# ZooBC Roadmap: From Testnet to Mainnet Genesis > ZooBC is being rebuilt in public. This is what has been done, what we are doing, and what comes next, month by month, until mainnet genesis and beyond. - Canonical page: https://zoobc.com/roadmap/ - Publisher: ZooBC, https://zoobc.com/ - Language: English. Translations: [中文（简体）](https://zoobc.com/zh/roadmap/), [Русский](https://zoobc.com/ru/roadmap/), [Italiano](https://zoobc.com/it/roadmap/), [Español](https://zoobc.com/es/roadmap/), [Français](https://zoobc.com/fr/roadmap/), [日本語](https://zoobc.com/ja/roadmap/), [한국어](https://zoobc.com/ko/roadmap/) - Last updated: 2026-10-17 - Topics: Blockchain, Technology roadmap - Keywords: ZooBC roadmap, blockchain roadmap, ZooBC mainnet, ZooBC testnet, mainnet launch, genesis block, development milestones, ZooBC - Site index for language models: https://zoobc.com/llms.txt --- ZOOBC / ROADMAP ## The road to *genesis*. ZooBC is being rebuilt in public. This is what has been done, what we are doing, and what comes next, month by month, until mainnet genesis and beyond. Prehistory ### How we got here Original build **ZooBC was built in Go by a team of 27:** a complete Layer 1 with wallets, explorer, and documentation, financed entirely by the founder with personal funds. It proved the concept and never launched, for operational reasons, not technical ones. Architecture reset **Nothing was dead.** Lessons were absorbed, the architecture was rethought, and the ground was prepared to rebuild everything properly. June 2025 **The rebuild begins,** from scratch, in C++, coded solo by the original architect. One year of sleepless nights to get to the testnet you can use today. [Read the full story on the blog](https://zoobc.blog/) [Download the book, Volume One](https://bcz.bz/vol1) Timeline ### Month by month to mainnet August 2026 #### Public testnet live The chain runs, [the explorer](https://zoobc.network/) and [browser wallet](https://zoobc.com/wallet) are open to everyone, [free test coins](https://zoobc.network/faucet) from the faucet, and the developer portal with full API reference is online. Testnet node onboarding opens: nodes that run now on the testnet for at least 2 months, and hold a [genesis node allocation](https://zoobc.com/genesis#node-allocations), are first in line for mainnet genesis. September 2026 #### Mobile wallet beta Community and ambassador programs launch and the testnet bug bounty goes active. October 2026 #### Browser signing extension beta The browser signing extension enters beta and the external code audit begins. 10 November 2026 #### Genesis supporter sale opens [Sale Phase 1](https://zoobc.com/genesis) opens with 40 percent off list, the deepest discount of the entire sale, and runs to 9 December. Allocations recorded before this date are priced under Phase 1. November 2026 #### Hardware wallet signing MVP Hardware wallet signing for the core transaction types. Audit findings remediation. Last comfortable month to start a testnet node, 3 months before genesis. 10 December 2026 #### Sale Phase 2 opens The 40 percent discount ends. Phase 2 runs at 25 percent off list to 9 January. 14 December 2026 #### Node eligibility deadline To join the mainnet registry from the genesis block, a node must be registered and running on testnet by this date (2 months minimum, 3 or more recommended). 10 January 2027 #### Sale Phase 3 opens The final window: 10 percent off list to 9 February, when the sale closes. January 2027 #### Release candidate Genesis dress rehearsal on a staging network, mobile wallet release, and the final documentation pass. 9 February 2027 #### Genesis sale closes Genesis account submissions close. The genesis block is assembled and published for review. 14 February 2027 #### Mainnet genesis Testnet-proven nodes start earning from block zero: about 2.87 ZBC per 15-second block at launch, roughly 16,500 ZBC emitted on day one, every block's coinbase and fees shared among up to 15 winning nodes weighted by participation score. Launching on Valentine's Day, on purpose: a love letter to decentralization. The genesis target is Q1 2027. 14 February is confirmed when the network readiness goals are met (funding, community size, and registered node count), because the safety of a public chain depends on the people running it. Q1 2027 #### Registry admission queue open Anyone can queue a node by locking a refundable stake of at least 100 ZBC. The protocol admits one node per admission window, and on mainnet the window never drops below 14 days once the network is large, so flooding the registry is arithmetically impossible. Queue order follows locked stake, and genesis entry through the testnet path is the only way to skip the queue entirely. Q2 2027 #### Bridges to other networks The built-in exchange opens deposits and withdrawals from other blockchains, constellation nodes connect ZooBC to partner chains, and agreements with other foundations extend compatibility. Q2 to Q3 2027 #### Exchange listings and integrations External exchange listings, and web application partnerships that pay for real usage in ZBC. August 2027, mainnet plus 6 months #### Full open source release The complete node source code is published under a permissive license. The 6-month window exists for one honest reason: the people who built and funded this deserve to ride the first wave of what they made before anyone can fork it. Beyond ### Where the architecture was always headed #### The decentralized application layer Subsets of nodes running specific applications: the self-sharding model the whole architecture was designed for. #### Volume Two of the book The story of this rebuild, where early supporters, node operators, and contributors are part of the story, by name. #### Decentralized AI Independently operated specialists, user-side assembly, and open settlement, so intelligence is not another thing one company rents you. [Read the direction →](https://zoobc.com/decentralized-ai) #### ProxCell Local optimistic confirmation for in-person payments, with geographic settlement layers on a ZooBC foundation. [Read the working paper →](https://zoobc.com/proxcell) Be part of it ### The story is being written now Nodes that run on testnet today earn from block zero at genesis. [Run a testnet node](https://zoobc.com/developer) [Support the genesis](https://zoobc.com/genesis#calculator) [Follow the rebuild](https://zoobc.blog/)