December 2017
First pull request made, Dec 24
January 2018
Replay Protection, Jan 5
BTC UTXO integration, Jan 7
Release of Electrum Wallet, Jan 27
First fork simulation and testnet, Jan 28
February 2018
Replay Protection Upgraded, Feb 18
Full Node Desktop Wallet, Feb 20
Partial SegWit Support, Feb 25
Final Testnet, Feb 26
- Allowed coin claim testing
Snapshot of BTC and ZCL, Feb 28
March 2018
Fork-merge and Mainnet Launch, March 2-3
First BTCP Trezor txn, March 9
First BTCP Ledger Nano S txn, March 16
April 2018
Enable SegWit coin claiming, April 11
Ledger Nano S support, April 16
Electrum release for Ledger Nano S, April 19
Trezor code merged, April 23
BTCP Rebase Begins [MAJOR]
- Rebase BTCP from ZEC to BTC codebase. ZEC codebase 3 years behind BTC
- Also enables facile upgrading of the BTCP node with BTC upstream merges
- Major upgrades include:
- BIP32
- SegWit
- Lightning Network
- Many more
Closed Beta Merchant Platform Release
Q2 2018
Open Beta Merchant Platform Release
BTCP Google Chrome extension
One-click miner
- Allows users to easily mine BTCP at their mining pool of choice or solo mining
Translated wallets
- Will include all the languages present on our website
Merchant Platform Phase 2
Q3 2018
Finish rebasing of BTCP
Initiate soft fork for full SegWit support
Lightning Network Initiated
Embedded Tor / Tor by default
Tor Wallet
- Complements embedded Tor
Merchant Platform Phase 2 & 3
- E-comerce plugins integration (Shopify, Magento, WHMCS, 3dCart, Woocommerce, PrestaShop, Bigcommerce, etc)
Q4 2018
Dandelion privacy protocol
- Superior obfuscation technique involving the “stem” and the “fluff” that will help to further privatize Bitcoin Private’s transparent txns
Default Privacy
- Make shielded txns default in all wallets
Merchant Platform Phase 3 & 4
- Payment Gateway Integration
2019
Evaluate alternate proofs of work
Incorporate new Jubjub / Sapling enhancements
- iOS wallet with shielded txns
- Merchant platform with shielded txns
Shielded Transactions become default
Evaluate making shielded transactions mandatory