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Resume Particls 2019 Year in Review The Year the Dream Came True
Particls Open Marketplace live on mainnet!
A few days ago, weve turned the page on 2019 and embarked into a brand new decade thats surely going to be full of paradigm changes. Just like Particls first full year, 2019 has been filled with exciting milestones such as the long-awaited release, on mainnet, of the first private-by-default online marketplace in history and the arrival of completely untraceable currency transactions with the release of the first ever Bitcoin-based RingCT privacy protocol.
Dreams Do Come True
The year 2019 has been one where Particl has moved from being a project promising a very ambitious idea to a project thats actually delivered on that promise with an actual platform that anyone can now use in real life the Open Marketplace.
Particls Open Marketplace is Now Live on Mainnet It is finally here! After years of research, development, fine-tuning, refactoring, and community-testing, the Open >>> particl.news at https://particl.news/particls-open-marketplace-is-now-live-on-mainnet-bed75988b690
Sure, Particls marketplace is still early Beta software, meaning that it may not be as simple and pain-free to use as the typical online marketplaces we use every day, but the groundbreaking Particl eCommerce protocol is now out there and getting better as we move forward. As they say, the cat is out of the bag and there aint no stopping it!
Shortly before that moment, world-renowned security firm Quarkslab https://www.quarkslab.com/en/ released the results of their audit of Particls custom-built RingCT (MLSAG, more specifically) and Bulletproofs protocols. The audit came back perfect with no single issue being identified, which almost immediately led to the release of both RingCT and bulletproofs on mainnet.
RingCT & Bulletproofs Now Available on Mainnet
Its official! As of July 16th at 12:00:00 UTC (block #488883), RingCT and Bulletproofs have been activated on the
particl.news >>> https://particl.news/ringct-bulletproofs-now-available-on-mainnet-b97a06a56fa9
Aside from these two massive milestones, the year has been blessed by many other noteworthy milestones, accomplishments, and events.
Major 2019 Milestones
Mar. 8, 2019 Particl Reveals Soft Rebrand > https://particl.news/particl-has-a-new-look-1b5885a0e179
Jun. 29, 2019 Particl Wins REMTech Awards 🏅 > https://particl.news/particl-wins-the-2019-remtech-awards-popular-mention-5e2b7cd567c7
Jul. 16, 2019 RingCT & Bulletproofs Released on Mainnet 👤 >https://particl.news/ringct-bulletproofs-now-available-on-mainnet-b97a06a56fa9
Jul. 17, 2019 Particls Second Birthday 🥳 > https://particl.news/particls-second-anniversary-91e878efa3c0
Jul. 17, 2019 Particls Yearly Inflation Reduces from 4% to 3% > https://particl.news/particls-second-anniversary-91e878efa3c0
Aug. 12, 2019 Particls Open Marketplace is Released on Mainnet 🎉> https://particl.news/particls-open-marketplace-is-now-live-on-mainnet-bed75988b690
Nov. 14, 2019 Particl Welcomes Bryan Woods as New Advisor > https://particl.news/particl-welcomes-spend-com-president-as-new-advisor-7afcce8c7d71
Nov. 25, 2019 Bitcoin Integrated into Particl Desktop & the Open Marketplace > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-0-released-on-mainnet-ddca8ea1b4b0
#BUIDL Like Theres No Tomorrow
If theres one certain thing, its that regardless of the 2-year long cryptocurrency bear market, the Particl development team has kept on working hard and push countless lines of code. Because of that, Particl was able to deliver on its two biggest promised deliverables for mainnet the Open Marketplace and RingCT (untraceable transactions).
Particls Open Marketplace live on mainnet!
Yes, 2019 was a development heavy year. That is thanks to a passionate team of developers and contributors who simply wont give up on the idea of private, free, and borderless eCommerce. They breathe and bleed Particl, and each day they help make that vision a reality and make it more and more accessible to everybody.
Together, lets go through the 2019 development timeline. It is, of course, more than recommended to click on the links to relive those moments that made 2019 such a memorable year for Particl!
Development Timeline How Far Have We Come!
Jan. 17, 2019 Particl Copay Adds Bitcoin Support >https://particl.news/particl-copay-5-4-1-released-3fb50d486a44
Jan. 24, 2019 Particl Copay Available on iOS 🍎 > https://particl.news/particl-copay-now-available-on-ios-3a1c8ebb4b
Feb. 22, 2019 Particl Desktop 1.3.1 Released | Bug fixes and overall improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-1-3-1-released-8802e7b326fb
Mar. 1, 2019 Mainnet Hardfork | Multi-signature cold staking and paid SMSG messages (enables decentralized governance) > https://particl.news/hardfork-successful-8480249aac83
Mar. 8, 2019 Particl Open Marketplace Alpha V.2.0 Arrives on Testnet
Apr. 11, 2019 Multi-Wallets Released on Testnet > https://particl.news/new-particl-copay-version-released-d51c1623b313
May 6, 2019 Particls Lightning Network Releases on Testnet ⚡> https://particl.news/particl-lightning-network-now-available-on-testnet-eb87a5ab65cd
May 9, 2019 Cold Staking Arrives in on Mobile Wallet ❄️ > https://particl.news/new-particl-copay-version-released-d51c1623b313
Jul. 4, 2019 Particl Desktop 1.4.0 Released | RingCT & Bulletproofs Readiness and Rebrand > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-1-4-released-e7af57dc4f59
Jul. 5, 2019 Quarkslab Releases its Audit of Particls RingCT & Bulletproofs | PERFECT RESULTS 🌟> https://particl.news/particl-mlsag-bulletproofs-security-audit-results-3581da33455e
Jul. 10, 2019 1st Open Marketplace Build with Private-by-Default Escrow (Blind) and the OMP Library > https://particl.news/new-open-marketplace-testnet-build-now-available-91d346da48c8
Jul. 16, 2019 RingCT & Bulletproofs Live on Mainnet | Untraceable Transactions Now Available 👤 > https://particl.news/ringct-bulletproofs-now-available-on-mainnet-b97a06a56fa9
Jul. 17, 2019 Particl Community Starts Publishing Market Generation Keys on Github > https://particl.news/market-key-generation-contest-e7b93ec14f60
Jul. 23, 2019 Particl Desktop 1.4.1 Released | Bug Fixes > https://github.com/particl/particl-desktop/releases/tag/v1.4.1
Aug. 1, 2019 First Open Marketplace Build with RingCT Escrow on Testnet > https://particl.news/new-open-marketplace-testnet-build-now-available-e35173736a4
Aug. 7, 2019 Particl Community Voted on the Market Generation Key Used to Create the Open Marketplace > https://github.com/particl/particl-market/pull/444
Aug. 12, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.0.0 Released | The Open Marketplace Released on Mainnet 🎉> https://particl.news/particls-open-marketplace-is-now-live-on-mainnet-bed75988b690
Aug. 12, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.0.1 Released | Bug Fixes > https://github.com/particl/particl-desktop/releases/tag/v2.0.1
Aug. 21, 2019 Stakers Start Reducing Marketplace Listing Fees > https://particl.news/adjusting-listing-fees-4b676e230601
Sept. 06, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.0.2 Released | Marketplace Improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-0-2-released-feac3a51de32
Sep. 17, 2019 Private Cold Staking App Released | Receive Staking Rewards Anonymously > https://particl.news/private-cold-staking-script-released-d8900e193490
Sep. 23, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.1.0 Released | Product Imports & Public Comments on Listings > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-1-0-released-on-mainnet-1e84cc8716f3
Nov. 13, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.2.0 Released | Cancel bids, settings page, and UI/UX improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-2-0-released-1a1324881cf8
Nov. 25, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.3.0 Released | Bitcoin Payments Added > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-0-released-on-mainnet-ddca8ea1b4b0
Dec. 4, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.3.1 Released | UI/UX Tweaks > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-1-released-451e0cb06969
Dec. 23, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.3.2 Released | Startup & Shutdown Processes Improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-2-released-184a7fe6640c
Quite an impressive list, right? Keep in mind it doesnt even include Particl Core releases! 🤯
Indeed, one particularly impressive aspect of Particls development is how it always keeps its codebase up-to-date with the latest Bitcoin codebase version. Thats to ensure Particls base layer benefits from all the latest Bitcoin improvements so that it can remain secure and can easily integrate any innovation happening in Bitcoins world. Put simply, an up-to-date codebase means security, reliability, performance, and compatibility.
And while keeping the codebase up-to-date may initially sound like a simple and almost robotic task, theres definitely a reason barely any Bitcoin-based altcoin, if any, properly keeps its codebase up-to-date its a tedious and quite complicated task. Thats because the upstream Bitcoin code needs to be made to fit and be compatible with any added component to Particls codebase. It couldnt further from a simple copy-paste process
This year, this translated into 19 individual core releases, a true testament to the constant hard work put in by Particls Core Developer & Cryptographic Researcher Tecnovert.
Particl Core Releases (19 total)
Jan. 1, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.0
Feb. 6, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.2
Feb. 14, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.3
Mar. 7, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.4
May 9, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.7
Jun. 4, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.8
Jun. 24, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.10
Jul. 2, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.11
Jul. 18, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.12
Aug. 4, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.0
Aug. 8, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.1
Aug. 12, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.2
Aug. 22, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.3
Sep. 3, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.4
Sep. 26, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.5
Oct. 29, 2019 Particl Core 0.19.0.1 RC2 (Pre-Release)
Oct. 31, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.6
Dec. 4, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.7 (Pre-Release)
Dec. 3, 2019 Particl Core 0.19.0.1 (Pre-Release)
Particl Around the World
Another great move by Particl in 2019 was to increase its boots-on-the-ground presence by attending, sponsoring, and presenting at several blockchain conferences, events, and meetups all around the world.
Some of Particls team after SFBWs Epicenter conference
Blockchain events are ideal networking opportunities for teams to find each other, build relationships, and start collaborating on multiple fronts. In that sense, they are the perfect matchmakers.
As such, the Particl team has made a lot of key connections with individuals and teams that will help the project make the jump from an almost exclusively development focused project to one putting much more focus into the user adoption of its platform.
Its very important to understand one thing, though, is that these relationships built at blockchain events can take some time until they start yielding visible results. Most of the time, it takes many dozens of work hours and conference calls before things fall into place and start moving ahead. The best example of this concept is with the addition of Spend.coms President, Bryan Woods, as new eCommerce strategic advisor for Particl.
Particl Welcomes Spend.com President as New Advisor
Bryan Woods eCommerce Strategy and Adoption 🤝
particl.news >>> https://particl.news/particl-welcomes-spend-com-president-as-new-advisor-7afcce8c7d71
The Particl team met with Bryan at Consensus 2019, in May, and only started talking about it more publicly when it was announced at SFBWs Epicenter, in November, that he would be joining Particls advisory board. Still to this day, it is too early to reveal any of whats being worked on with him even though its been in the works for quite some time now.
Dr. Kap Talking at SFBWs Epicenter
The bottom line is that these blockchain events are great to make valuable connections that, over time, will come back helping the project tremendously. The team is currently in active talks with many people and projects met at conferences and it should yield more visible results later on in 2020.
Put simply, some of the best decisions taken by the Particl team in 2019 was to attend Consensus and the San Francisco Blockchain Week (SFBW).
2019 Conferences and Events
Feb. 4, 2019 Particl in Paris CoinHouse 🇫🇷 > https://particl.news/particl-in-paris-presentations-at-coinhouse-a38106cdd36a
Mar. 1314, 2019 Particl in Hong Kong Token2049 🇭🇰 > https://particl.news/particl-is-going-to-hong-kongs-token-2049-conference-e1fca540740b
May 1112, 2019 Particl in NYC Magical Crypto Conference 🇺🇸 >https://particl.news/particl-in-nyc-magical-crypto-conference-2019-459c1f868522
May 1315, 2019 Particl in NYC Consensus 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-in-nyc-consensus-2019-3f6671bd2aa6
June 2526, 2019 Particl in San Francisco Bitcoin2019 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-in-san-francisco-bitcoin2019-571fe31fe396
Oct. 2829, 2019 Particl in Vegas Money2020 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-world-tour-2019-f6e3d3c7e09c
Oct. 30, 2019 Particl in Vegas World Crypto Conference 🇺🇸 >https://particl.news/particl-world-tour-2019-f6e3d3c7e09c
Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2019 Particl in San Francisco SFBW 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-in-san-francisco-sfbw-2019-bdaf0426349a
Nov. 14, 2019 Particl in Singapore Blockshow 🇸🇬 > https://particl.news/particl-world-tour-2019-f6e3d3c7e09c
Nov. 2122, 2019 Particl in Finland Slush Helsinki 🇫🇮 > https://particl.news/particl-in-finland-slush-helsinki-1383c1d083c3
What Can We Take Back From 2019?
Last year was a year of straight-up delivery with both Particls long-awaited Open Marketplace and RingCT (with Bulletproofs) going live on mainnet. More importantly, 2019 will forever be the year where private, free, and borderless eCommerce became a reality for everyone. A very important milestone in human commerces history when you think of it
Its also a year where it became obvious that simply pushing innovative and unique blockchain code just doesnt cut it alone for a project to see great success and get decent exposure. And thats okay, even great, because it signals that the industry is becoming more mature and wants to see blockchain products finally get some real-world adoption. Thats the metaphorical blockchain killer product, and thats precisely why Particl is bound to shine moving forward!
In fact, the Open Marketplace is a unique offering it offers unmatched privacy in eCommerce and allows sellers and buyers to connect directly and safely transact by paying almost no fee at all. It takes third-parties (marketplace operator, payment processor, web host, etc) totally out of the eCommerce process and secures the users data and personal information at every step of the way, a perk thats definitely becoming more and more valuable in an era of ever-increasing data mining, breaches, and identity thefts.
Particls Adoption
Yet, the level of adoption of the marketplace is still relatively low at this moment, a surprising fact for some. Thats due to a few reasons both internal and external to Particl, and luckily none of these reasons should really sound the alarm bell.
Some of these reasons are directly due to Particl itself. In fact, the Open Marketplace is still very much an early Beta software and is simply not ready for mass adoption just yet. After all, it more than clearly says so in the marketplaces header banner on Particl Desktop.
As a matter of fact, some of the processes as well as the user interface of the marketplace are still relatively complicated for most people to use. The marketplace also lacks a few important features usually expected by either buyers or sellers on traditional online marketplaces. In reality, any significant amount of money invested towards aggressive user adoption campaigns would more than likely result in a poor user adoption rates simply due to the earliness of Particls product. Getting people to peek around is one thing, getting them to become Particl marketplace users is another thing entirely.
Some of the reasons are also external to Particl. For example, the more than two-year-long cryptocurrency bear market surely hasnt really encouraged long-term cryptocurrency holders to spend their coins the same way a bull market would
A New Roadmap is on the Way
The very good news is that the Particl team is very aware of its marketplaces bottlenecks! With Market Management, a very major marketplace update, coming out in a few weeks, it will mark the completion of a very high-level overview of what the marketplace was initially imagined to be an open eCommerce network populated by an infinite amount of markets. In other words, the release of Market Management marks the end of a very particular development phase for the project.
That being said, that also means that it marks the very beginning of a new development phase, one that will be all about building the right features and tools for its targeted users. This new phase will also be all about increasing the marketplaces accessibility, ease of use, and user interface as much as possible. In simple terms, this new phase is all about eliminating any reason why most people would not buy and/or sell on Particl.
Buckle Up!
In the next few days, multiple blog posts will be published on Particl.news. They will be a deep dive into the marketplaces current status, its level of adoption, and current bottlenecks. They will also explain, in detail, the reasoning behind the Particl teams strategy moving forward as it jumps in this new decade with both feet. This mini blog post series will ultimately culminate with the exciting reveal of the new Particl roadmap! Get ready, as the new roadmap is more than likely to blow a few peoples minds! 😉
Source: https://particl.news/particls-2019-year-in-review-e456b0a19819
Particls Open Marketplace live on mainnet!
A few days ago, weve turned the page on 2019 and embarked into a brand new decade thats surely going to be full of paradigm changes. Just like Particls first full year, 2019 has been filled with exciting milestones such as the long-awaited release, on mainnet, of the first private-by-default online marketplace in history and the arrival of completely untraceable currency transactions with the release of the first ever Bitcoin-based RingCT privacy protocol.
Dreams Do Come True
The year 2019 has been one where Particl has moved from being a project promising a very ambitious idea to a project thats actually delivered on that promise with an actual platform that anyone can now use in real life the Open Marketplace.
Particls Open Marketplace is Now Live on Mainnet It is finally here! After years of research, development, fine-tuning, refactoring, and community-testing, the Open >>> particl.news at https://particl.news/particls-open-marketplace-is-now-live-on-mainnet-bed75988b690
Sure, Particls marketplace is still early Beta software, meaning that it may not be as simple and pain-free to use as the typical online marketplaces we use every day, but the groundbreaking Particl eCommerce protocol is now out there and getting better as we move forward. As they say, the cat is out of the bag and there aint no stopping it!
Shortly before that moment, world-renowned security firm Quarkslab https://www.quarkslab.com/en/ released the results of their audit of Particls custom-built RingCT (MLSAG, more specifically) and Bulletproofs protocols. The audit came back perfect with no single issue being identified, which almost immediately led to the release of both RingCT and bulletproofs on mainnet.
RingCT & Bulletproofs Now Available on Mainnet
Its official! As of July 16th at 12:00:00 UTC (block #488883), RingCT and Bulletproofs have been activated on the
particl.news >>> https://particl.news/ringct-bulletproofs-now-available-on-mainnet-b97a06a56fa9
Aside from these two massive milestones, the year has been blessed by many other noteworthy milestones, accomplishments, and events.
Major 2019 Milestones
Mar. 8, 2019 Particl Reveals Soft Rebrand > https://particl.news/particl-has-a-new-look-1b5885a0e179
Jun. 29, 2019 Particl Wins REMTech Awards 🏅 > https://particl.news/particl-wins-the-2019-remtech-awards-popular-mention-5e2b7cd567c7
Jul. 16, 2019 RingCT & Bulletproofs Released on Mainnet 👤 >https://particl.news/ringct-bulletproofs-now-available-on-mainnet-b97a06a56fa9
Jul. 17, 2019 Particls Second Birthday 🥳 > https://particl.news/particls-second-anniversary-91e878efa3c0
Jul. 17, 2019 Particls Yearly Inflation Reduces from 4% to 3% > https://particl.news/particls-second-anniversary-91e878efa3c0
Aug. 12, 2019 Particls Open Marketplace is Released on Mainnet 🎉> https://particl.news/particls-open-marketplace-is-now-live-on-mainnet-bed75988b690
Nov. 14, 2019 Particl Welcomes Bryan Woods as New Advisor > https://particl.news/particl-welcomes-spend-com-president-as-new-advisor-7afcce8c7d71
Nov. 25, 2019 Bitcoin Integrated into Particl Desktop & the Open Marketplace > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-0-released-on-mainnet-ddca8ea1b4b0
#BUIDL Like Theres No Tomorrow
If theres one certain thing, its that regardless of the 2-year long cryptocurrency bear market, the Particl development team has kept on working hard and push countless lines of code. Because of that, Particl was able to deliver on its two biggest promised deliverables for mainnet the Open Marketplace and RingCT (untraceable transactions).
Particls Open Marketplace live on mainnet!
Yes, 2019 was a development heavy year. That is thanks to a passionate team of developers and contributors who simply wont give up on the idea of private, free, and borderless eCommerce. They breathe and bleed Particl, and each day they help make that vision a reality and make it more and more accessible to everybody.
Together, lets go through the 2019 development timeline. It is, of course, more than recommended to click on the links to relive those moments that made 2019 such a memorable year for Particl!
Development Timeline How Far Have We Come!
Jan. 17, 2019 Particl Copay Adds Bitcoin Support >https://particl.news/particl-copay-5-4-1-released-3fb50d486a44
Jan. 24, 2019 Particl Copay Available on iOS 🍎 > https://particl.news/particl-copay-now-available-on-ios-3a1c8ebb4b
Feb. 22, 2019 Particl Desktop 1.3.1 Released | Bug fixes and overall improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-1-3-1-released-8802e7b326fb
Mar. 1, 2019 Mainnet Hardfork | Multi-signature cold staking and paid SMSG messages (enables decentralized governance) > https://particl.news/hardfork-successful-8480249aac83
Mar. 8, 2019 Particl Open Marketplace Alpha V.2.0 Arrives on Testnet
Apr. 11, 2019 Multi-Wallets Released on Testnet > https://particl.news/new-particl-copay-version-released-d51c1623b313
May 6, 2019 Particls Lightning Network Releases on Testnet ⚡> https://particl.news/particl-lightning-network-now-available-on-testnet-eb87a5ab65cd
May 9, 2019 Cold Staking Arrives in on Mobile Wallet ❄️ > https://particl.news/new-particl-copay-version-released-d51c1623b313
Jul. 4, 2019 Particl Desktop 1.4.0 Released | RingCT & Bulletproofs Readiness and Rebrand > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-1-4-released-e7af57dc4f59
Jul. 5, 2019 Quarkslab Releases its Audit of Particls RingCT & Bulletproofs | PERFECT RESULTS 🌟> https://particl.news/particl-mlsag-bulletproofs-security-audit-results-3581da33455e
Jul. 10, 2019 1st Open Marketplace Build with Private-by-Default Escrow (Blind) and the OMP Library > https://particl.news/new-open-marketplace-testnet-build-now-available-91d346da48c8
Jul. 16, 2019 RingCT & Bulletproofs Live on Mainnet | Untraceable Transactions Now Available 👤 > https://particl.news/ringct-bulletproofs-now-available-on-mainnet-b97a06a56fa9
Jul. 17, 2019 Particl Community Starts Publishing Market Generation Keys on Github > https://particl.news/market-key-generation-contest-e7b93ec14f60
Jul. 23, 2019 Particl Desktop 1.4.1 Released | Bug Fixes > https://github.com/particl/particl-desktop/releases/tag/v1.4.1
Aug. 1, 2019 First Open Marketplace Build with RingCT Escrow on Testnet > https://particl.news/new-open-marketplace-testnet-build-now-available-e35173736a4
Aug. 7, 2019 Particl Community Voted on the Market Generation Key Used to Create the Open Marketplace > https://github.com/particl/particl-market/pull/444
Aug. 12, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.0.0 Released | The Open Marketplace Released on Mainnet 🎉> https://particl.news/particls-open-marketplace-is-now-live-on-mainnet-bed75988b690
Aug. 12, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.0.1 Released | Bug Fixes > https://github.com/particl/particl-desktop/releases/tag/v2.0.1
Aug. 21, 2019 Stakers Start Reducing Marketplace Listing Fees > https://particl.news/adjusting-listing-fees-4b676e230601
Sept. 06, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.0.2 Released | Marketplace Improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-0-2-released-feac3a51de32
Sep. 17, 2019 Private Cold Staking App Released | Receive Staking Rewards Anonymously > https://particl.news/private-cold-staking-script-released-d8900e193490
Sep. 23, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.1.0 Released | Product Imports & Public Comments on Listings > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-1-0-released-on-mainnet-1e84cc8716f3
Nov. 13, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.2.0 Released | Cancel bids, settings page, and UI/UX improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-2-0-released-1a1324881cf8
Nov. 25, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.3.0 Released | Bitcoin Payments Added > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-0-released-on-mainnet-ddca8ea1b4b0
Dec. 4, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.3.1 Released | UI/UX Tweaks > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-1-released-451e0cb06969
Dec. 23, 2019 Particl Desktop 2.3.2 Released | Startup & Shutdown Processes Improvements > https://particl.news/particl-desktop-2-3-2-released-184a7fe6640c
Quite an impressive list, right? Keep in mind it doesnt even include Particl Core releases! 🤯
Indeed, one particularly impressive aspect of Particls development is how it always keeps its codebase up-to-date with the latest Bitcoin codebase version. Thats to ensure Particls base layer benefits from all the latest Bitcoin improvements so that it can remain secure and can easily integrate any innovation happening in Bitcoins world. Put simply, an up-to-date codebase means security, reliability, performance, and compatibility.
And while keeping the codebase up-to-date may initially sound like a simple and almost robotic task, theres definitely a reason barely any Bitcoin-based altcoin, if any, properly keeps its codebase up-to-date its a tedious and quite complicated task. Thats because the upstream Bitcoin code needs to be made to fit and be compatible with any added component to Particls codebase. It couldnt further from a simple copy-paste process
This year, this translated into 19 individual core releases, a true testament to the constant hard work put in by Particls Core Developer & Cryptographic Researcher Tecnovert.
Particl Core Releases (19 total)
Jan. 1, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.0
Feb. 6, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.2
Feb. 14, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.3
Mar. 7, 2019 Particl Core 0.17.1.4
May 9, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.7
Jun. 4, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.8
Jun. 24, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.10
Jul. 2, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.11
Jul. 18, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.0.12
Aug. 4, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.0
Aug. 8, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.1
Aug. 12, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.2
Aug. 22, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.3
Sep. 3, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.4
Sep. 26, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.5
Oct. 29, 2019 Particl Core 0.19.0.1 RC2 (Pre-Release)
Oct. 31, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.6
Dec. 4, 2019 Particl Core 0.18.1.7 (Pre-Release)
Dec. 3, 2019 Particl Core 0.19.0.1 (Pre-Release)
Particl Around the World
Another great move by Particl in 2019 was to increase its boots-on-the-ground presence by attending, sponsoring, and presenting at several blockchain conferences, events, and meetups all around the world.
Some of Particls team after SFBWs Epicenter conference
Blockchain events are ideal networking opportunities for teams to find each other, build relationships, and start collaborating on multiple fronts. In that sense, they are the perfect matchmakers.
As such, the Particl team has made a lot of key connections with individuals and teams that will help the project make the jump from an almost exclusively development focused project to one putting much more focus into the user adoption of its platform.
Its very important to understand one thing, though, is that these relationships built at blockchain events can take some time until they start yielding visible results. Most of the time, it takes many dozens of work hours and conference calls before things fall into place and start moving ahead. The best example of this concept is with the addition of Spend.coms President, Bryan Woods, as new eCommerce strategic advisor for Particl.
Particl Welcomes Spend.com President as New Advisor
Bryan Woods eCommerce Strategy and Adoption 🤝
particl.news >>> https://particl.news/particl-welcomes-spend-com-president-as-new-advisor-7afcce8c7d71
The Particl team met with Bryan at Consensus 2019, in May, and only started talking about it more publicly when it was announced at SFBWs Epicenter, in November, that he would be joining Particls advisory board. Still to this day, it is too early to reveal any of whats being worked on with him even though its been in the works for quite some time now.
Dr. Kap Talking at SFBWs Epicenter
The bottom line is that these blockchain events are great to make valuable connections that, over time, will come back helping the project tremendously. The team is currently in active talks with many people and projects met at conferences and it should yield more visible results later on in 2020.
Put simply, some of the best decisions taken by the Particl team in 2019 was to attend Consensus and the San Francisco Blockchain Week (SFBW).
2019 Conferences and Events
Feb. 4, 2019 Particl in Paris CoinHouse 🇫🇷 > https://particl.news/particl-in-paris-presentations-at-coinhouse-a38106cdd36a
Mar. 1314, 2019 Particl in Hong Kong Token2049 🇭🇰 > https://particl.news/particl-is-going-to-hong-kongs-token-2049-conference-e1fca540740b
May 1112, 2019 Particl in NYC Magical Crypto Conference 🇺🇸 >https://particl.news/particl-in-nyc-magical-crypto-conference-2019-459c1f868522
May 1315, 2019 Particl in NYC Consensus 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-in-nyc-consensus-2019-3f6671bd2aa6
June 2526, 2019 Particl in San Francisco Bitcoin2019 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-in-san-francisco-bitcoin2019-571fe31fe396
Oct. 2829, 2019 Particl in Vegas Money2020 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-world-tour-2019-f6e3d3c7e09c
Oct. 30, 2019 Particl in Vegas World Crypto Conference 🇺🇸 >https://particl.news/particl-world-tour-2019-f6e3d3c7e09c
Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2019 Particl in San Francisco SFBW 🇺🇸 > https://particl.news/particl-in-san-francisco-sfbw-2019-bdaf0426349a
Nov. 14, 2019 Particl in Singapore Blockshow 🇸🇬 > https://particl.news/particl-world-tour-2019-f6e3d3c7e09c
Nov. 2122, 2019 Particl in Finland Slush Helsinki 🇫🇮 > https://particl.news/particl-in-finland-slush-helsinki-1383c1d083c3
What Can We Take Back From 2019?
Last year was a year of straight-up delivery with both Particls long-awaited Open Marketplace and RingCT (with Bulletproofs) going live on mainnet. More importantly, 2019 will forever be the year where private, free, and borderless eCommerce became a reality for everyone. A very important milestone in human commerces history when you think of it
Its also a year where it became obvious that simply pushing innovative and unique blockchain code just doesnt cut it alone for a project to see great success and get decent exposure. And thats okay, even great, because it signals that the industry is becoming more mature and wants to see blockchain products finally get some real-world adoption. Thats the metaphorical blockchain killer product, and thats precisely why Particl is bound to shine moving forward!
In fact, the Open Marketplace is a unique offering it offers unmatched privacy in eCommerce and allows sellers and buyers to connect directly and safely transact by paying almost no fee at all. It takes third-parties (marketplace operator, payment processor, web host, etc) totally out of the eCommerce process and secures the users data and personal information at every step of the way, a perk thats definitely becoming more and more valuable in an era of ever-increasing data mining, breaches, and identity thefts.
Particls Adoption
Yet, the level of adoption of the marketplace is still relatively low at this moment, a surprising fact for some. Thats due to a few reasons both internal and external to Particl, and luckily none of these reasons should really sound the alarm bell.
Some of these reasons are directly due to Particl itself. In fact, the Open Marketplace is still very much an early Beta software and is simply not ready for mass adoption just yet. After all, it more than clearly says so in the marketplaces header banner on Particl Desktop.
As a matter of fact, some of the processes as well as the user interface of the marketplace are still relatively complicated for most people to use. The marketplace also lacks a few important features usually expected by either buyers or sellers on traditional online marketplaces. In reality, any significant amount of money invested towards aggressive user adoption campaigns would more than likely result in a poor user adoption rates simply due to the earliness of Particls product. Getting people to peek around is one thing, getting them to become Particl marketplace users is another thing entirely.
Some of the reasons are also external to Particl. For example, the more than two-year-long cryptocurrency bear market surely hasnt really encouraged long-term cryptocurrency holders to spend their coins the same way a bull market would
A New Roadmap is on the Way
The very good news is that the Particl team is very aware of its marketplaces bottlenecks! With Market Management, a very major marketplace update, coming out in a few weeks, it will mark the completion of a very high-level overview of what the marketplace was initially imagined to be an open eCommerce network populated by an infinite amount of markets. In other words, the release of Market Management marks the end of a very particular development phase for the project.
That being said, that also means that it marks the very beginning of a new development phase, one that will be all about building the right features and tools for its targeted users. This new phase will also be all about increasing the marketplaces accessibility, ease of use, and user interface as much as possible. In simple terms, this new phase is all about eliminating any reason why most people would not buy and/or sell on Particl.
Buckle Up!
In the next few days, multiple blog posts will be published on Particl.news. They will be a deep dive into the marketplaces current status, its level of adoption, and current bottlenecks. They will also explain, in detail, the reasoning behind the Particl teams strategy moving forward as it jumps in this new decade with both feet. This mini blog post series will ultimately culminate with the exciting reveal of the new Particl roadmap! Get ready, as the new roadmap is more than likely to blow a few peoples minds! 😉
Source: https://particl.news/particls-2019-year-in-review-e456b0a19819