History

this page is inspired by the different community driven projects, all signum's social platforms, the devs, and the entire community we're a movement ready to strike! signum history 2024 new exchange initiative through community and the sna donations, three new exchanges were added azbit with usdt and ltc pair dex trade with usdt pair bitstorage with usdt pair node improvements rest api changes, postgresql & sqlite support added as databases sqlite will replace h2 soon introduction of websocket api (sip 50) introducing a lightweight real time communication interface via websockets is included in the node software this year is wip, important milestones will be shared here! 2023 bittrex shut down pioneer exchange bittrex global shuts down brutal loss for signum and the entire crypto space bittrex, thanks for your contributions to all cryptocurrencies ❤️ initial launch of snipswap snipswap is a decentralized crypto exchange with paypal integration launch of signum name system an innovative solution enabling signum aliases to efficiently resolve custom urls in web browsers and account addresses within wallets signumswap improvements liquidity and staking pools have been successfully integrated, and a nostr chat feature has been added signum xt wallet nostr support the xt wallet enables linking signum and nostr accounts through a shared seed by utilizing the xt wallet, users can seamlessly connect to nostr clients such as coracle social https //coracle social/ to securely login and sign any nostr event with ease wsigna now available for trading on atomicdex wsigna, the wrapped version of the signum (signa) cryptocurrency, is now available for trading on atomicdex atomicdex is a decentralized exchange that supports cross chain atomic swaps, allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies in a trustless and non custodial manner xeggex exchange listing xeggex exchange listed signa with 2 signa pairings see more on exchanges page launch of signum neoclassic wallet neoclassic wallet is a major refactoring of signum classic wallet the biggest change was the upgrade of adminlte framework, leading to better visual internally the code is much more organized, making easier to maintain and add new features caldera trade listing caldera trade listed signa with multiple signa pairings see more on exchanges page launch of signum mobile wallet a comprehensive solution designed to facilitate the management of your digital assets with convenience and security this wallet offers a reliable means to securely store and access your signum tokens, while enabling seamless on the go management of your crypto assets signum has its first real business case axt is using signum to tokenize real estate assets, allowing investors to participate in the income generated from these assets axt acquires properties based on tax deeds and tax lien certificates and then sells digital tokens representing partial ownership of the company to investors the income generated from the properties gets distributed among the token holders in proportion to their share modernization of alias framework (sip 48) introducing a new valid character for the creation of aliases and the possibility of using tlds (top level domains) as new namespaces for an alias and a renewal system for aliases comparable to current worldwide web domain handling introduction of secure solo mining setup (sip 46) this will allow solo miners to use a proxy pool for signing the blocks if the passphrase that generates this block signing leaks, the miner can register a new one this way, a miner can forge solo blocks without using the original account passphrase introduction of staking contracts (sip 45) staking contracts allow participants to pledge a smart token with a specified lock up period to earn signa and/or another smart token distributed by the contract the distribution of a staking contract can be fed by topping up the contract with the required funds or by a continuous income from another source transfer ownership of tokens (sip 43) this type of transaction allows transferring ownership of any smart token, making it easy for business case owners to hand over the use case to a new owner without sharing passphrases phoenix wallets improvements both platforms of phoenix wallet (desktop and mobile) got heavily refactored and massively improved exploit thwarted a sophisticated attack on accounts without public keys has been successfully thwarted surpassed 10 million transactions https //explorer signum network/block/1000000 9th birthday! https //explorer signum network/block/1000000 https //explorer signum network/block/1000000 feature activation (hard fork) completing the framework of the new features for the existing token functionality, introduce a more secure setup for the solo miners and modernize the alias framework see announcement! it took effect on may 27th 2023 2022 signum has been mentioned in a white house report on climate and energy implications of crypto assets https //www whitehouse gov/wp content/uploads/2022/09/09 2022 crypto assets and climate report pdf https //www whitehouse gov/wp content/uploads/2022/09/09 2022 crypto assets and climate report pdf shoutloud! the first news aggregator on the signum chain signumswap the first defi portal on the signum chain signum dappository the dappository has been rebranded to signum branding nfts created previous to the burstcoin rebrand will be tagged as a legacy infinex exchange infinex exchange listed signa with a signa/usdt and signa/btc pairing catalyx listing catalyx io listed signa with a signa/btc pairing (pair not available anymore) new transaction type' distribution to asset holder ' transaction type allows any account to transfer given amounts of signa or other smart tokens (or both) to defined smart token holders signumj v1 1 0 released support all new features for rainbow hard fork node interactive api documentation signum node api documentation updated to a fully interactive documentation using the de facto industry standard oas 3 x, substituting the outdated/old fashioned and far less detailed /api doc smartc v2 0 0 released support all new features for rainbow hard fork signum pool improvements pool web application updates and support new features from rainbow hard fork btdex improvements distribution for smart token, fixes and support of some features for rainbow hard fork classic wallet revamped support for new transaction types from rainbow hard fork and minor improvements phoenix wallet improvements support for new transaction types from rainbow hard fork and minor improvements indodax listing indodax is the most prominent digital asset exchange in indonesia listed signa with a signa/idr pairing node improvements signum node refactoring (updated dependencies and resolving security warnings) signum xt wallet the first web extension wallet was developed for easy access to defi platforms signumjs wallet module the wallet package provides tools to interact with wallets remotely stellar duel a multiplayer game using smart contracts on signum blockchain signumbillboard smart contracts drove billboard built on sigunm blockchain signarank an achievement system built on the signum blockchain signumart the first signum blockchain based platform for creating, displaying, and trading nfts has been developed the portal reached a 1 million signa turnover welcome signa on hive bridge your signa to the hive engine with swap hive/swap signa liquidity pool on tribaldex com https //tribaldex com/ signum pool improvements signum users can join a pool using the signum xt wallet rainbow hard fork introducing new features framework for the existing token functionality see announcement! it took effect on june 25th 2022 1,000,000 blocks mined on signum blockchain https //explorer signum network/block/1000000 https //explorer signum network/block/1000000 2021 lootboy partnership in a one of a kind partnership, lootboy accepts payments in signum and promotes them at esports events cryptocurrency checkout integration crypto currency checkout accepts signum as a payment method smartc platform released write powerful smart contracts for signum with c deployment of telegram bots bot allows you to monitor your account's status easily and receive notifications about new transactions and blocks signum pool new pool software (licensed under gnu gplv3) signum node rewards a monthly node operation award is launched to incentivise synchronized public nodes meeting minimum up time requirements green contracts development green contract is a feature allowing past identical code to be executed by reference rather than redeployment bounty program a bounty program is created to encourage the completion of specific tasks supporting software development and signum retail adoption welcome signa to binance smart chain bridge your signa to the binance smart chain with a wrapped version of signa called wsigna signa holders can use the wrapped signa to participate in defi applications on the binance smart chain network you can find them on bsc liquidity pools like pancakeswap fomplo a website with helpful tools for the community announcement of smart tokens smart tokens will have more functionality on the chain and can interact with smart contracts speedway hard fork preparing signum for mass transactions and more see the announcement! it took effect on october 23rd 2021 signum network association (sna) is founded its sole purpose is to ensure the future success of the signum see announcement! signum community annual review 2021 enjoy the december 2021 signum network community meetup view video rebranding in june 2021, burstcoin rebranded as signum and the signum network a new logo, based on a celtic knot, was adopted to replace the burstcoin logo, which was represented as a stylized letter b within a blue or black circular background, including all software, applications, services, websites, documentation, github, etc burstcoin history 2021 proof of commitment (poc+) the burstcoin blockchain upgraded the consensus algorithm to poc+, an innovative consensus offers a new way for miners to increase their effective storage capacity poc+ is a greener option since effective capacity can be increased without purchasing more equipment btdex improvements mining and plotting are embedded in the platform, converting it into the first all in one dex users can easily trade, plot drives, join the pool, and mine easily! phoenix improvements revamped layout! finexbox listing finexbox listed signa with a signa/btc pairing bhex listing bhex listed signa with a signa/usdt pairing (this exchange is not available anymore) signum hard fork a new consensus for burstcoin and much more see announcement! it took effect on april 24th 2021 2020 burstcoin joins bpsaa as new alliance member the blockchain privacy, security & adoption alliance (bpsaa) aims to educate the public on privacy and security issues and solutions in blockchain and to facilitate a common forum for developers to create open source privacy and security technologies for public use (november) btdex release the first decentralized exchange system released and running on the blockchain it implements a unique non custodial exchange method for cryptocurrencies and conventional fiat currencies based on blocktalk smart contracts and on chain encrypted messages signum node improvements updated smart contracts, allowing for 50 times larger complexity with lower fees sodium hard fork a new milestone for burstcoin and much more see announcement! it took effect on june 20th 2020 2019 burst summer hackhaton the burst alliance and burst app teams hosted the 2019 burst summer hackathon! https //www reddit com/r/burstcoin/comments/c8oy59/the 2019 https //www reddit com/r/burstcoin/comments/c8oy59/the 2019 burst summer hackathon has begins today/ phoenix wallet release with the release of the mobile version of phoenix was implemented phoenix is a cross platform wallet application developed to support mobile devices, including ios and android this wallet feature increased security and a refreshed look and feel burstjs power phoenix wallet burstjs was a powerful javascript library for building burstcoin applications now the sdk is called signumjs eterbase listing eterbase listed signa with fiat and stablecoin pairings (october) (this exchange ceased its operations) new pool software release new pool software has been released, allowing pool operators to operate pools without license restrictions, and burst can open a new chapter for its mining pools blocktalk release (known as "signum smartj") an extended smart contract framework that aids in the creation and deployment of contracts the koh i noor, burstcoin's first nft, was created using blocktalk block talk is now known as signum smartj first ever nft was minted (koh i noor) koh i noor, the first nft, was minted stex listing stex com listed signa with a signa/btc pairing (this exchange is not operating anymore they claim the following "due to unknown reasons, we suffered data loss in result, we have very fragmented and non consistent data regarding balances, transactions, etc we cannot continue any business operations ") poloniex delisted burst bat nor any member of bmf was informed about the poloniex decision on may 10th why poloniex decided to close the order book can only be guessed, but the impact was a nearly 50% price drop on this news poc consortium the poc consortium stepped back from the role of development the burst applications team and burst marketing fund became the lead developers the resigned pocc members at this time were ac0v, bold, brabantian, cgb, gadrah, johnnyffm, rico666, taliesin tapiwa, umbrellacorp03, zach 2018 fun fact linus tech tips video made burst mining more mainstream on the tech community fee replacement they replaced the minimum fee of 1 burst per transaction with a slot based dynamic fee schedule starting with 007357 during periods of low network activity the previous fee had been set as a disincentive for denial of service attacks on the network with the new schedule, transactions could be initiated for the lowest fee even during periods of high network activity but were delayed until a slot for the transaction became available as of 2021, fees are now fully market based plotting protocol update change from poc1 to poc2 protocol a minimally invasive way to achieve time memory tradeoff resistance while preserving the utility of existing plots this update was made preemptively to address a theoretical vulnerability called a grinding attack turbo plotter release https //blackpawn com/tp/ https //blackpawn com/tp/ pre dymaxion hard fork see announcement! it took effect on june 10th 2018 2017 burst dymaxion the poc consortium developers released a new white paper titled the burst dymaxion it described implementing a tangle based lightning network allowing for arbitrary scalability and anonymous transactions and payment channels using directed acyclic graph (dag) technology on top of the burstcoin blockchain although the development focus shifted away from this white paper's end goal and toward burstcoin's smart contract functionality, many of the required preparatory improvements were made and continue to benefit development one example is the development of the poc2 protocol, which eliminated the theoretical vulnerability of poc1 to grinding attacks john mcafee's tweet as a consequence of it, it made burst reach an all time high price of around usd 0 13 see the tweet poc consortium announcement in the aftermath of the spam attack, the proof of capacity consortium (pocc) was formed to continue developing burstcoin the original announcement was posted on august 11th of, 2017, the third anniversary of the burstcoin blockchain https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=2080040 0 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=2080040 0 denial of service attack (dos) the first denial of service attack (dos) was launched against the network, causing many nodes to crash and the network to split into multiple forks poloniex disabled deposits and withdrawals until august 10th, while the network stabilized in response to the attack, burstcoin initially implemented a hard cap on the number of unconfirmed transactions a node could hold in memory subsequently, a configurable limit was made available so each node could independently set limits according to its memory and computational resources 2016 burstnation because of differences within burst team, several members started burstnation by the end of 2016 the differences continued until leading burstnation members announced their retirement from the burstcoin community after the release of the dymaxion white paper burstnation can be credited with expanding the burstcoin community through its leader's prolific and sometimes colourful promotional activities https //github com/burst team/burstcoin/releases/tag/1 2 5 https //github com/burst team/burstcoin/releases/tag/1 2 5 burstcoin node v 1 2 4 (july 06th, 2016) parallel blockchain downloads, multicore blockchain verification and more! https //github com/burst team/burstcoin/releases/tag/1 2 4 https //github com/burst team/burstcoin/releases/tag/1 2 4 2015 burstcoin's anonymous founder disappears after the original developer of burstcoin disappeared a community quickly formed under the name burst team in august 2015 development of the wallet software continued as a fork of the original project on github https //github com/burst team/burstcoin https //github com/burst team/burstcoin dwallet windows all in one wallet release (december 14th, 2015) https //github com/de luxe/burstcoin jminer https //github com/dawallet/burstwindowswallet https //github com/dawallet/burstwindowswallet jminer first release (may 17th, 2015) https //github com/de luxe/burstcoin jminer https //github com/de luxe/burstcoin jminer first atomic swap (may 17th, 2015) burstcoin makes history initiated the first atomic swap, together with qora, pioneering the basic concept of a decentralized exchange https //www ccn com/qora burst now able make cross chain transactions/ https //www ccn com/qora burst now able make cross chain transactions/ burstcoin node v 1 2 3 (april 20th, 2015) further refined ats and the asset exchange https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg11142412#msg11142412 burstcoin node v 1 2 2 (february 06th, 2015) refined ats (smart contracts) https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg10370645#msg10370645 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg10370645#msg10370645 world's first automated transaction (smart contract transaction) occurs on the burstcoin blockchain (january 25th, 2015) https //explorer signum network/at/9192603983782913483 2014 burstcoin node v 1 2 0 (december 12th, 2014) added automated transactions (ats) https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg9910950#msg9910950 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg9910950#msg9910950 network size hits 10pb (november 29th, 2014) burstcoin node v 1 1 5 (november 04th, 2014) update to nxt 1 3 (added subscriptions, updated escrow) https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg9430317#msg9430317 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg9430317#msg9430317 https //github com/bhamon/gpuplotgenerator https //github com/bhamon/gpuplotgenerator burstcoin node v 1 1 3 (september 27th, 2014) added escrow transactions https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8988688#msg8988688 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8988688#msg8988688 https //github com/creepsky/creepminer https //github com/creepsky/creepminer burstcoin node v 1 1 0 (september 17th, 2014) back end updated to nxt 1 2 8 to enable new nxt features (encrypted messaging, dgs) https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8741673#msg8741673 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8741673#msg8741673 bittrex listing (september 16th, 2014) listed signa with a signa/btc pairing https //twitter com/search?l=\&q=%24burst%20bittrex%20until%3a2014 12 31\&src=typd https //twitter com/search?l=\&q=%24burst%20bittrex%20until%3a2014 12 31\&src=typd https //twitter com/poloniex/status/508398805793140736 https //twitter com/poloniex/status/508398805793140736 burstcoin node v 1 0 3 (august 27th, 2014) changed protocol for v2 pools https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8550499#msg8550499 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8550499#msg8550499 c cex listing (august 22nd, 2014) listed signa with a signa/btc pairing https //twitter com/cryptocurrencyx/status/502787927647076352 https //twitter com/cryptocurrencyx/status/502787927647076352 first burstcoin pool (august 20th, 2014) first mining pool available https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8448276#msg8448276 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8448276#msg8448276 burstcoin node v 1 0 2 (august 17th, 2014) adjusted difficulty https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8404060#msg8404060 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 msg8404060#msg8404060 generation of genesis block (august 11th, 2014) https //explorer signum network/block/1 https //explorer signum network/block/1 creation of burstcoin reddit (august 14th, 2014) https //www reddit com/r/burstcoin/ https //www reddit com/r/burstcoin/ foundation burstcoin, rebranded as signum in june of 2021, was launched in 2014 it was released to the public on august 10th of that year on bitcointalk org https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 0 by the original developer using the pseudonym https //bitcointalk org/index php?action=profile;u=364787 "burstcoin" the identity is still unknown the original developer disappeared without explanation see the unknown developers' bitcointalk profile https //bitcointalk org/index php?action=profile;u=364787 https //bitcointalk org/index php?action=profile;u=364787 see the first post introducing burstcoin https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 0 https //bitcointalk org/index php?topic=731923 0