Main Objective

Technological maturity

We are updating the current IOTA technology stack to support the demand of real-world applications. These updates will improve the speed and usability of IOTA networks.

Last Update

18 December 2019

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Tip selection

Updated

18 December 2019

New and more elegant tip selection algorithms to vastly increase the performance and scalability of the Tangle.

Start: December 2019
End: March 2020

Autopeering

Updated

18 December 2019

A mechanism for nodes to connect to neighbors automatically, simplifying the setup process.

Start: December 2019
End: February 2020

Improve Mainnet performance

Updated

18 December 2019

Improved node software to allow the network to support increased demand.

Start: September 2019
End: April 2020

Mainnet Rust software prototype

Updated

18 December 2019

A more efficient and modular node software implementation written in Rust to enable users with very limited resources to take part in the IOTA network.

Start: December 2019
End: February 2020

Mainnet Rust node v0.1

Updated

18 December 2019

A minimum implementation of the Rust node software called Bee, allowing you to connect it to other neighbors on the Mainnet. Bee enables users with very limited resources to participate in the IOTA network.

Start: August 2019
End: April 2020

Improved Rust node

Updated

18 December 2019

Bee is a highly-performant node for Mainnet. The next version of Bee introduces an interface for performing binary-to-ternary encodings and adds additional functionality, such as local snapshots.

Start: May 2020
End: July 2020

Reusable addresses

Updated

18 December 2019

By adding a second signature scheme the IOTA protocol will support reusable addresses.

Start: December 2019
End: June 2020

Permanode

Updated

18 December 2019

A permanode stores the full history of the Tangle. We are building a production-ready permanode in Rust.

Start: October 2019
End: June 2020

Masked Authenticated Messaging v1.1

Updated

18 December 2019

Masked Authenticated Messaging (MAM) allows devices of any size to emit and access encrypted data streams. The new version of MAM will be simple to use, and provide important additional functionalities.

Start: August 2019
End: June 2020
Main Objective

User adoption

We are building new products and features to encourage widespread adoption of IOTA. These tools will help you make the most of the Tangle.

Last Update

18 December 2019

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Client libraries v1.0

Updated

18 December 2019

The IOTA client libraries abstract the complexity of the IOTA protocol into simple, unified methods that allow you to send and receive transactions.

Start: May 2019
End: March 2020

Trinity v1

Updated

18 December 2019

Trinity v1 is IOTA's official wallet and allows users to manage and purchase IOTA tokens with ease. Trinity is available on all major mobile and desktop platforms.

Start: January 2019
End: December 2019

Spark

Updated

18 December 2019

Spark is an experimental low-security web-based burner wallet for use with small amounts of tokens. Spark has served as a testing bed for some ideas and tools for Trinity v2.

Start: September 2019
End: December 2019

Trinity v2

Updated

18 December 2019

Trinity v2 will be a step up in IOTA's usability, bringing it on par with consumer-facing apps. It will become the human-facing entry point into the IOTA ecosystem and form an expandable open-source platform for third party developers to explore.

Start: September 2019
End: December 2020

Unified Identity

Updated

18 December 2019

The Unified Identity Protocol implements the proposed standards for DID and Verifiable Credentials to enable an identity for people, organisations and things.

Start: October 2019
End: March 2021
Main Objective

Coordicide

We are developing the components of an improved IOTA network to remove the Coordinator once and for all. These components will make up a new IOTA protocol that is faster, more secure, and future proof.

Last Update

18 December 2019

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GoShimmer prototype

Updated

18 December 2019

The first prototype node software with a preliminary set of components for enabling data transactions.

Start: November 2019
End: January 2020

Coordicide alphanet

Updated

18 December 2019

We are working on launching the first public network to showcase a set of Coordicide features. This is the future of permissionless and scalable distributed ledger technology (DLT).

Start: April 2020
End: July 2020

Incentivized Coordicide testnet

Updated

18 December 2019

A Coordicide testnet with gradual incentivized participation and a bounty system. This will serve as a base for publicly testing Coordicide components and the assumptions made in the Coordicide whitepaper.

Start: July 2020
End: December 2020

Coordicide

Updated

18 December 2019

The research and development of individual Coordicide components

Start: April 2019
End: December 2020
Main Objective

Qubic

An audited smart contract stack, with an oracle layer, and an event-driven virtual machine for outsourced-processing for IoT, built on top of the Tangle.

Last Update

18 December 2019

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Smart contract MVP

Updated

18 December 2019

A minimum viable smart contract layer for the IOTA protocol. This allows assemblies to be run by a finite committee of nodes and the result is stored as an immutable state on the Tangle. This is implemented as a proof of concept.

Start: December 2019
End: June 2020

Software for hardware stack PoC

Updated

18 December 2019

Initial proof of concept of the software required for Qubic's hardware stack.

Start: December 2019
End: January 2020

Hardware stack PoC

Updated

18 December 2019

Initial proof of concept for the hardware stack of Qubic. Will be supported by the software part of the stack.

Start: November 2019
End: January 2020

Computational model

Updated

18 December 2019

The initial implementation of the Qubic computational model (QCM). An event-processing system that governs the dispatching of input data from the Smart contract layer to the processing layer.

Start: February 2020
End: June 2020

Assembly business logic language

Updated

18 December 2019

A user-friendly language for defining smart contracts that can run on top of Qubic.

Start: June 2020
End: September 2020

Assembly business language tooling

Updated

18 December 2019

Tooling for smart contract language compilations, fund transfer language subsystems, and storing source code on the Tangle.

Start: September 2020
End: December 2020