Development Roadmap

Our journey to build a production-grade time-based blockchain — from core consensus to governance and mainnet launch. Transparent progress tracking every step of the way.

Overall Development Progress
85%
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Phase 1 - Foundation

Core Blockchain Development

Completed

Built the foundation of TIME's dual-layer architecture — Proof-of-Time consensus, UTXO model, and P2P networking.

  • Proof-of-Time consensus mechanism
  • TimeLock + TimeVote dual-layer architecture
  • UTXO state machine
  • P2P networking layer
  • Sled persistent storage
✓ Completed
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Phase 2 - Consensus & Masternodes

TimeVote Protocol & Four-Tier Masternodes

Completed

Implemented the full TimeVote consensus stack and the four-tier masternode system with locked collateral and fair reward rotation.

  • TimeVote leaderless consensus
  • TimeProof finality certificates
  • TimeGuard liveness fallback
  • VRF-based block producer selection
  • Four-tier masternode system (Free / Bronze / Silver / Gold)
  • Reward distribution & fairness rotation
  • Ed25519 + ECVRF cryptography
✓ Completed
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Phase 3 - AI Integration

AI-Enhanced Network Intelligence

Completed

Integrated seven AI-powered modules that continuously monitor, optimize, and protect the network — delivering 70% faster sync and real-time anomaly detection.

  • AI peer selector (70% faster sync)
  • Automated multi-factor fork resolution
  • Real-time anomaly & attack detection
  • Predictive block synchronization
  • Adaptive reconnection logic
  • Network optimizer
  • Consensus health monitoring
✓ Completed
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Phase 4 - Security & Production Release

Audit, Hardening & v1.2.0 Launch

February 2026 • Completed

Comprehensive third-party security audit, final hardening, and the v1.2.0 production release with testnet activation.

  • Third-party security audit (January 2026)
  • 0 critical issues — all high findings resolved
  • v1.2.0 production release (February 2026)
  • Testnet network active
  • Zero errors, zero warnings build
  • Protocol specification v6.2 finalized
✓ Completed
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GUI Wallet

Cross-Platform Desktop Wallet

March 2026 • v0.6.6

Full-featured desktop wallet with HD key derivation, native masternode management, real-time finality notifications, and encrypted memo support.

  • BIP39/BIP44 HD wallet (Ed25519)
  • QR code send & receive with webcam scanner
  • Encrypted transaction memos (ECDH + AES-256-GCM)
  • Masternode registration, tier badges & collateral tracking
  • Real-time WebSocket finality notifications
  • PDF mnemonic backup with QR code
  • Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux (egui/eframe)
✓ v0.6.6 Released
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Phase 5 - Network Hardening

TLS, Stability & Observability

Q1 2026 • Largely Complete

Secured all network connections with full TLS (P2P and RPC), implemented network partition detection, and stabilised the public testnet.

  • TLS for P2P masternode connections (rustls, self-signed)
  • TLS for RPC server (HTTP/HTTPS auto-detection)
  • Dual mainnet + testnet daemon support
  • Encrypted transaction memos (ECDH + AES-256-GCM)
  • Payment request URI relay (timecoin: scheme)
  • Network partition detection & automatic recovery
  • Block size cap & sync coordination improvements
  • Complete blockchain API stubs (pending txs, UTXO state hash, confirmations)
  • IPv6 support
  • NAT traversal (UPnP / STUN hole punching)
  • Parallel block validation during sync
⏰ In Progress
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Phase 6 - Governance & Ecosystem

On-Chain Governance, SDKs & Developer Tools

Q1 2026 • Largely Complete

Masternode holders can now vote on-chain via the governance dashboard. Community treasury and additional developer tooling to follow. Extended WebSocket event subscriptions (block events, masternode changes) are in progress.

  • On-chain governance proposals & masternode voting
  • Governance TUI dashboard (vote / reject interface)
  • WebSocket subscription extensions (block events, masternode changes, governance votes)
  • Community treasury (portion of block rewards, governed by vote)
  • Fee schedule governance (masternodes can propose fee changes)
  • Rust and/or Python SDK for the RPC API
  • GraphQL interface alongside JSON-RPC
  • Public testnet faucet
⏰ In Progress
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Phase 7 - Scalability (Post-Mainnet)

Performance, Light Clients & Network Scale

Q3–Q4 2026 — Post-Mainnet

Post-mainnet scaling improvements. These ship as v2.x updates after the April 2026 genesis — mainnet does not require their completion. Scaling the network to handle larger validator sets and higher transaction throughput, and enabling wallets to verify transactions without running a full node.

  • Light client / SPV support (verify txs without a full node)
  • State compression — prune spent UTXOs after sufficient confirmations
  • DHT-based peer discovery (reduce reliance on hardcoded seed nodes)
  • Optimized batch Ed25519 signature verification during block validation
Q3–Q4 2026
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Phase 8 - Mainnet Launch

Production Mainnet Launch

April 15, 2026 • 00:00 UTC

The official TIME Coin mainnet genesis. Full production network with 100+ masternode operators, mobile wallet support, and the beginning of exchange listings.

  • Mainnet genesis & launch
  • Mobile wallet (iOS & Android)
  • Exchange listings
  • Block explorer public launch
  • Multi-signature wallet support
  • Hardware wallet support (Ledger / Trezor)
✓ Launched April 15, 2026

Release Schedule

Version Focus Target
1.2.3 TLS P2P, encrypted memos, payment requests, network stability Released
Wallet 0.6.6 GUI wallet — HD keys, masternode UI, encrypted memos, QR codes Released
1.5.5 TLS for RPC, partition detection, on-chain governance, WebSocket events, consensus & fork resolution fixes, API stubs Released
1.5.6 Signed masternode collateral deregistration, outbound masternode tier announcement fix, tier-upgrade collateral-churn guard fix Released
1.5.7 Collateral validity via UTXO set, targeted releasecollateral RPC, watchdog as systemd service, masternode activity & uptime fixes Released
1.6.0 IPv6, NAT traversal, parallel block validation In Progress
2.0.0 Smart contracts, mobile wallet, multi-signature support, light clients. 2027

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