Thread by @sassal0x

16/ August continued:

-@keep_project announces tBTC
-@compoundfinance announces the Open Oracle System
-@felix2feng introduces Profit Pools
-@uniswapexchange crosses 1mil ETH trading volume
-@rdai_dao introduced

17/ August continued:

-@ethereum Istanbul EIP list finalized
-@synthetix_io releases index token category
-@coinbase announces WalletLink
-@aztecprotocol announces PLONK

18/ September:

-@ryansadams announces Bankless
-@hyperledger Besu Ethereum client announced
-@ethereum Foundation gives out more grants
-A bunch of state channel teams unify their efforts and create statechannels dot org
-@plasma_group introduces Optimistic Rollups

19/ September continued:

-@boredgenius introduces Pool DAI
-@numerai launches Erasure Protocol
-@ameensol publishes a post on @compoundfinance describing it as a custodial system
-@danrobinson intros the Yield Protocol
-@makerdao introduces Oracles v2 and DeFi Feeds

20/ September continued:

-@ethereum ProgPoW audit completed
-@enigmaMPC announces Salad; a coin mixer for Ethereum
-@openlawofficial introduces The LAO
-@ethereum 2.0 researchers and developers attend an interoperability event and gets 7 eth2 clients talking

21/ September continued:

-@ethereumJoseph joins @hyperledger's board
-@bancosantander settles $20mil bond trade on Ethereum
-@coinbase announces USDC bootstrap fund
-@gnosis' Sight prediction market platform enters beta
-@kyberswap announces fiat on-ramp

22/ September continued:

-@UMAProtocol announces Synthetic Token Builder platform
-@dydxprotocol launches native ETH-DAI market
-@consensys announces @ConsenSysCodefi
-@dolomite_io goes live
-@balancerlabs introduced

23/ September continued:

-@ConsenSysCodefi introduces the DeFi Score
-@mydefi_org introduced
-@nodarj announces DeFi Strategies
-@bitpay adds support for Ethereum

24/ October:

-@gitcoin grants round 3 raises $270,000+ for open source projects
-@godsunchained raises $15mil
-@connextnetwork v2 hits mainnet
-@ethereum Devcon5 takes place in Osaka
-@instadapp raises $2.4mil seed round

25/ October continued:

-@makerdao launches new Oasis Trade
-@coinbase launches USDC rewards program
-@blocklytics releases pools dot fyi
-@skalenetwork raises $17.1mil
-@cftc chairman confirms Ether is a commodity

26/ October continued:

-@vitalikbuterin publishes 5 eth2-related blog posts during devcon that simplifies sharding, describes a 2 way bridge between eth1 and eth2, explains how cross-shard composability will work, and explains the eth1 > eth2 transition

27/ October continued:

-@uniswap and @plasma_group release UniPig - an exchange built with optimistic rollup tech
-@ethereumJoseph announces 1 million developers initiative
-@metamask_io introduces web3 plugins
-@setprotocol introduces public rebalancing dashboard

28/ October continued:

-@mycrypto's new site enters beta
-@starkwareltd introduces OpenZKP
-@avalabsofficial announces Aethereum
-@coinbase adds support for Maker governance
-@akashaworld announces Ethereum dot world

29/ October continued:

-@bermuda announces that it will accept USDC for crypto taxes and government services
-@sendwyre introduces v2 of their product
-@gitcoin quests launched
-@axieinfinity teams up with Samsung
-@dannyryan starts publishing eth2 quick updates

30/ November:

-@splunk uses the Burner Wallet at their conference
-@maplefinance introduced
-@vitalikbuterin proposes skinny EIP-1559
-@defi_zap released by @nodarj and team
-@gnosis launches Sight prediction market

31/ November continued:

-@ensdomains domain name auctions end and all remaining names are available to register for a flat yearly fee. This leads to an explosion in ENS name registration and use.

32/ November continued:

-@makerdao Multi-Collateral Dai goes live
-@defipulse introduces Interest Per Year (IPY) metric
-@ethereum launches Ethereum Studio
-@marketingdao announced
-@rdai_DAO goes live on mainnet
-@renprotocol Chaosnet launched

33/ November continued:

-@snarkyzk introduces the Convexity Protocol and option tokens (oTokens)
-@samcassatt launches Aligned Capital
-@compoundfinance raises $25mil Series A
-@imTokenOfficial announces imBTC
-@brave releases v1 of their web browser

34/ November continued:

-@wjvill publishes a detailed update on eth2 phase 2 progress
-@martinlundfall introduces Chai
-@stakecapital introduces StakeDAO
-@opensea raises $2.1mil
-@messaricrypto adds DeFi metrics
-@niftygateway acquired by @gemini

35/ November continued:

-@prylabs posts first phase 0 testnet update
-@etherchain_org releases beacon chain block explorer

36/ December:

-@camirusso begins taking pre-orders for her Ethereum book
-@ethereum Muir Glacier hard fork announced
-@carlbeek publishes a blog post detailing how staking will work in eth2
-@frontierwallet enters beta
-@setprotocol introduces Social Trading

37/ December continued:

-@fidelity launches pilot employee rewards program using Ethereum
-@ethereum Istanbul network upgrade activated on mainnet
-China blocks access to Etherscan
-@teo_leibowitz introduces the Open Finance Index (OFI)

38/ December continued:

-@sigmp_io launches publish testnet for their Lighthouse eth2 client
-@etherscan launches beacon chain block explorer
-@eynews releases major Nightfall upade
-@zerion_io raises $2mil
-@the_matter_labs introduces ZK Sync

39/ December continued:

-@loopringorg v3 deployed to mainnet
-@spencernoon launches 'Our Network' newsletter
-@jack announces new twitter team for crypto
-@fidelity plans to support Ethereum in 2020
-@nike receives patent to tokenize shoes on Ethereum

40/ December continued:

-@venture_dao introduced
-@sablierHQ v1 goes live on mainnet
-@setprotocol integrates @compoundfinance tokens
-@avsa launches Much Clearer Dai initiative
-@parity announces plans to turn over the Parity Ethereum client code to a DAO

41/ December continued:

-@jobsincrypto launches donate in crypto website
-@makerdao recieves $27.5mil in funding from @dragonfly_cap and @paradigm
-@gitcoin Grants round 4 announced
-@TXRXResearch eth2 research team announced
-@gnosis Safe multisig launched

42/ December continued:

-@weDEX_io becomes first DEX built on @loopringorg to use zkRollup tech
-@tornadocash v2 goes live on mainnet
-@forbes integrates @UnlockProtocol

43/ That's it folks!

I've probably missed things so please reply to this tweet with your favorite developments from this year!

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https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1210685200625094657