Past, Present and Future of the new internet.
2018
🗸 Birth of Q
Q is beginning to take shape in Cassie’s mind… while she works on different components of the network, with the idea of creating a private and safe Discord alternative called “Howler”.
August 2021
🗸 Internet declared Dead
Cassie’s public declaration to pivot towards a fully decentralized direction, realizing that centralized powers exert too much control over user freedom, necessitating a solution beyond just a Discord alternative.
2019 to 2022
🗸 Redesign, redesign, redesign
Intense period of redesigning the network. Evolved from a blockchain-like structure to a novel design separating data clocks from the master clock, solving sharding coordination problems and improving throughput.
April 2023 to May 2023
🗸 The Ceremony
Launch of a global entropy gathering event to ensure network proof security. Designed for worldwide participation on various devices, garnering contributions from nearly all non-embargoed countries. Q had roughly double the ceremony contributions than Ethereum had to theirs.
September 2023 to February 2024
🗸 Dawn
Early node runners and collaborators arrive. Pushing Quilibrium to its limits, stress-testing everything from BFT consensus to multi-platform compatibility. A journey of constant rewrites and improvements.
March 1, 2024
🗸 Dusk
Rolling out the clever autoscaling feature. Like giving each node a personal fitness trainer, ensuring they’re in top shape to handle their workload efficiently.
May 13, 2024
🗸 Ethereum bridge
Rolling out the Ethereum bridge first version, to allow early node runners to claim their hard-earned tokens as wrapped QUIL (wQUIL).
September, 2024
⏳ Midnight – mainnet
Entering full stealth mode. Onion routing and mixnet will make Quilibrium traffic as mysterious as a moonless night. Privacy levels that would impress even the most discerning security experts.
ETA: TBD
⏳ Equinox
Laying the groundwork for serious applications. Think S3-compatible storage, Redis-like databases, and more. Building a Swiss Army knife for decentralized services.
ETA: TBD
⏳ Event Horizon
Things get truly advanced. End-to-end encrypted streaming, AI model training, and execution. Essentially building the operating system for a decentralized future.