News

Very brief **headline** items only, with links to each announcement, usually on Bitcointalk as a permanent record.

## 2018

* Feb 18: March 2 and future airdrops terminated
* Feb 15: SilentNotary ICO added to Bot Store
* Jan 26: Free fun-coins faucet added to Bot Store
* Jan 18: Byteball partners with Jumio to offer secure identity verification, which can be linked to a Byteball address and used on demand
* Jan 13: 1000 x $10 in textcoin to go to World Crypto Economic Forum attendees
* Jan 13: Eli Taranto now onboard as PR and Marketing director.
* Jan 8: How to mass send textcoins using MailChimp.
* Jan 7: First name-registry recognized by the main hub. Reg policy.
* Jan 7: Our ICO bot now supports BTC and ETH.
* Jan 3: CFD Trading (Trustful) bot added to bot store.
* Jan 3: Wallet version 2.1 released.

## 2017

* Dec 14: Textcoins enabled in server-side wallets for bulk emails.
* Dec 9: Wallet version 2.0 released.
* Nov 21: Sports Oracle now supports UFC.
* Nov 14: Byteball-Altcoin Exchange Bot added to Bot Store
* Nov 11: Wallet version 1.11.3 released
* Nov 3: First real-world project with ICO on platform: TitanCoin
* Oct 18: Wallet version 1.11.0 released
* Oct 2: LuckyBytes lottery bot added to Bot Store
* Sep 29: Sports Betting bot added to Bot Store
* Sep 7: Slice&Dice MUD game bot added to Bot Store
* Sep 5: First Cashback merchants added
* Aug 27: Buy Blackbytes bot added to Bot Store
* Aug 25: Sports Oracle now supports MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and soccer
* Aug 23: Wallet version 1.10.1 released
* Aug 23: Cashback API for merchants is ready
* Aug 7: Cashback program launched
* Aug 1: Wallet version 1.10.0 released
* Jul 29: Flight Delay Insurance bot added to Bot Store
* Jun 30: Wallet version 1.9.1 released
* Jun 22: Grants program launched
* Jun 5: Rosie chatbot added to Bot Store
* Jun 1: Bot Store launched
* Jun 1: Wallet version 1.9.0 released
* May 28: Crowdin now used for wallet translations
* May 19: Sports oracle P2P betting on soccer launched in Bot Store
* Apr 26: P2P insurance on smart contracts launched
* Apr 18: Wallet version 1.8 released
* Apr 7: P2P gambling using smart contracts launched
* Apr 5: Wallet version 1.7 released
* Mar 18: Binding payments to oracle-posted events launched
* Mar 18: Wallet version 1.6 released
* Mar 6: Wallet version 1.5 released
* Feb 22: Wallet version 1.4 released
* Feb 11: Wallet version 1.3 released
* Feb 10: Chinese WeChat group "Byteball 中国" launched
* Feb 3: Transaction Explorer now shows all blackbyte details as only "Hidden Payments"
* Feb 3: Wallet version 1.2 released
* Jan 19: Wallet version 1.1 released
* Jan 17: Byte-BTC Exchange bot now live

## 2016

* Dec 25: Live network launched. Wallet version 1.0

## References

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1. ↑ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1608859.msg30564528#msg30564528
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/ByteballOrg/status/964267908879781888
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4. ↑ https://medium.com/byteball/bringing-identity-to-crypto-b35964feee8e
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