ShionCoin version 3.2.2 has been released at https://shcoins.com/download/shioncoin/.

This version is part of the "Iris" phase for 2019.

•    Colored coin alternate block-chains.
•    Offer extended transactions for decentralized coin exchange.
•    Certified Asset extended transaction.
•    Notarized validation transactions.
•    BIP68 (sequence locks) consensus ends.
•    Testnet support for smart-contract "SEXE" executable classes.
•    Testnet segwit consensus period begins.
•    ARM64 (aarch64) compiler support (for raspberry PI).

Recent enhancements also include introducing a console UI (linux only: shc --prompt), numerous BIP compatibility implementations, and final segwit integration.


Some enhancement that will be introduced for ShionCoin in 2020:

The public release of 'SEXE' smart contracts; a lua based scripting platform used to create classes that users can execute and extend. This includes tokens, ticketable events, and, of course, whatever else you can imagine that fits in a block-chain transaction.

Version 2.2 introduced the ability to notorize matrix transactions (which is basically a checksum of past blocks). This concept will be extended further by introducing "BOLO Notorization"; which provides the ability to create notorized transactions on the litecoin block-chain, signed by active ShionCoin participants, which can reference the block where a notorized matrix transaction is stored. A dynamic checkpoint is created in response to the litecoin external notorized transactions which adds a 3rd layer of integrity to the underlying ShionCoin blockchain.

The upcoming "Acacia" phase also introduces the ability to manipulate the underlying block-chain parameters by consensus. This includes being able to change the default 4meg block size currently used by ShionCoin. The concensus is provided as a part of individual transactions. By tagging individual transactions all general users are permitted a vote in changes to the architecture of the block-chain.

The beginning of 2020 also denotes the start of the ShionCoin segwit consensus period. Work has also started on setting up a ShionCoin lightning network based on the c-lightning implementation. Based on when this is completed, a ShionCoin testnet lightning network may be available before the end of the year.