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ZOOBC / ROADMAP
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.
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.
Nothing was dead. Lessons were absorbed, the architecture was rethought, and the ground was prepared to rebuild everything properly.
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.
The chain runs, the explorer and browser wallet are open to everyone, free test coins from the faucet, and the developer portal with full API reference is online.
Genesis supporter sale Phase 1 opens (40 percent off list until 15 Sep). Testnet node onboarding opens: nodes that run now on the testnet for at least 2 months, and hold a genesis node allocation, are first in line for mainnet genesis.
The deepest discount of the entire sale ends.
Community and ambassador programs launch, the testnet bug bounty goes active, and sale Phase 2 opens (25 percent off).
The browser signing extension enters beta and the external code audit begins. Sale Phase 3 opens (10 percent off).
Hardware wallet signing for the core transaction types. Audit findings remediation. Sale Phase 4 (list price).
Last comfortable month to start a testnet node, 3 months before genesis.
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).
Genesis dress rehearsal on a staging network, mobile wallet release, and the final documentation pass.
Genesis account submissions close. The genesis block is assembled and published for review.
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.
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.
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.
External exchange listings, and web application partnerships that pay for real usage in ZBC.
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.
Subsets of nodes running specific applications: the self-sharding model the whole architecture was designed for.
The story of this rebuild, where early supporters, node operators, and contributors are part of the story, by name.
Independently operated specialists, user-side assembly, and open settlement, so intelligence is not another thing one company rents you. Read the direction →
Local optimistic confirmation for in-person payments, with geographic settlement layers on a ZooBC foundation. Read the working paper →
Nodes that run on testnet today earn from block zero at genesis.
