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<h1>2022</h1> | <h1>2022</h1> | ||
<big>'''December'''</big> | |||
* '''14 Dec 22.''' Chainlink [[Keepers|Automation]] goes live on [[Arbitrum]] One. Read the full announcement [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chainlink-automation-is-now-live-on-arbitrum-one-301703078.html HERE]. | |||
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* '''06 Dec 22.''' '''Chainlink [[staking]] goes live.''' Read the full announcement [https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-staking-early-access-now-live/ HERE]. | |||
<big>'''November'''</big> | |||
* '''01 Nov 22.''' Chainlink launch a US$120K '''[https://code4rena.com/ Code4rena]''' crowdsourced audit of [[Staking]] v0.1. Read the full announcement [https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-staking-crowdsourced-audit/ HERE]. | |||
<big>'''October'''</big> | |||
* '''05 Oct 22.''' '''[https://poundtoken.io/ Poundtoken]''' integrates Chainlink's [[PoR|Proof of Reserve (PoR)]], enabling real-time visibility of GBPT reserves (a fully backed GBP stablecoin regulated in the British Isles). Read the full announcement [https://poundtoken.io/poundtoken-is-integrating-chainlink-proof-of-reserve-to-help-secure-gbpt-minting-and-enhance-collateral-transparency/ HERE]. | |||
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* '''03 Oct 22.''' Chainlink announce early access eligibility for '''[[staking]]''' v0.1. Read the full article [https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-staking-early-access-eligibility-app/ HERE]. | |||
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<big>'''September'''</big> | |||
* '''28 Sep 22.''' '''[https://smartcon.chain.link/ SmartCon]''' 2022. Day 1 recap can be found [https://blog.chain.link/smartcon-2022-recap/ HERE]. Research and product development highlights can be found [https://blog.chain.link/smartcon-research-updates/ HERE]. | |||
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* '''02 Sep 22.''' '''[https://bmm.com/ BMM Testlabs]''' Grants the First Compliance Certification in the BlockChain Industry to Chainlink [[VRF]]. Read the full announcement [https://bmm.com/bmm-testlabs-grants-the-first-compliance-certification-in-the-blockchain-industry-to-chainlink-vrf/ HERE]. | |||
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* '''14 Oct 22.''' Chainlink Fall [[Hackathons|Hackathon]] 2022 begins. | |||
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<big>'''August'''</big> | |||
* '''03 Aug 22.''' Chainlink [[Market & data feeds|price feeds]] go live on '''[[Metis]]'''. Read the full announcement [https://metisdao.medium.com/chainlink-price-feeds-are-now-live-on-metis-helping-provide-our-defi-ecosystem-with-high-quality-6bb6de14a558 HERE]. | |||
<big>'''July'''</big> | |||
* '''31 Jul 22.''' '''[[Keepers]]''' surpass the 100 project integration mark. Read the announcement Tweet [https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/1553429464117170178 HERE]. | |||
<big>'''June'''</big> | <big>'''June'''</big> | ||
* '''04 Jun 22.''' Chainlink launches price feeds on '''[[Solana]]''' mainnet. Read the full announcement [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chainlink-price-feeds-go-live-on-solana-mainnet-301560626.html HERE]. | * '''29 Jun 22.''' Chainlink [[Keepers]] and Chainlink [[VRF]] go live on '''[[Fantom]]'''. Read the full announcement [https://fantom.foundation/blog/chainlink-keepers-and-vrf-now-live-on-fantom/ HERE]. | ||
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* '''29 Jun 22.''' '''[https://www.oasis-open.org/ OASIS]''' launches PRVD Open Project. Chainlink is brought on board to support the opensource initiative. Read the full announcement [https://www.oasis-open.org/2022/06/28/oasis-launches-prvd-open-project-to-advance-production-grade-reference-implementation-of-the-baseline-protocol/ HERE]. | |||
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* '''28 Jun 22.''' Chainlink announces that it powers [[Integrations|'''1000+''']] unique decentralized oracle networks ([[Glossary#DONs|DONs]]). Read the announcement Tweet [https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/1541493980990521349 HERE]. | |||
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* '''15 Jun 22.''' Chainlink [[Market & data feeds|price feeds]] go live on '''[[Moonbeam]]'''. Read the full announcement [https://moonbeam.network/announcements/chainlink-price-feeds-live-on-moonbeam/ HERE]. | |||
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* '''09 Jun 22.''' Chainlink [[Keepers]] and Chainlink [[VRF]] go live on '''[[Avalanche]]'''. Read the full announcement [https://avalancheavax.medium.com/chainlink-keepers-and-chainlink-vrf-go-live-on-avalanche-3ebee050ebef HERE]. | |||
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* '''07 Jun 22.''' '''[https://infura.io/ Infura]''' joins the Chainlink network as a [[Node operators|node operator]]. Read the full announcement [https://blog.infura.io/post/infura-joining-the-chainlink-network-as-a-node-operator HERE]. | |||
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* '''07 Jun 22.''' Chainlink release the article entitled "Chainlink '''[[Staking|Staking]]''': Exploring the Long-Term Goals, Roadmap, and Initial Implementation." Read the full article [https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-staking-roadmap/ HERE]. | |||
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* '''06 Jun 22.''' '''[[Linkpool]]''' launches [https://market.link/overview Chainlink Market] v2. Read the full announcement [https://linkpool.io/resources/launching-the-chainlink-market-v2/ HERE]. | |||
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* '''04 Jun 22.''' Chainlink launches [[Market & data feeds|price feeds]] on '''[[Solana]]''' mainnet. This represents the first native integration on a non-EVM chain. Read the full announcement [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chainlink-price-feeds-go-live-on-solana-mainnet-301560626.html HERE]. | |||
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<big>'''May'''</big> | <big>'''May'''</big> | ||
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<h1>2018</h1> | <h1>2018</h1> | ||
* '''01 Nov 18.''' Chainlink acquires '''[[Town Crier]]''', a hardware-based oracle system, from [https://www.tech.cornell.edu/ Cornell Tech] and [https://www.initc3.org/ IC3]. Read the full announcement [https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynpollock/2018/11/01/cornells-town-crier-acquired-by-chainlink-to-expand-decentralized-oracle-network/?sh=6f1da45f2854 HERE]. | * '''01 Nov 18.''' Chainlink acquires '''[[Town Crier]]''', a hardware-based oracle system, from [https://www.tech.cornell.edu/ Cornell Tech] and [https://www.initc3.org/ IC3]. Read the full announcement [https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynpollock/2018/11/01/cornells-town-crier-acquired-by-chainlink-to-expand-decentralized-oracle-network/?sh=6f1da45f2854 HERE]. | ||
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* '''19 Aug 18.''' '''[https://accordproject.org/ Accord Project]''' partners with Chainlink to create an industry-led [[Glossary#Open source|open-source]] implementation for the use of oracle data in smart legal contracts. Read the announcement Tweet [https://twitter.com/AccordHQ/status/1031022745835003905 HERE], and the announcement article [https://web.archive.org/web/20181029235944/https://medium.com/@accordhq/smart-legal-contracts-and-oracles-36d4eb538a92 HERE]. | |||
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<h1>2017</h1> | <h1>2017</h1> | ||
Latest revision as of 01:56, 15 December 2022
Chainlink Timeline Overview
A chronological overview of key Chainlink developments, milestones, announcements and integrations from project inception to the present day.
Each timeline entry contains a URL that expands on the events described.
2022
December
- 14 Dec 22. Chainlink Automation goes live on Arbitrum One. Read the full announcement HERE.
November
- 01 Nov 22. Chainlink launch a US$120K Code4rena crowdsourced audit of Staking v0.1. Read the full announcement HERE.
October
- 05 Oct 22. Poundtoken integrates Chainlink's Proof of Reserve (PoR), enabling real-time visibility of GBPT reserves (a fully backed GBP stablecoin regulated in the British Isles). Read the full announcement HERE.
- 03 Oct 22. Chainlink announce early access eligibility for staking v0.1. Read the full article HERE.
September
- 28 Sep 22. SmartCon 2022. Day 1 recap can be found HERE. Research and product development highlights can be found HERE.
- 02 Sep 22. BMM Testlabs Grants the First Compliance Certification in the BlockChain Industry to Chainlink VRF. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 14 Oct 22. Chainlink Fall Hackathon 2022 begins.
August
- 03 Aug 22. Chainlink price feeds go live on Metis. Read the full announcement HERE.
July
June
- 29 Jun 22. OASIS launches PRVD Open Project. Chainlink is brought on board to support the opensource initiative. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 28 Jun 22. Chainlink announces that it powers 1000+ unique decentralized oracle networks (DONs). Read the announcement Tweet HERE.
- 15 Jun 22. Chainlink price feeds go live on Moonbeam. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 09 Jun 22. Chainlink Keepers and Chainlink VRF go live on Avalanche. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 07 Jun 22. Infura joins the Chainlink network as a node operator. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 07 Jun 22. Chainlink release the article entitled "Chainlink Staking: Exploring the Long-Term Goals, Roadmap, and Initial Implementation." Read the full article HERE.
- 06 Jun 22. Linkpool launches Chainlink Market v2. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 04 Jun 22. Chainlink launches price feeds on Solana mainnet. This represents the first native integration on a non-EVM chain. Read the full announcement HERE.
May
- 16 May 22. Kemal El Moujahid, former director of product management for TensorFlow at Google, joins Chainlink Labs as chief product officer (CPO). Read the full announcement HERE.
April
March
- 29 Mar 22. Former LinkedIn Vice President Mike Derezin joins Chainlink Labs in the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Read the full announcement HERE.
- 29 Mar 22. Dr. Dahlia Malkhi former CTO of the Diem Association, joins Chainlink Labs as Chief Research Officer. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 23 Mar 22. Startup with Chainlink. Chainlink launches "Startup with Chainlink", an enablement program for early-stage Web3 startups. Read the official Chainlink announcement HERE.
- 23 Mar 22. Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition. Chainlink joins the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) dedicated to building and distributing at-cost, instantaneous, parametric weather insurance to subsistence farmers and livestock keepers in emerging markets. Read the CoinDesk announcement HERE.
February
- 28 Feb 22. stc Bahrain becomes the first telecommunications provider and digital enabler in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to launch an official Chainlink node. Read the announcement HERE.
- 25 Feb 22. BNB - VRF v2. Chainlink brings VRF v2 to Binance BNB chain. Read the full BNB announcement HERE.
- 16 Feb 22. Ethereum - VRF v2. VRF v2 launched on Ethereum mainnet. Read the official announcement from Chainlink
January
- 28 Jan 22. Diem co-creator & chief economist Christian Catalini joins Chainlink as an advisor. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 28 Jan 22. Stanford cryptographer Dan Boneh joins Chainlink as an advisor. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 02 Jan 22. In his speech entitled "The Future of Chainlink", Sergey Nazarov (Co founder of Chainlink) announced that 2022 will see the launch of CCIP and the implementation of staking. View the entire video HERE. Time stamp 58min.
2021
December
- 14 Dec 21. AccuWeather: Leading weather forecast service provider AccuWeather launches Chainlink node live on Ethereum mainnet. Read AccuWeather's official announcement.
- 14 Dec 21. Chainlink market and data feeds go live on Harmony mainnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 07 Dec 21. BNB - Keepers. Chainlink Keepers go live on BNB chain (mainnet). Read the official announcement HERE.
- 07 Dec 21. Eric Schmidt former CEO of Google joins Chainlink as an advisor. Announcement from PR newswire.
- 01 Dec 21. Moonbeam, the Ethereum-compatible (EVM) smart contract platform on Polkadot, announces the native integration of Chainlink price feeds on Moonriver. Read the announcement HERE.
November
- 18 Nov 21. Polygon mainnet - Keepers. Chainlink Keepers go live on Polygon (mainnet). Read the official announcement HERE.
- 12 Nov 21. Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, joins Chainlink as an advisor. Read the full announcement HERE.
October
- 25 Oct 21. Terra testnet - Data feeds. Chainlink price feeds launch on the Terra Testnet. Read the official announcement from Terra HERE.
- 21 Oct 21. The Associated Press. AP launches an official Chainlink node (Official Tweet) to bring high-quality economic data, sports outcomes, and business financials onto blockchains to support smart contract innovation. Read the official announcement from AP
Spetember
- 01 Sep 21. Chainlink market and data feeds go live on Optimistic Ethereum. Read the announcement HERE.
August
- 25 Aug 21. Solana Devnet - Data feeds. Chainlink price feeds go live on the Solana Devnet. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 18 Aug 21. Chainlink market and data feeds go live on Fantom mainnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 16 Aug 21. Chainlink market and data feeds go live on Harmony testnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 12 Aug 21. Arbitrum One - Data feeds. Chainlink oracles go live on Arbitrum One . Read the official Offchain labs announcement HERE.
- 06 Aug 21. Chainlink collaborate with Google Cloud, enabling smart contracts to query NOAA weather datasets via Google BigQuery. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 05 Aug 21. Swisscom (a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland) joins the Chainlink ecosystem as a node operator. Read the full announcement HERE.
July
- 21 Jul 21. Avalanche mainnet - Data feeds. Chainlink price feeds launch on Avalanche mainnet. Read the official Avalanche labs announcement HERE.
June
- 29 Jun 21. Chainlink market and data feeds live on Fantom testnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 03 Jun 21. Avalanche testnet - Data feeds. Chainlink price feeds launch on Avalanche testnet. Read the official Avalanche labs announcement HERE.
May
- 28 May 21. NBA star LaMelo Ball announces release of limited-edition dynamic NFTs that leverage Chainlink oracles and the Ether cards. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 14 May 21. Chainkink joins the GoodFi advisory board. Along with other stakeholders, Chainlink aims to help GoodFi achieve their goal of getting 100 million users into DeFi by 2025. Read the announcement HERE.
April
- 28 Apr 21. Chainlink VRF goes live on Binance Smart Chain (BNB) mainnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 15 Apr 21. Chainlink release whitepaper v2.0. Chainlink 2.0: Next Steps in the Evolution of Decentralized Oracle Networks. Authored by Lorenz Breidenbach, Christian Cachin, Benedict Chan, Alex Coventry, Steve Ellis, Ari Juels, Farinaz Koushanfar, Andrew Miller, Brendan Magauran, Daniel Moroz, Sergey Nazarov, Alexandru Topliceanu, Florian Tram`er, Fan Zhang.
March
- 09 Mar 21. Chainlink market and data feeds go live on HECO chain mainnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 08 Mar 21. Arbitrum testnet - Data feeds. Chainlink oracles go Live on the Arbitrum rollup testnet. Read the official Offchain labs announcement HERE.
- 04 Mar 21. Chainlink market and data feeds live on Gnosis xDai mainnet. Read the announcement HERE.
February
January
- 30 Jan 21. Chainlink joins the UNESCO Global Education Coalition. Read the full announcement HERE.
2020
December
- 10 Dec 20. Binance Smart Chain (BNB) integrates the Chainlink decentralized oracle network on its mainnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 09 Dec 20. The World Economic Forum (WEF) in conjunction with Chainlink release a paper entitled, "Bridging the Governance Gap: Interoperability for Blockchain and Legacy Systems". In the paper, the WEF lays out a new standard for integrating traditional infrastructure with blockchain technology. Read the full paper HERE.
November
- 19 Nov 20. Matic/Polygon announces the launch of 5 Chainlink price feeds on mainnet. Read the full announcement HERE.
October
August
July
- 31 Jul 20. Chainlink launches the Community Grant Program. Read the official announcement HERE.
- 23 Jul 20. Binance Smart Chain (BNB) integrates Chainlink’s oracle solution on testnet. Read the announcement HERE.
- 22 Jul 20. Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems MMS IT Services group joins the Chainlink ecosystem as a node operator. Read the full announcement HERE.
June
- Jun 16 20. WEF (World Economic Forum). Chainlink selected as technology pioneer by World Economic Forum. Announcement from PR newswire
March
- 04 Mar 20. Chainlink announces it will serve on the technical steering committee of the Baseline Protocol. Read the full announcement HERE.
2019
October
- 14 Oct 19. First Chainlink Hackathon begins. Hackathon runs from the 14th to the 31st of October. Read the full announcement Here.
September
- 25 Sep 19. Chainlink (LINK) is listed on the Kraken exchange. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 07 Sep 19. Chainlink announces the launch of 7 new crypto price reference data sets on Ethereum. Read the announcement HERE.
June
- 28 Jun 19. Coinbase announces support for Chainlink (LINK) at Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 26 Jun 19. Fernando Ribeiro of Oracle for Startups - Oracle Cloud, announces initiative to co-develop "Chainlinks" with 50 qualified startups. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 14 Jun 19. Google releases article in which it details how Google Cloud users can use Chainlink to connect to their data analytics platform BigQuery. Read the full article HERE.
May
- 31 May 19. Linkpool launches Chainlink Marketplace, a platform specifically designed for finding Chainlink nodes, adaptors, jobs and data sources. Read the full announcement article HERE.
- 30 May 19. Mainnet Launch. Chainlink on Ethereum mainnet released. Read the announcement HERE.
- 14 May 19. Ethereum mainnet launch announcement. Sergey Nazarov announces at Consensus 2019 that Chainlink for Ethereum Mainnet is launching May 30th. Watch the announcement video HERE.
2018
- 01 Nov 18. Chainlink acquires Town Crier, a hardware-based oracle system, from Cornell Tech and IC3. Read the full announcement HERE.
- 19 Aug 18. Accord Project partners with Chainlink to create an industry-led open-source implementation for the use of oracle data in smart legal contracts. Read the announcement Tweet HERE, and the announcement article HERE.
2017
September
- 16 Sep 17: Chainlink (LINK) token created. At TX 0x5488510df045770efbff57f25d0c6d2c1404d58c1199b21eb8dc5072b22d91d7
- 08 Sep 17. Evan Cheng (Director of Engineering at Facebook) joins ChainLink as a technical advisor. Read the announcement HERE.
- 04 Sep 17. Chainlink releases its Whitepaper v1.0 "ChainLink A Decentralized Oracle Network". Authored by Steve Ellis, Ari Juels, and Sergey Nazarov.
July
- 20 Jul 17. Steve Ellis (Co founder of Chainlink) proposes the addition of a new function to the ERC20 (Ethereum Request for Comments) token contracts. ERC677. Read the full ERC677 standard proposal HERE.