T-42928 MAY 2019
The first public testnet.
The network runs in public for the first time. Anyone can run a node.
PROLOGUE
The approach
1,700 nodes turned up for the last public stress test before mainnet (the team had expected 700 to 800).
T-3942 JUL 2019 to 4 JUL 2019
ERD sells out on Binance Launchpad.
The token sale sells out. The lottery is drawn on 2 July.
40,462users entered the lottery
97,817tickets claimed
10,496winners
T-3924 JUL 2019 08:00 UTC
T-30925 SEP 2019 12:22 UTC
T-3031 OCT 2019 to 31 DEC 2019
The first Battle of Nodes closes.
Three months of public testing by community node operators, with prizes for breaking it.
400+participants
43countries
800+community nodes
$75,000awarded
T-2977 OCT 2019
Battle of Nodes goes live.
Operators are paid to secure the testnet, and paid more to try to break it.
T-25914 NOV 2019 12:27 UTC
T-2349 DEC 2019 10:34 UTC
ShadowShards, the Battle’s last phase.
The Battle's last phase, v1.0.60 to v1.0.65, running to 21 December.
T-2093 JAN 2020 to 13 MAY 2020
BoNwards: the testnet stays open.
Between the two Battles, the public testnet keeps running, with a new release every few days.
47releases in 2020
T-865 MAY 2020
T-7912 MAY 2020 22:19 UTC
T-564 JUN 2020 12:00 UTC
T-3129 JUN 2020
The node cap rises to 2,169.
Up from 1,500, and a third shard is added for launch.
2,169node cap
3shards plus the metachain
T-264 JUL 2020 14:47 UTC
T-129 JUL 2020 14:34 UTC
The mainnet release is tagged, one day early.
The binary that runs the genesis block, tagged the day before.
Founding crew
2020
The genesis year
The genesis block was 30 July 2020, 14:00 UTC.
DAY 030 JUL 2020
The genesis block. Day 0.
Elrond mainnet is live. Epoch 0, 6,000 ms rounds, 3 shards plus the metachain.
Two contracts sit in the genesis block: delegation and DNS.
2,169validator nodes
1,387accounts
20,000,000EGLD
5,369transactions in the genesis block
The zeros. ERD becomes EGLD.
1,000 ERD become 1 EGLD. Same value, three fewer zeros.
1000:1redenomination
THE FIRST TRANSACTION
DAY 131 JUL 2020 09:56:00 UTC
11,959 empty rounds, then two words.
1 EGLD, sent by a genesis account to itself.
11,959 rounds. 19 hours 56 minutes. Nothing sent.ROUND 11,960
“Ad astra”
ROUND 11,960SHARD 2VALUE 1 EGLDDATA Ad astraSENT 31 JULY 2020 09:56:00 UTC
TX 92e52c0050edec44cfa1af92cca47261de0776709ad2156ffc9b19b43a0f9449
DAY 131 JUL 2020
Max supply 31,415,926 EGLD, the digits of pi.
Issuance halves every year for ten years, then stops.
DAY 353 SEP 2020 03:00 UTC
DAY 6230 SEP 2020
DAY 7614 OCT 2020 14:00 UTC
DAY 11320 NOV 2020
DAY 1241 DEC 2020 14:12:36 UTC
Staking phase 2.
Nodes can join and leave the validator set for the first time.
170nodes queued within the hour
DAY 15431 DEC 2020
1.46 million transactions since the genesis block.
Counted by the public counter: signed transactions plus contract results.
1,456,895transactions since genesis
Rise of Maiar
2021
The year of firsts
The first smart contract, the first token, the first NFT drop and the first DEX all landed within twelve months.
DAY 18026 JAN 2021 14:18:12 UTC
DAY 18531 JAN 2021
DAY 23926 MAR 2021 14:24:06 UTC
DAY 2495 APR 2021 14:25:06 UTC
The validator cap rises to 3,200.
Waiting nodes and new pools join the validator set.
3,200validator cap
DAY 27228 APR 2021 14:27:30 UTC
DAY 31914 JUN 2021 14:32:18 UTC
Staking phase 3.5, validators merge into pools.
Epoch 319. Validators can be merged into delegation contracts.
DAY 32015 JUN 2021
DAY 36530 JUL 2021 14:36:48 UTC
One year of mainnet.
DAY 4303 OCT 2021 15:36:12 UTC
Elrond Punks. The first NFT drop.
The first collection on the network, minted in the month NFTs arrived.
278NFTs minted
DAY 4591 NOV 2021 to 31 DEC 2021
NFTs take off.
Minting runs into the tens of thousands a month by year end.
89,757minted in November
101,753minted in December
DAY 46911 NOV 2021 14:30:54 UTC
DAY 47719 NOV 2021 to 20 NOV 2021
The Maiar Exchange opens.
The DEX built by the Elrond team. EGLD/MEX is the first pair.
68,316swaps on launch day
804,984swaps by year end
DAY 48224 NOV 2021
Elrond enters the DeFi top ten by value locked.
Tenth largest DeFi ecosystem by value locked, five days after the DEX opened.
DAY 51022 DEC 2021 17:26 UTC
DAY 51931 DEC 2021
111 million transactions in 2021.
Counted by the public counter: signed transactions plus contract results.
111,227,155transactions in 2021
618tokens issued
2,517collections created
193,287NFTs minted
To the power of X
2022
Elrond to the power of X
Elrond became MultiversX on stage in Paris on 3 November. By December the network had 2 million accounts.
DAY 5267 JAN 2022
DAY 53011 JAN 2022
DAY 5802 MAR 2022 06:10:54 UTC
DAY 58810 MAR 2022
DAY 60527 MAR 2022 22:11:42 UTC
DAY 6134 APR 2022 15:01:36 UTC
Mainnet v1.3 activates.
DAY 62819 APR 2022 15:52 UTC
DAY 66324 MAY 2022
The Ad Astra Portal opens.
The token bridge between Elrond and Ethereum, the successor of the first bridge.
DAY 69222 JUN 2022 19:19:48 UTC
DAY 73030 JUL 2022 15:13 UTC
Two years of mainnet.
DAY 7376 AUG 2022 15:16 UTC
DAY 7719 SEP 2022 12:20 UTC
DAY 8263 NOV 2022 13:33 UTC
Elrond becomes MultiversX.
Announced on stage at xDay in Paris. xPortal is announced the same day.
The French and Romanian digital ministers are both on stage.
DAY 8285 NOV 2022 14:41:48 UTC
DAY 8618 DEC 2022 to 9 DEC 2022
Maiar Exchange becomes xExchange.
MEX 2.0, after the DEX’s first token-holder referendum.
88.2%yes
60%of LKMEX voted
DAY 87219 DEC 2022 to 25 DEC 2022
DAY 88431 DEC 2022 15:28:48 UTC
171 million transactions in 2022. 2,484 contracts deployed.
Counted by the public counter: signed transactions plus contract results.
2,484contracts deployed
1,159,144NFTs minted
1,115tokens issued
2023
Arrival of the guardians
On 10 July the network got onchain two-factor authentication, and 14,756 accounts had appointed a guardian by December.
DAY 93823 FEB 2023 15:34:12 UTC
Mainnet v1.4 Polaris activates.
DAY 94328 FEB 2023 13:00 UTC
DAY 9452 MAR 2023 14:56 UTC
DAY 1,00026 APR 2023
DAY 1,07510 JUL 2023 15:47:54 UTC
DAY 1,09530 JUL 2023 15:49:54 UTC
Three years of mainnet.
DAY 1,0971 AUG 2023 to 30 NOV 2023
DAY 1,1314 SEP 2023
DAY 1,14821 SEP 2023 to 21 OCT 2023
The xDay Hackathon.
A month online, then a 24 hour finish at the Palace of Parliament.
Winners include XOXNO, CoinDrip and Pulsar Money.
$1Min prizes and funding
6tracks
DAY 1,16811 OCT 2023 15:10 UTC
DAY 1,17215 OCT 2023 17:42:06 UTC
The 100th staking pool.
Anyone has been able to run one since 2021.
102pools by year end
DAY 1,17619 OCT 2023 to 21 OCT 2023
xDay Bucharest.
Three days in Bucharest, on stage and on stream.
2,200people over three days
8.5Mviews on the streams
DAY 1,2213 DEC 2023 16:02 UTC
DAY 1,24931 DEC 2023 16:05:18 UTC
90 million transactions in 2023. 14,756 accounts appointed a guardian.
Counted by the public counter: signed transactions plus contract results.
1,312tokens issued
981,657NFTs minted
2024
Three new stars
Three protocol upgrades in one year: Sirius in January, Vega in May, Spica in November.
DAY 1,26516 JAN 2024 16:06:54 UTC
Sirius activates.
Epoch 1265. The first upgrade decided by a community vote.
18features
90fixes
97.89%yes
DAY 1,34031 MAR 2024 11:40 UTC
DAY 1,35313 APR 2024 to 14 APR 2024
The Bucharest Hackathon, MultiversX on the jury.
MultiversX is a principal partner, on the jury and mentoring at the Odeon.
200+programmers
35teams in the final
$30,000grand prize
DAY 1,35818 APR 2024 15:19 UTC
DAY 1,35919 APR 2024
DAY 1,3788 MAY 2024 20:03:54 UTC
DAY 1,38515 MAY 2024 to 10 JUN 2024
Proof of Hack.
Online for three weeks, judged on stage at Proof of Talk in Paris.
205participants
$100Kin prizes and funding
DAY 1,39121 MAY 2024 16:19:30 UTC
Vega activates.
Epoch 1391. The staking queue is removed.
A new validator no longer waits to enter the set.
94.45%yes
DAY 1,41817 JUN 2024
3.72 million accounts. 419 million transactions.
The weekly recap: 3.72M accounts, 419M transactions, 16.6M staked.
DAY 1,45019 JUL 2024
DAY 1,46130 JUL 2024 16:26:30 UTC
Four years of mainnet.
DAY 1,47816 AUG 2024 06:38:30 UTC
DAY 1,48018 AUG 2024
DAY 1,50512 SEP 2024
DAY 1,55330 OCT 2024
DAY 1,57521 NOV 2024 16:37:54 UTC
DAY 1,57723 NOV 2024 18:30 UTC
The 5,000th token issued.
Chain day 1,577.
5,000tokens issued
DAY 1,60420 DEC 2024
DAY 1,60723 DEC 2024
Warps go live.
A transaction becomes a link, a QR code or an NFC tag. An open protocol by vLeap.
DAY 1,61531 DEC 2024 16:41 UTC
106 million transactions in 2024, 18% more than 2023.
Counted by the public counter: signed transactions plus contract results.
2,256tokens issued, a record
478,933,050transactions since genesis
2025
Andromeda and Barnard
Andromeda rebuilt consensus in May and cut finality from 12 seconds to 6.
DAY 1,6249 JAN 2025
The busiest day of 2025: 361,997 transactions.
Chain day 1,624.
361,997transactions
DAY 1,62813 JAN 2025
6.8 million accounts. 482 million transactions.
The weekly recap: 6.80M accounts, 482M transactions, 15.6M staked.
DAY 1,65812 FEB 2025 to 17 MAR 2025
The AI MegaWave hackathon.
Five weeks online, opening with a three day bootcamp.
Three tracks: AI, AI agents, and AI on Warps.
$150Kin prizes
3tracks
DAY 1,67125 FEB 2025 16:47:30 UTC
DAY 1,68612 MAR 2025 09:26 UTC
DAY 1,72924 APR 2025 19:03 UTC
DAY 1,75318 MAY 2025 18:09:54 UTC
DAY 1,76328 MAY 2025 16:56:54 UTC
Andromeda activates.
Epoch 1763. Finality from 12 seconds to 6.
The consensus rebuild, and the explicit prerequisite for Supernova.
99.69%yes
400validators per shard
DAY 1,82024 JUL 2025 17:02:30 UTC
Barnard activates.
Epoch 1820. Millisecond timestamps for contracts.
A prerequisite for 600ms blocks.
98.27%yes
DAY 1,82428 JUL 2025
8.93 million accounts. 539 million transactions.
The weekly recap: 8.93M accounts, 539M transactions, 14.8M staked.
DAY 1,82630 JUL 2025 17:03:06 UTC
Five years of mainnet.
DAY 1,8314 AUG 2025 17:03:36 UTC
DAY 1,8902 OCT 2025 to 1 NOV 2025
The economic redesign passes.
A month of public sessions, then a vote with record participation.
94.55%yes
41.77%participation
DAY 1,9223 NOV 2025
A French village puts its council onchain.
Clarensac, in the Gard, writes fingerprints of its council papers to the chain.
The papers stay on the town’s website. The chain holds the proof.
5,000inhabitants
DAY 1,9234 NOV 2025
DAY 1,9512 DEC 2025 17:15:42 UTC
DAY 1,98031 DEC 2025 17:18:36 UTC
100 million transactions in 2025. 578 million since genesis.
Counted by the public counter: signed transactions plus contract results.
578,544,692transactions since genesis
2026
A new genesis
The last class of the six-second era. Supernova activates at epoch 2233 on 10 September.
DAY 1,9888 JAN 2026 to 18 JAN 2026
The Supernova vote.
The vote on the 600ms upgrade passes.
99.64%yes
33.63%quorum
DAY 1,99313 JAN 2026 15:00 UTC
Build Wars.
The builders track of the Battle of Nodes opens, online.
Teams port contracts, dApps and tools onto Supernova.
$50,000+in prizes
DAY 2,0445 MAR 2026 11:50 UTC
DAY 2,05011 MAR 2026 13:00 UTC
Battle of Nodes: A New Dawn.
Three weeks of attack on a mainnet fork. Validators, bug hunters, guilds.
The third Battle of Nodes, after the 2019 phases and Onchained in 2020.
DAY 2,0722 APR 2026
DAY 2,09020 APR 2026 07:19 UTC
DAY 2,09525 APR 2026 to 26 APR 2026
Bucharest Hackathon 2026, MultiversX judging.
MultiversX is a main partner, with two of its engineers on the jury.
Two days at Teatrul Odeon, on AI and web3.
DAY 2,1321 JUN 2026
9.21 million accounts. 607 million transactions.
The weekly recap: 9.21M accounts, 607M transactions, 14.5M staked.
DAY 2,1621 JUL 2026
DAY 2,19130 JUL 2026 17:39 UTC
Six years of mainnet.
DAY 2,21220 AUG 2026 14:46 UTC
Supernova live on devnet.
The devnet switches to 600ms rounds.
DAY 2,21826 AUG 2026 06:40:54 UTC
DAY 2,2252 SEP 2026 08:00 UTC
DAY 2,2274 SEP 2026 14:59 UTC
DAY 2,2285 SEP 2026 02:00 UTC
The network on the eve.
9,254,195 accounts. 625,284,916 transactions.
9,254,195accounts
625,284,916transactions
TODAY
2,228epoch
32,072,735latest block
6.000 sround length
9,255,825accounts
625,572,589public counter
SNAPSHOT 6 SEP 2026 07:46 UTC
EPOCH 2233
DAY 2,23310 SEP 2026
The unit of time gets shorter.
24 rounds of 6,000 ms. 240 blocks of 600 ms. Epoch length does not change.
24 rounds of 6,000 ms.240 blocks of 600 ms.
THE SAME 144 SECONDS.
600msblocks
under 250msfinality in a shard
about 2.4sacross shards
EPOCH 2233 - 10 SEP 2026