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-**UPDATE:** To no surprise with such a massive project and all sorts of hurdles, things have not gone as planned or been picture perfect. As a result the below information was more more of a target idea we had envisioned. More so referring to having basic trade functions and voting in place with Phase 1. Basic BTC/QORT trade functions were launched in Phase 2 but were too costly and slow. LTC has been implemented in replacement of BTC for trades. BTC and LTC wallets are live. Voting system has not been launched in Phases 1 or 2, and is the next big development after core version 3.0 with public data hosting. Please go to the [[Qortal Status Updates]] for the latest news.+Below are the general launch phases (but not limited to). Please go to the [[Qortal Status Updates]] for the latest news on development. Also note: the [[Wiki Site Updates]] page keeps a log of updates to the wiki for easy reference. 
  
-(All Phases after Phase 1 will be pushed in an auto-update to the system)+===== Launch Phases Overview =====
  
-**Phase 1:** Network Launch, Minter Accounts with Leveling, and Basic Network Functionality. +**Phase 1:** Network Launch
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-**Phase 2:** Trade Portal addition with at least BTC/QORT market. Implementing LTC then implementing the Voting System. (Again, BTC trades have been removed from the Trade Portal. BTC wallets remain.)(Update: DOGE added to local wallets and Trade Portal)(Update: Voting System delayed. Expected to be after 3.0 is launched for free static website & data hosting) +
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-**Phase 3:** Data Storage, Data Nodes, Data SuperNodes, Rewards for each based on fees paid by users of the storage, and Web Hosting for client side languages. +
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-**Phase 4:** Websites, Blogs, Social Media, Communication with Rewards and Levels for content creators. +
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-**Phase 5:** Mesh Network, Satellite Technology, Decentralized Data Service.+
  
-===== Phase 1 Launch Base Features =====+**Phase 2:** Trade Portal
  
-(items with * are not for sure yet)+**Phase 3:** Qortal Data Network (QDN)
  
-  * QORT Coin (main platform ‘coin’) +**Phase 4:** Q-Apps 
-  * Minter Shared Rewards (reward-share transactions) + 
-  * Minting & Rewards for Securing Blockchain +**Phase 5:** Mesh Network 
-  * Minter Creation via ‘Sponsorship’ + 
-  * Leveling for Minters +===== Phase 1: Network Launch ===== 
-  * QORA Asset / Transition at 250 QORA to 1 QORT Ratio (250:1) + 
-  * Custom Web Based UI Platform+  * Launched June 29th 2020 
 +  * QORT Coin (main platform asset) 
 +  * Minting, Leveling, and Rewards 
 +  * Sponsorship Functionality 
 +  * Custom UI Platform
   * Simple Account Creation   * Simple Account Creation
   * Secure Access Through Local or Hosted Nodes    * Secure Access Through Local or Hosted Nodes 
-  * *Code Repo on Qortal Itself*+  * [[Q-Chat]] P2P Messaging 
 +  * Q-Chat Groups 
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 +===== Phase 2: Trade Portal ===== 
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 +  * Launched August 6th 2020 with BTC. 
 +  * BTC trades were too slow and costly for practical use, and were deactivated once LTC was implemented. BTC was later reactivated.  
 +  * Current coins supported are: BTC, LTC, DOGE, RVN, DGB, and ARRR.  
 +  * Qortal's Voting System was originally intended to go live during Phase 2 but has been delayed as the network has some bad actors who are self-sponsoring accounts and/or selling accounts to game our system.  
 +  * The development team is working on solutions to combat the gaming before the voting system is completed. We do not want a system governed by man, but by the codebase itself. Therefore, the development team is working on a system that will penalize accounts for gaming. See the [[Self Sponsor Governance]] page for more info on this topic. 
 +  * Once the Voting System is live, we will conduct votes to decide as a community which coins to allocate developer resources to adding more coins to the system. Ideally, Qortal will only build support for coins that meet a certain set of principles: 1) truly decentralized, 2) launched fairly (no ICO/pre-mine/airdrops), and 3) no proof-of-stake (PoS). 
 +  * You can read more about the Trade Portal here: [[Trade Portal Overview]]. 
 +  * You can read more about the Voting System here: [[Voting System Overview]]. 
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 +===== Phase 3: Qortal Data Network (QDN) ===== 
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 +  * Launched January 14th 2022. 
 +  * The Qortal Data Network (QDN) empowers individuals to host their data as a ‘data node’.  
 +  * In short, how this works is the user compiles their data on their node, then broadcasts their namespace/registered name on the Qortal Network.  
 +  * The data is NOT hosted on the blockchain, it is hosted on the user's node. From there, a tiny hash is registered on the blockchain to record which account is the owner of the data, and the user's namespace is listed under the 'Websites' tab within the Qortal UI.  
 +  * Peers can then click the link to download and view the data.  
 +  * This is a peer-to-peer distribution of data, so peers are actually downloading the owner's data to their node in order to view. The recipient can then click the Red X within the UI to remove the data after viewing, or choose to keep the data and run a redundant copy for the owner.  
 +  * Redundant copies help keep the owner's data available for access on the Qortal Network, as the data is now accessible in an additional location for other peers.  
 +  * The current limitation as of November 2022 is 500mb, although it is believed to be smaller than that (around 400mb). Please remember this is a massive work in progress and the goal is to make this feature unlimited and further streamlined as development continues. You can read more about this topic on the [[Qortal Data Network (QDN)]] page. 
 +  * Data storage services (cloud hosting) are not live yet. The overall idea of this is to provide encrypted storage space to the public, where the service provider cannot access the data - only the "customer". Read more here: [[QORT Data Hosting Model]] 
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 +===== Phase 4: Q-Apps ===== 
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 +  * NOT YET LIVE 
 +  * Q-Apps will allow 1) further functionality/enhancements to existing features such as Q-Chat and QDN, and 2) any project to build on Qortal freely (excluding projects needing their own asset - this will require DevTeam review and submitting a summary of why they approve so the community can cast their votes to approve).  
 +  * Qortal will demonstrate the capabilities of this technology in several ways such as 1) a YouTube type replacement, 2) GitHub code repo type replacement (Qortal’s code will soon be stored on QDN and no longer on GitHub), 3) evolving Q-Chat into a Telegram type replacement along with a mobile app, 4) a blog application  where readers can vote on the content and increase the content creator’s level to receive larger rewards and higher influence, and 4) a merchant payment system for the e-commerce aspect of QDN.  
 +  * You can read more about this topic on the [[Q-Apps]] page.
  
-===== Features Planned and Status TLDR =====+===== Phase 5: Mesh Network ===== 
  
-**Phase 2 Trade Portal:** LTC trades are LIVE. Updates in Qortal take place automatically (auto-update feature is another feature that is unique to Qortal) once the official version is approved and tested by the community. +  * NOT YET LIVE 
-\\ +  * Qortal's Mesh Network concept aims to provide an internet data service solution that is truly decentralized (P2P).  
-\\ +  * You can read more about this topic on the [[Mesh Networking]] page.
-**Phase 3 Data Storage, Data Nodes & Data SuperNodes (with Rewards):** Most of the back end work is complete. Rules and some UI work needed. +
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-**Phase 3 Decentralized Code Repo (on Qortal itself):** Hosting the code repo on the platform itself for no reliance upon centralized services for code updates. +
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-**Phase 3 Public Decentralized GitHub Repo for Other Projects:** Hopefully the first ‘hosted app’ on the platform. Allowing others to utilize Qortal’s decentralized network for their GitHub repos. +
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-**Phase 4 Web Hosting:** Allowing users to host websites on the decentralized network of Qortal. Utilizing the Data Nodes to store the data. Client Side languages supported first followed by support for Server Side; along with rewards for dedication of both space and computer power. +
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-**Phase 4 Blogs/Social Media (with Rewards):** Allowing users to post blog posts and be rewarded for the content. Other users can vote on the content and increase the content creator’s level to receive larger rewards and higher influence. This also needs more thought for the details of the system as far as where rewards will come from/counterparts. Modification of block rewards may be necessary during this phase. +
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-**Phase 4 Application Hosting:** This will be the support for applications hosted on Qortal; will require details regarding how every aspect will function as well as how server side hosting and sharing of CPU power/data required will take place within the system. +
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-**Phase 5 Mesh Network/Satellite Technology:** Internet data service that is truly decentralized and utilizes mesh network and satellite technology to connect the world! To be discussed!+
launch_phases.txt · Last modified: 04/27/2023 17:24 by gfactor

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