Issue To Be Solved
Flow Product team would like to add an outline of dates (simple bullet-point format is fine) on the Flow docs site for transparency of what we've been working on and have coming up next!
- Could put it as another tab below the "Partner Update" emails maybe?
Suggested Solution:
Can be in a similar format as the Partner Community Update.
Dec 6, 2019: Flow Developer Preview
- Providing a smart contract Emulator for both our partners and our internal dapp development team (NBA Top Shot).
Jan 24: MVP
- Complete transaction cycle processed by a single instance of each node
March 5: Dev Portal
- Onboarding developers to Cadence via a hosted hackathon
March 30: Dev Portal
- Multiple nodes of each role allowing simple transactions to go on a complete round trip through the network
April 15: Full Happy Path
- Complete consensus and execution environment (without slashing)
June 1: Beta Mainnet v0.1
Beta Mainnet hosting smart contracts/dapps in production with real user data, starting with the NBA collectible experience and associated NFTs.
Sept 22: Token Generation Event
- The FLOW token is minted and held by Dapper Labs pending distribution to pre-launch investors and a Community Sale on CoinList.
Minting & Open Sourcing
- Genesis block FLOWs minted
- Open sourcing the last of the Flow repos (node software coming!)
Sept 24: Open Sourcing
- The full node implementation is publicly published under an open-source license.
Sept 25: Next Spork - #Candidate 9
- Staking Contracts will be deployed to Mainnet at this time for you to begin testing
- Key Deadline: Thursday, September 24th @4pm Pacific Time
Oct 13: Spork - ~~Candidate #10.~~Mainnet #1!!
- Key Deadline: Monday, October 12th @ 11am Pacific Time
- Startup Nodes: Tuesday, October 13th @ 11am Pacific Time
Oct 16: Flow Port Release & Token Delivery
- Custodian Partners supporting FLOW: Kraken, Finoa
- Other options for receiving FLOW: Ledger, Flow Port both via port.onflow.org
- Node operators are required to stake a number of tokens in order to participate in the network and earn rewards. Token holders can delegate to specific operators to earn a share of rewards. The Slashing Rate is set to 0% until the Slashing mechanisms have been tested for false positives.
Oct 30: Partners Staking their tokens
- Partners should be ready to support investors in this process by this time.
This will be the first spork where keys (and stake!) are collected via Staking Requests (txs sent to staking contract - described in detail in docs below)
Staking Request Deadline: Friday October 30th @ 4pm Pacific Time
Updated Node Configuration in effect as of Monday November 2 @ 10am Pacific
**Nov 3: First Staking Spork - Mainnet #2
- The Slashing Rate for validators and delegators becomes non-zero to punish malfeasance on the part of validators. The specific Slashing Rate will be set via the governance process.
- FLOW holders will spend Oct 16 - Oct 30 staking their tokens. Partners should be ready to support token holders in the staking process by this time.
- This will be the first spork where keys (and stake!) are collected via Staking Requests (transactions you'll submit to the staking contract - described in detail in docs below)
- Staking Request Deadline: Friday October 30th @ 4pm Pacific Time
- Updated Node Configuration in effect as of Monday November 3 @ 10am Pacific Time
Nov 10: First Staking Rewards!
- The first rewards will be made available for withdrawal on this date
Q2 2021: Slashing Penalties Enabled
- The Slashing Rate for validators and delegators becomes non-zero to punish malfeasance on the part of validators. The specific Slashing Rate will be set via the governance process.
(Optional): Context
<what are you currently working on that this is blocking?>
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cc @caseyturnerarrington @Kay-Zee + @laynelafrance for 👀 (at some point)