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Roadmap for 2023
QUARTER 1
EON
- Horizen's EVM-compatible sidechain and smart contract platform
- Dune testnet (Invite-only. Meant to battle test the technology)
- Yuma testnet (open, updated mainchain software)
- EON status dashboard and dapps page
- EON testnet and mainnet block explorer
- Developer friendly documentation for EON
- Peer-to-peer trading research and development
- Smart contract / dapp research and prioritization
ECOSYSTEM
- Intra-ecosystem, secure token bridging research
- Horizen 2.0 research and strategy
- EON-sidechain developer integrations and partnerships planning and outreach
- Horizen product design library
- ZenIP Drafts
- Intra-ecosystem, secure token bridging
- Non-ceasing sidechains
PRODUCTS
- Cobalt EVM compatibility research and development
- Horizen testnet faucet
- Multi-signature wallet implementation and deployment
- DAO / voting tools
CRYPTOGRAPHY
- Poseidon 2.0 paper published
- Hydra paper published
QUARTER 2
EON
- Horizen’s EVM-compatible sidechain and smart contract platform
- Gobi testnet (open beta, will run parallel to mainnet sidechain)
- EON mainnet preparation
- EON improvements and optimizations
- EON block explorer improvements and optimizations
- Developer documentation optimizations, updates and additions
ECOSYSTEM
- Intra-ecosystem, secure token bridging development and testing
- Intra-ecosystem, secure NFT bridging research
PRODUCTS
- Cobalt EVM compatibility implementation, testing, and deployment
- Private voting research and development
CRYPTOGRAPHY
- Zero-knowledge tools planning and prototyping
- Zero-knowledge API planning and prototyping
INTEGRATIONS
- Bridges
- Oracles
- Swaps
- Indexers
- Developer Tools
- Wallets
- Validator node partnerships
COMMUNITY
- Community developer funding programs
- Bug bounty program
- Further community support partnerships
QUARTER 3
ECOSYSTEM
- Horizen 2.0 whitepaper
- Horizen 2.0 prototyping
- Node-as-a-service exploration for EON
- Cross chain transfer protocol as a product for increased interoperability with other SDKs
- Horizen Global kickoff
- Sidechain-to-sidechain base messaging deployment and testing
- Sidechain-to-sidechain token transfer design
- Horizen DAO launch
- EON mainnet faucet
CRYPTOGRAPHY
- Zero-knowledge tools phase 2
- Zero-knowledge API phase 2
- On-chain cryptography product deployment
- Crypto product hackathons
- Cryptography Research
- Enabling the creation and usage of group signatures
- Enabling private voting
- Adding the ability to issue credentials to users in EON
INTEGRATIONS
- Scalability solutions (e.g. L2s)
- Development kit integrations
- DeFi infrastructure
- NFT infrastructure
- DAO infrastructure
- Additional user tool integrations
- User safety infrastructure and integrations
QUARTER 4
COMING SOON
Previous Roadmaps
QUARTER 1
Sidechain Development
- Blaze SDK compatibility with a new proving system design and improvement
- zkAudit PoC launch
- ZEN core software upgrade to optimize sidechain support
QUARTER 2
TokenMint on Testnet
- Tokenization platform TokenMint on public testnet
- TokenMint explorer
- Token generator
- Web wallet Cobalt launch
- Horizen EVM sidechain first prototype
- EVM performance testing with non-ceasable EVM sidechain proposed for added security
QUARTER 3
TokenMint on Mainnet
- Tokenization platform TokenMint on Mainnet
- TokenMint explorer
- Token generator
- TokenMint NFT support on testnet
- First Horizen NFT - Zero Gravity
- Cobalt wallet new upgrades with multi-token support
- First Horizen Ecosystem Summit - ZenCon0 in Milan
- ZEN core software upgrade
QUARTER 4
EVM Sidechain Development
- EVM platform demo
- EVM platform on internal testnet
- EVM documentation library
- Mainchain and sidechain test token faucet
- Cobalt wallet upgrades with built-in test token faucet
Accomplished Milestones
- Blaze SDK improvements
- zkAudit PoC launch
- Tokenization sidechain, TokenMint on mainnet
- No-code token generator
- TokenMint NFT functionality
- Web wallet Cobalt launch
- Cobalt multi-token support
- First Horizen Ecosystem Summit - ZenCon0
- Horizen EVM sidechain on internal testnet
- Mainchain and sidechain test token faucet
2022 Milestones
2021 Milestones
2020 Milestones
2019 Milestones
2018 Milestones
2017 Milestones
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