Timeline

Take a Trip Down Memory Lane

A list of all important events in the Pirate history.

August 29, 2018

The Idea

A question gets asked in the #ask-jl777 channel in the Komodo Discord, which started the discussion.

The Idea
August 29, 2018

The Launch

The chain gets launched later that day.

The Launch
August 29, 2018

Block #1

The very first mined block.

Block #1
August 29, 2018

The Name

Grewalsatinder suggests the name "PIRATE".

The Name
August 30, 2018

First Transaction

First ever user initiated transaction on the Pirate blockchain.

First Transaction
August 30, 2018

#pirate

Komodo dedicates a special channel named #pirate to the Pirate community in their official Discord server.

#pirate
August 30, 2018

Bitcointalk

Bitcointalk announcement thread gets published by grewalsatinder.

Bitcointalk
August 31, 2018

First OTC Transaction

Grewalsatinder and SHossain perform the first OTC transaction. SHossain sells 40k ARRR for 50 KMD to grewalsatinder.

First OTC Transaction
September 2, 2018

Domain Name

The domain name pirate.black gets bought by grewalsatinder, which is still the main domain to this day.

Domain Name
September 4, 2018

First Public Mining Pool

Webworker01 creates the first public Pirate mining pool (piratepool.io).

First Public Mining Pool
September 4, 2018

Unhappy Community

Since grewalsatinder was on holiday, he did not update the Bitcointalk forum thread with all the new updates and happenings on PIRATE project. This led to some arguments and people wanting to restart the chain. To that point, many community members had already been mining PIRATE for about a week, hence why jl777 proposed a giveaway of 250,000 PIRATE, which totaled to around 10% total circulating supply at that date/time.

Unhappy Community
September 22, 2018

Supply Change

Since a hardfork was planned for Pirate (Read dPoW), jl777 also suggested changes to increase the block reward halving time for miners, which would incentivize more miners to join the PIRATE blockchain network securing it with more block mining hash rate and also a change in supply to 200 million.

Supply Change
September 23, 2018

dPoW

SHossain announces that "Notarization of private chain worked!", which was previously not the case (The tests were done on a seperate chain with the same params as Pirate called TXSCLPRT). The chain forks the next day and dPoW gets integrated. On top of that, the halving time increased by 5 and this change increased the total supply amount of the PIRATE blockchain to approximately 200 million.

dPoW
September 25, 2018

250k ARRR Airdrop/Giveaway

The community members managed this PIRATE Giveaway process and grewalsatinder freely gave 250,000 PIRATE to 29 people on 25th September 2018 who provided their z addresses, each getting 8333.33333333 PIRATE tokens (Related to the events that took place on the 4th of September).

250k ARRR Airdrop/Giveaway
September 26, 2018

Ticker Symbol - ARRR

jl777c proposes the ticker symbol "ARRR", which sticks and is now used as an official ticker.

Ticker Symbol - ARRR
September 27, 2018

Twitter

Pirate joins Twitter and tweets its first ever tweet.

Twitter
September 27, 2018

Reddit

/r/PirateChain subreddit is created on Reddit.

Reddit
October 9, 2018

First Official Logo

The logo contest winners are announced and Pirate gets its first official batch of logos.

First Official Logo
October 20, 2018

Discord Tip Bot

Discord tip bot is released and FishyGuts tries to execute the command "!arrrtip squall 500", which breaks the bot.

Discord Tip Bot
November 2, 2018

1st Exchange Listing

DigitalPrice.io lists Pirate to become the very first exchange that supports z-address deposits and withdrawals.

1st Exchange Listing
November 14, 2018

Delta

Delta adds Pirate to its portfolio tracking.

Delta
November 14, 2018

Blockfolio

Blockfolio adds Pirate to its portfolio tracking.

Blockfolio
November 14, 2018

Discord

The official Pirate Discord is created.

Discord
November 20, 2018

CoinPaprika

CoinPaprika lists Pirate and becomes the first coin tracking website to list ARRR.

CoinPaprika
November 29, 2018

Roadmap

The very first roadmap gets released.

Roadmap
December 5, 2018

Whitepaper

The first version of the Whitepaper aka. The Pirate Code is released.

Whitepaper
December 15, 2018

Sapling Activation

Sapling gets activated at block 152795. Users have till February 15th 2019 to migrate their funds from zc (Sprout) address to a zs (Sapling) address.

Sapling Activation
February 4, 2019

First z-Commerce Transaction

First ever Pirate z-commerce transaction takes place after PirateChainCoins (Rebranding later to PhysicalCryptoCoins.com) accepts Pirate Chain as a form of payment.

First z-Commerce Transaction
February 8, 2019

2nd Exchange Listing

CryptoBridge lists Pirate and becomes the 2nd ever exchange to list z-addresses.

2nd Exchange Listing
February 10, 2019

CoinGecko

CoinGecko lists Pirate (ARRR).

CoinGecko
February 15, 2019

Sapling

Pirate becomes the "first sapling only integration in crypto" (FishyGuts). Fund Migration ends.

Sapling
February 22, 2019

WhatToMine

Pirate gets listed on WhatToMine, which marks the instance of the first fully private mineable coin to be listed on WhatToMine.

WhatToMine
April 26, 2019

3rd and 4th Exchange Listing

Citex and Escodex list Pirate to become the 3rd and 4th exchanges with z-address support.

3rd and 4th Exchange Listing
May 17, 2019

5th Exchange Listing

Graviex lists Pirate to become the 5th exchange with z-address support.

5th Exchange Listing
May 23, 2019

CoinMarketCap

Coinmarketcap lists Pirate (ARRR).

CoinMarketCap
May 23, 2019

$100.000

Pirate exceeds $100.000 daily volume.

$100.000
May 24, 2019

6th Exchange Listing

TradeOgre lists Pirate to become the 6th exchange with z-address support.

6th Exchange Listing
May 28, 2019

Hashrate

Pirate net hash exceeds 350 Msol/s for the first time.

Hashrate
May 30, 2019

1st Halving

Pirate block reward reduces from 256 ARRR/block to 128 ARRR/block with the first halving.

1st Halving
June 7, 2019

7th Exchange Listing

A new exchange named TradeCX lists Pirate for free.

7th Exchange Listing
June 10, 2019

8th Exchange Listing

Altilly lists Pirate and becomes the 8th exchange to support z-addresses.

8th Exchange Listing
June 11, 2019

Pirate Full Node Chest

Pirate Full Node Chest prototype completed.

Pirate Full Node Chest
June 12, 2019

Twitter Bot

Twitter bot @oldbucaneer starts sending out ARRR as a reward for interactions with the @PirateChain Twitter account.

Twitter Bot
June 13, 2019

Delta

ARRR gets automatically added to the watchlist of new wallets.

Delta
June 14, 2019

Paper Wallet

Paper wallet for Pirate released.

Paper Wallet
June 22, 2019

Monerokon 2019

Pirate is mentioned at Monerokon 2019 for its anonymity set size.

Monerokon 2019
June 23, 2019

Zcash

Zcash acknowledges and comments on Pirate's anonymity set.

Zcash
June 28, 2019

9th Exchange Listing

Pirate listed on Zaddex.io

9th Exchange Listing
August 23, 2019

10th Exchange Listing

Pirate gets listed on P2PB2B exchange.

10th Exchange Listing
August 24, 2019

CryptoBridge Scandal

A CryptoBridge Exchange accounting bug led to the “counterfeiting” of up to 1.8 million ARRR, almost 2% of the total supply at the time.

CryptoBridge Scandal
August 29, 2019

1st Birthday

Pirate celebrates its first birthday.

1st Birthday
September 14, 2019

Howey Letter

Pirate receives an official coin opinion letter for the USA to meet regulatory standards.

Howey Letter
September 16, 2019

Mobile Companion App

MrLynch sends some ARRR + a memo to KOSIUS using an app that is running natively on a smartphone. This marks the first ever mobile Pirate transaction.

Mobile Companion App
October 3, 2019

Nik Patel Coin Report

Nik Patel publishes a coin report on ARRR.

Nik Patel Coin Report
October 14, 2019

Binance INFO

Pirate is listed on Binance Info.

Binance INFO
November 7, 2019

Pirates Week Festival of the Cayman Islands

A few members from the Pirate team attend Cayman Pirates Week.

Pirates Week Festival of the Cayman Islands
November 10, 2019

Turtle Network Partnership

Pirate partners up with Turtle Network to work on Point of Sale System.

Turtle Network Partnership
November 28, 2019

Lite Wallet

Lite wallet is officially released.

Lite Wallet
December 12, 2019

11th Exchange Listing

Bilaxy lists Pirate as ARRR/USDT.

11th Exchange Listing
December 18, 2019

12th Exchange Listing

CoinEx lists Pirate and hosts a trading competition for 20k ARRR.

12th Exchange Listing
December 22, 2019

GhostShip OS

The first iteration of Pirate OS is released.

GhostShip OS
January 5, 2020

John McAfee

John McAfee acknowledges and recommends Pirate on Twitter.

John McAfee
January 18, 2020

13th Exchange Listing

SafeTrade lists Pirate.

13th Exchange Listing
January 20, 2020

Sentinel Partnership

Pirate partners up with Sentinel to work on their dVPN for Pirate OS.

Sentinel Partnership
February 6, 2020

AltsBit Hack

AltsBit (formerly known as DigitalPrice), the first exchange to list Pirate, gets hacked. Out of 9.619.754 ARRR, 3.924.082 got stolen.

AltsBit Hack
February 12, 2020

BPSAA

Pirate, Sentinel, Ether-1 and Turtle Network form the Blockchain Privacy, Security & Adoption Alliance.

BPSAA
February 14, 2020

14th Exchange Listing

Bitcoin.com Exchange lists Pirate and hosts a 15k ARRR trading competition.

14th Exchange Listing
February 28, 2020

2nd Halving

Pirate block reward reduces from 128 ARRR/block to 64 ARRR/block with the second halving.

2nd Halving
March 26, 2020

15th Exchange Listing

TurtleNetwork DEX becomes the 15th Exchange to list Pirate.

15th Exchange Listing
April 28, 2020

Subatomic Swaps

The first ever, 100% private, Subatomic Swap is made between Pirate and Verus by SHossain.

Subatomic Swaps
May 27, 2020

Android Mobile Wallet

The worlds first Z to Z-only Mobile Wallet is released for Android devices.

Android Mobile Wallet
August 18, 2020

$1.000.000

Pirate exceeds $1.000.000 daily volume.

$1.000.000
October 1, 2020

16th Exchange Listing

Polarity becomes the 16th Exchange to list Pirate.

16th Exchange Listing
December 3, 2020

3rd Halving

Pirate block reward reduces from 64 ARRR/block to 32 ARRR/block with the third halving.

3rd Halving
April 9, 2021

100 Million Market Cap

Pirate surpasses the 100 million market cap mark.

100 Million Market Cap
April 10, 2021

$1 per ARRR

Pirate hits the $1 mark.

$1 per ARRR
April 12, 2021

17th Exchange Listing

Swapzone becomes the 17th Exchange to list Pirate.

17th Exchange Listing
April 13, 2021

18th Exchange Listing

Changelly becomes the 18th Exchange to list Pirate.

18th Exchange Listing
April 13, 2021

Hashrate

Pirate net hash exceeds 1000 Msol/s for the first time.

Hashrate
April 21, 2021

1 Billion Market Cap

Pirate surpasses the 1 billion market cap mark.

1 Billion Market Cap
May 28, 2021

19th Exchange Listing

Digifinex becomes the 19th Exchange to list Pirate.

19th Exchange Listing
June 12, 2021

20th Exchange Listing

Gate.io becomes the 20th Exchange to list Pirate.

20th Exchange Listing
June 14, 2021

ASMR Atomic Swaps

Grewal Satinder (with the help of MerosCrypto, CryptoForge & VecDequer) completes the first flawless Atomic Swap using the ASMR method.

ASMR Atomic Swaps
June 21, 2021

21st Exchange Listing

KuCoin becomes the 21st Exchange to list Pirate.

21st Exchange Listing
July 2, 2021

Light Audit

The Pirate Chain team has commissioned a 3rd-party light code audit (QA Testing & Security Review) from Cyber Unit Technologies that have previously worked with Cisco, Elrond & FTX.

Light Audit
September 8, 2021

4th Halving

Pirate block reward reduces from 32 ARRR/block to 16 ARRR/block with the fourth halving.

4th Halving
September 21, 2021

wARRR

Wrapped version of Pirated named "wARRR" is launched on Binance Smart Chain.

wARRR
December 13, 2021

Wallet Audit

The Pirate Chain team has commissioned a 3rd-party code audit for Treasure Chest - Full Node Wallet from Jean-Philippe Aumasson who is a world-renowned expert in cryptography, co-founder of Teserakt, and head of security of Taurus Group. JP holds a Ph.D. from EPFL (2009) and has worked for many years in applied cryptography, security architecture, and cybersecurity. JP wrote the acclaimed book Serious Cryptography (No Starch Press, 2017) and has designed widely used algorithms such as BLAKE2 and SipHash. He has performed numerous security assessments for leading blockchain and cryptocurrency organizations. He has spoken at conferences such as Black Hat, DEFCON, RSAC, CCC, and Infiltrate, about applied cryptography, quantum computing, and platform security.

Wallet Audit
March 8, 2022

Animated Explainer Video

The Official Animated Explainer Video gets released.

Animated Explainer Video
April 4, 2022

iOS Mobile Wallet

The iOS Mobile Wallet, developed by the Meshbits Limited & Pirate Wallet team, gets officially released on the App Store

iOS Mobile Wallet
June 6, 2022

1M Fully Shieleded Tx

The Pirate blockchain hits 1,000,000 fully shieled p2p transactions.

1M Fully Shieleded Tx
June 15, 2022

5th Halving

Pirate block reward reduces from 16 ARRR/block to 8 ARRR/block with the fifth halving.

5th Halving
August 28, 2022

Qortal Integration

Pirate gets integrated into Qortal.

Qortal Integration
November 23, 2022

AtomicDEX Integration

Pirate gets integrated into Desktop version of AtomicDEX.

AtomicDEX Integration
September 12, 2023

ARRRmada Decentralization

ARRRmada gets decentralized by becoming open-sourced static website hosted on GitHub.

ARRRmada Decentralization
September 22, 2023

KuCoin Delisting

Pirate gets delisted from KuCoin due to being related to the "privacy sector" & KuCoin not being able to track the origin of deposited ARRR funds.

KuCoin Delisting
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