| Date | Details | References |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-01 | User majorplayer logs onto the #bitcoin-wizards IRC channel and drops an .onion link to the original Mimblewimble document authored under the pseudonym Tom Elvis Jedusor. |
https://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/2016-08-01.log |
| 2016-08-02 | Andrew Poelstra (andytoshi) and Bryan Bishop (kanzure) verify the Mimblewimble text the next morning1 and rehost it2. |
1: https://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/2016-08-02.log 2: https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/wizardry/mimblewimble.txt |
| 2016-08-07 | Andrew Poelstra, Peter Wuille, Brian Deery and Chris Odom discuss the new Mimblewimble protocol on The Crypto Show podcast. | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/heryptohow/mimblewimble-andrew-poelstra-peter-wuille-brian-deery-and-chris-odom Transcript: https://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/mimblewimble-podcast/ Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4woyc0/mimblewimble_interview_with_andrew_poelstra_and/ |
| 2016-10-06 | Poelstra publishes his own Mimblewimble paper to make precise the original idea and add further scaling improvements. | PDF: https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/wizardry/mimblewimble.pdf Github: https://github.com/apoelstra/mimblewimble-paper Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/56898o/mimblewimble_andrew_poelstra/ |
| 2016-10-08 | Poelstra presents Mimblewimble: Private, Massively-Prunable Blockchains at the Scaling Bitcoin 2016 conference in Milan. | Youtube: https://youtu.be/8BLWUUPfh2Q?t=5379 Transcript: https://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/mimblewimble/ Slides: http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/bitcoin/mimblewimble-2016-scaling-bitcoin-slides.pdf |
| 2019-01-17 | Obelisk announces the GRN1, the first ASIC for Grin’s ASIC-friendly PoW (now cancelled). | https://medium.com/obelisk-blog/the-obelisk-grn1-an-asic-for-grin-1d1ff580a19d |
| 2019-02-01 | Ignotus expresses his disappointment in the greedy industry around Grin.1 Within the same day, Yeastplume’s campaign quickly gets fully funded.2 | 1: https://forum.grin.mw/t/solved-early-disappointments/3682 2: https://forum.grin.mw/t/solved-early-disappointments/3682/54 |
| 2019-02-14 | Grin is listed on Poloniex exchange. Poloniex pledges a portion of all Grin transaction fees to the Grin General Fund for a year. | https://medium.com/circle-blog/poloniex-lists-grin-commits-to-share-transaction-fees-for-1-year-9163a3d9fb22 |
| 2019-02-18 | First beta release of Grin++ node. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/grin-is-live-on-windows/4136 |
| 2019-03-19 | First beta release of Grin++ wallet. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/announcing-the-grin-wallet-finally/4546 |
| 2019-05-07 | Anonymous donator grants 50 BTC (from a 2010 coinbase block!) to the Grin General Fund. | https://www.coindesk.com/privacy-cryptocurrency-grin-receives-mysterious-300k-bitcoin-donation |
| 2019-06-23 | Ignotus disappears. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/on-ignos-absence/5301 |
| 2019-07-14 | The Grin community creates the perfect listing application for Binance. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/binance-listing/5258/6 |
| 2019-07-19 | Obelisk cancels the GRN1 due to barriers in getting enough funding to finish the project. | https://medium.com/obelisk-blog/grn1-cancellation-announcement-54782c6e3e83 |
| 2019-08-02 | Ignotus pops back in for a bit of fun trolling. His last words. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/i-am-ignotus-in-dedication-to-ignotus-peverell/5676/18 |
| 2019-10-05 | Website redesigned and moved to grin.mw | https://github.com/mimblewimble/site/commit/d0ef84efb081176a5826b6d1d9f133c0f378b457 |
| 2019-11-11 | A SECOND anonymous 50 BTC (from another 2010 coinbase block) is donated to the Grin General Fund. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/donation-to-the-grin-general-fund-nov-11/6446 |
| 2019-11-18 | Ivan Bogatyy "breaks" MW's privacy model.1 Response by Grin team.2 | 1: https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/breaking-mimblewimble-privacy-model-84bcd67bfe52 2: https://medium.com/grin-mimblewimble/factual-inaccuracies-of-breaking-mimblewimbles-privacy-model-8063371839b9 |
| 2019-11-22 | Grincon1 hosted at c-base, Berlin | https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-pm#grincon1 |
| 2019-12-17 | Moved meetings from gitter to keybase | https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-pm/blob/master/notes/20191217-meeting-governance.md#5-switch-meeting-location-from-gitter-to-keybase |
| 2020-02-26 | Grin's 3.0 hard fork fixed a CVE that left MWC and other Grin forks vulnerable to a hack. | https://www.mwc.mw/mimble-wimble-coin-articles/hotbit-update |
| 2021-03-25 | First appearance of the Grin logo on national television | https://forum.grin.mw/t/grin-logo-on-television/8665 |
| 2020-03-30 | Surprise, surprise, Bitgrin, a scammy fork of Grin, is outed as a scam. | https://medium.com/@pharozen/bitgrin-xbg-just-scammed-you-f856d44a19c9 |
| 2020-05-04 | Potential deprecation of HTTP(s) transaction building.1 Exchanges are NOT happy about this.2 | 1: https://forum.grin.mw/t/potential-deprecation-of-http-s-transaction-building/7297 2: https://forum.grin.mw/t/potential-deprecation-of-http-s-transaction-building/7297/3 |
| 2020-05-09 | MAJOR UI improvement, security audit, and website update for Grin++. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/grin-updates/7314 |
| 2020-08-11 | Asic AMA with iPollo. First hint at the iPollo G1-Mini. | https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-pm/blob/master/notes/20200811-meeting-governance.md#6-grin--asics-ama-with-thomas-and-kevin-from-vidtoo--canaan--bitrise-capital |
| 2020-08-25 | Grin community admin's funds stolen from Kucoin. | https://reddit.com/r/kucoin/comments/ih5res/kucoin_account_hacked/ |
| 2020-11-08 | 51% attacked through NiceHash. Community funded instance of the Grin NiceHash Defender bot created. | https://github.com/Grinnode-live/grinnode.live/blob/master/documentation/attacks/2020_11_reorg-51-percent.md https://grindefender.online/ |
| 2020-11-09 | Grin Hub Telegram community moved to GrinPrivacy. | https://twitter.com/grin_privacy/status/1325616441719054336 |
| 2020-11-24 | Grin is delisted from Poloniex exchange due to significant technical challenges and the 51% attack on the Grin network. | https://support.poloniex.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059338333-November-2020-Asset-Delistings |
| 2020-12-18 | Early, exclusive sale for the G1-Mini to grin forum users. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/ended-sales-in-forum-for-ipollo-g1-mini-miner-with-exclusive-discount-and-20-donation-promise/8089 |
| 2020-12-19 | Grin bug challenge hosted by grinnode.live in preparation for the final hard fork. | https://grinnode.live/challenge/1 |
| 2021-01-16 | Grin forked to the last of the scheduled hard fork on Jan 16, 2021 after 2 long years. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/grin-v5-0-0-network-upgrade-hard-fork-4-january-2021/7895 |
| 2021-02-16 | Yeastplume's memo for a split community fund. | https://gist.github.com/yeastplume/5d1913c7dc40c40f409ffcfe8fa9b094 |
| 2021-03-04 | Tromp calls for Grin Community Candidates for additional fund granting control. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-grin-community-candidates-for-additional-fund-granting-control/8521 |
| 2021-03-31 | Devastating inflation bug caught early by Grin++. $250k bounty awarded to David Burkett. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/ann-bug-bounty-awarded-to-david-burkett-grin/8672 |
| 2021-04-05 | Grin meme contest. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/announcing-grin-it-to-win-it-best-meme-bounty/8701 |
| 2021-05-14 | F2pool shuts down their Grin mining pool, and now goblinpool (run by Niffler wallet dev, xiaojay) climbs up to 70% of graphrate. | https://forum.grin.mw/t/f2pool-closes-goblinpool-already-has-70-of-graphrate/8898 |
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