News

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

2018

• Jun 23: Wallet version 2.3 released. Includes sending blackbytes as textcoins
• Jun 7: Added team member Valerius Coppens (@Suirelav) as Head of Marketing and Strategy Development
• May 29: Added Private Chat Room bot to the Bot Store
• May 28: Added Exchange Bot for Dual-Chain Tokens to the Bot Store
• May 26: Added Milan Horvarth to the team as Community Manager
• May 11: Added team members Elena Tairova (Communications/PR) and Luke Angell (Partnerships/Events)
• May 8: Added @usb.ve (Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela) as white-listed email domain for attestation
• May 8: Announced first Byteball Use-a-Thon, at Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela
• Apr 26: Added World Community Grid linking bot to the Bot Store
• Apr 20: Added Accredited investor attestation bot to the Bot Store
• Apr 12: Added "Buy Bytes with Visa or Mastercard" bot to the Bot Store
• Apr 4: Paul Murray (@byteballjesus) added to team as Head of Digital Content
• Mar 26: Launching a Telegram quiz bot that rewards a pass with $5 in Bytes
• Mar 23: Exchange bot for ICOs added to the Bot Store
• Mar 20: Wallet version 2.2 released. Includes sending funds to multi-addresses and directly to attested emails
• 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