-Lessness into a Community Narrative07-18.05.2021
  13. First Koinos Testnet Launches30.06.2021
  14. Julián Builds the TypeScript and Browser-Wallet Access Layer28.05-20.09.2021
  15. Testnet v0.2 Goes Live02.11.2021
  16. Glen and the Early Koinos Army Open a Market-Oriented Community Room07.11.2021
  17. Ron Makes Design and Operations Part of the Product09.10.2020-19.11.2021
  18. KOIN Reaches Its First Major Price Peak14.11.2021
  19. Engrave Builds KoinosBlocks into Long-Lived Public Infrastructure02.12.2021-07.03.2026
  20. Proof of Burn Is Explained19.12.2021
  21. Kui Launches Koinos Forum and Revives the Community AMAs02-03.02.2022
  22. Local-Koinos Makes Contract Integration Testing Reproducible19.02.2022-29.03.2024
  23. Testnet v0.308.03.2022
  24. Luke Willis Helps Replace NFT Miners with Fungible VHP25.03.2022
  25. Dokterkraakbeen Launches Planet Koinos as a Community Visual Archive24.04.2022
  26. Roamin's AssemblyScript SDK Becomes First-Party Koinos Software27.04.2022
  27. KoinoSwap Developer fbslo Joins Forces with KoinDX16-17.05.2022
  28. Governance Contract Completed01.06.2022
  29. Unified Whitepaper Published06.07.2022
  30. Harbinger Testnet v419.08.2022
  31. Roamin Turns Harbinger into a VRF and Mempool Laboratory27.09-30.10.2022
  32. BurnKoin Launches the First Proof-of-Burn Pool on Testnet11.10.2022
  33. VonLooten and Ederaleng Introduce the Early KoinDX Team28.10.2022
  34. ERC-20 KOIN Snapshot31.10.2022
  35. Koinos Mainnet Launches05.11.2022
  36. fbslo Ships Koinos-EVM Atomic Swaps During Mainnet Week04-08.11.2022
  37. Roamin Builds and Runs the Original Koinos-Ethereum Bridge Prototype12.04-18.11.2022
  38. Community Developer Frank Launches Koiner.App30.11.2022
  39. Koinos Completes Its Initial Decentralization05.12.2022
  40. MEXC Opens KOIN's Main Centralized Liquidity Route15.12.2022
  41. BurnKoin Becomes the First Major Mainnet Pool05.11-19.12.2022
  42. My Koinos Wallet Adds a Mobile-Friendly Web Wallet and dApp SDK10.12.2022-11.07.2024
  43. Fogata and Block-Production Decentralization02.01.2023
  44. KAP Whitepaper Extends the Luke and Kui Track from Mining to Accounts09.01.2023
  45. Justin Starts the Koinos Contract Standards Process and Co-Authors KCS-224-30.01.2023
  46. Koiner Evolves from Explorer into Shared Data Infrastructure2023-2024
  47. The Koin Press and motoengineer Become Community Education Channels30.11.2021-14.06.2024
  48. Running Multiple Producers on the Microservice Architecture06.02.2023
  49. G Millie Expands Koinos Army into NFTs, Project Promotion, and AMAs04.04.2023-05.01.2024
  50. Roamin Brings Koinos into WalletConnect and Builds the Reusable SDK11.04-09.06.2023
  51. KAP Launches Its Premium Name Service19.04.2023
  52. Koinos Group Focuses on Infrastructure and Applications20.04.2023
  53. Community Developer Justin Welch Launches Kollection, Koinos' First NFT Marketplace27.04.2023
  54. Carlos Welele Organizes Community Marketing Workflows13.05-22.11.2023
  55. Wachsman, HackerEarth, and the 20 dApps / 100,000 Users CampaignMay-July 2023
  56. Kui and BurnKoin Participate in the First On-Chain Governance Vote16.05.2023
  57. Kondor NFTs Turn Collectibles into a Wallet-Funding Experiment19.05.2023
  58. Ron Builds Armana Portal as a Mobile Koinos Product24.05.2023-24.10.2024
  59. First In-Band Upgrade Demonstrates Forkless Evolution14.06.2023
  60. Koinos Polls and Early Governance Coordination15.06.2023
  61. Adriano Launches Konio, the First Native Mobile Wallet16.06.2023
  62. fbslo Operates a Small Stablecoin-to-KOIN Gateway05.07.2023-04.01.2024
  63. KoinDX Launches the First DEX on KoinosAugust 2023
  64. Teing Builds a Chinese-Language Koinos Field Guide05.08-17.12.2023
  65. Community Developer Julián González Proposes a Security-Oriented System Call05.08.2023
  66. Jon Rice Launches the Koinos Federation, Then Resigns After the Treasury Proposal21.08-16.11.2023
  67. Nomad100x Sponsors Koinos Garden, an NFT-Gated Investment DAO23.08.2023-30.12.2024
  68. The New System Call Reaches Testnet17.09.2023
  69. Koinos Nicknames30.09.2023
  70. MiXiBo Launches KoinCityLate September 2023
  71. Roamin's REST Server Becomes First-Party Koinos Infrastructure01.10.2023-21.05.2024
  72. Koinos Goes Cross-Chain with Chainge25.10.2023
  73. Cafe Identity Speculation Becomes a Community TopicNovember 2023
  74. Konio Coordinates an Ecosystem-Wide Onboarding Giveaway21.11.2023
  75. Ron and Justin Rebuild Koinos.io as Community Infrastructure27.11.2023-23.01.2025
  76. Kui and Roamin Launch, Iterate, and Close Koinos-Social05.12.2023-19.10.2024
  77. Governance Proposal Submitted on Mainnet06.12.2023
  78. Saleh Hawi Coordinates the Community Exchange-Listing Campaign17.12.2023
  79. Community Marketing with Rhubarb Media21.12.2023
  80. The Focus Shifts to Developer Experience12.01.2024
  81. Governance Proposal Resubmitted14.01.2024
  82. First Governance Proposal Applied Without a Hard Fork12.02.2024
  83. Kui Operates BurnKoin Through Bot Pressure, Liquidity Limits, and RetirementJanuary 2024-June 2025
  84. KoinosPro V1 Goes Live12.03.2024
  85. Saleh Hawi and the Community Listing FundMarch 2024-April 2025
  86. Koilib Matures into Maintained Developer Infrastructure06.04-20.11.2024
  87. Arkinos Makes Contract Development Faster16.04.2024
  88. Veive Turns Adriano's Wallet Work into a Modular Smart-Account Framework17.04.2024
  89. Steve Coordinates the Koinos Cluster v2.0.3 Upgrade06.05.2024
  90. Kuku Games Opens Live KOIN Prediction Pools13.05.2024
  91. Ecosystem Becomes Concrete: dApps, Wallets, and Explorers2024
  92. Luke Extends KAP Names as the Original Roadmap Stalls10.06.2024-14.03.2025
  93. Saleh Hawi Becomes a Public KoinDX Contributor20.06-29.08.2024
  94. Dokterkraakbeen Organizes KAMP's Visual and Influencer Campaign25.06-28.08.2024
  95. Nicknames Become More Flexible29.06.2024
  96. Vortex Enters Public Testing09.07.2024
  97. MiXiBo Expands KoinCity into a Broader Token PlatformJuly-December 2024
  98. Community Communication Also Means GuardrailsJuly-November 2024
  99. Koinos Group Deploys 1 Million KOIN to Make Usage Free29.07.2024
  100. Jon Rice Explains the Federation's Unexecuted Treasury Deal29.07.2024
  101. KCS-4 and Safer Token StandardsJuly-October 2024
  102. Steve Becomes CEO and Turns Outreach into a Community Task29.08-08.10.2024
  103. A More Explicit Technical Roadmap10.10.2024
  104. pgarcgo's Node Operation Becomes Persistent Infrastructure WorkAugust-November 2024
  105. Kondor v1.0.0 Is Released13.10.2024
  106. Sovrano Auth Testnet Begins the Post-Konio Wallet Track13.11.2024
  107. Jon Rice Publishes the Long-Form Case for Koinos14.11.2024
  108. Roadmap Update and 2025 Plans20.12.2024
  109. Andrew Leaves Koinos Group as the Company Starts Stepping BackDecember 2024-Early 2025
  110. Sovry Takes the Sovrano Model into Telegram02.01.2025
  111. Frank Defines Koiner V2 as an Ecosystem Data Provider04-19.01.2025
  112. Koinos.fun Shows AI, NFTs, and X-Based Onboarding28.01.2025
  113. Manuscript Extends Wallet Usability06.02.2025
  114. Transeunte Builds a Bilingual, AI-Assisted Community Media Track24.11.2024-10.02.2025
  115. Armana Builds Koinscan and the KPS User InterfaceFebruary 2025-June 2026
  116. Michael Ships the REST Beta and KCS-4 Reaches Governance20.02-13.03.2025
  117. KOIN and VHP Move to KCS-410-11.04.2025
  118. Kollection Enters Maintenance Mode and Exposes the Cost of Shared Infrastructure02.04-20.05.2025
  119. MiXiBo Downsized KoinCity to Keep It Alive11.04-09.05.2025
  120. Frank Announces the Closure of Koiner30.04.2025
  121. Koinos The Goat Publishes The Chronicles of Koinos, Part One07.05.2025
  122. Steve Publicly Separates a New-Network Strategy from KoinosMarch-May 2025
  123. Frank Clarifies Why Koiner V1 Will Not Return15.05.2025
  124. @interfecto Starts with LLM Documentation and Ecosystem Maintenance21.04-20.06.2025
  125. The Community Foundation Takes ShapeMay-June 2025
  126. Ron and Julián Turn Foundation Discussion into a Founding Process06.08-04.09.2025
  127. Koinos Community Foundation Is Announced04.09.2025
  128. @interfecto Launches KoinosScan, Then Pauses for Lack of Feedback06.08-22.10.2025
  129. Ron Shifts Full Attention to Armana10.09.2025
  130. Vortex Bridge Goes Live14.09.2025
  131. Koinos Group Handoff, Tokens, Taxes, and the Community Buyout Question15.09-20.10.2025
  132. Koinos Fund System Goes Live14.10.2025
  133. A Seed-Node and Gossip Outage Tests the Community Handoff15.10.2025
  134. Transeunte Tests Whether KFS Will Fund Community Communication19-27.10.2025
  135. Donations Fund Moves to Community Control25.10.2025
  136. Ederaleng's KFS #4 Submission Exposes a Chain-Stopping Failure26-31.10.2025
  137. vKOIN Reaches Solana Through Wormhole04.11.2025
  138. Kui Returns to Application Building with Koinos Pulse05.11.2025
  139. Koinos Group Shutdown Is Summarized Publicly15.12.2025
  140. MiXiBo Moves On from Active KoinCity Development30.12.2025
  141. Delistings and the Shift Toward DEX LiquidityJanuary-April 2026
  142. Ederaleng Proposes and Launches the Base Liquidity Route16.02-29.05.2026
  143. Jon Rice Returns to Active Community Advocacy15.01-02.07.2026
  144. A Producer Outage Becomes a Decentralization Mitigation22.01-21.03.2026
  145. @interfecto Turns Distribution Analysis into Node-Native Indexing07.11.2025-03.04.2026
  146. Knodel Begins as a Local, Recoverable Explorer22.02.2026
  147. Foundation Work Becomes OperationalFebruary-April 2026
  148. api.koinos.io Is Decentralized Behind a Load Balancer29.05.2026
  149. Knodel Evolves into Koinos One and the Teleno Native NodeMay-June 2026
  150. @interfecto Publishes the Koinos EVM Engine and Proposes a KoinDX Path03.06-07.07.2026
  151. Kondor 2.0 Returns26.06.2026
  152. @interfecto Keeps Koinos.io and Market Metadata Current06.08.2025-03.07.2026
  153. koinos-chain v1.5.2 Fixes Fast Sync State Reconstruction09.07.2026
  154. Koinos One and Teleno Produce Accepted Mainnet Blocks12.07.2026