October 2017

IDEX launch on the mainnet. Semi-decentralized architecture consists of Ethereum smart contract plus central trading engine and transaction arbiter. API integration. Opening the platform via API access has enabled the development of trading bots, increasing liquidity and improving market efficiency.

December 2017

IDXM membership sale starts

January 2018

AURA airdrop on IDXM holders

Q3 2018

Boreals go live with market making to stabilize the price Deploy childchain architecture, allowing IDEX to increase transaction throughput.

Q4 2018

Decentralization of the orderbook and transaction arbiter. This completes the transition of the current IDEX product to a decentralized childchain exchange.

Q1 2019

Margin trading support. Including this functionality in the protocol will put the UX on par with existing centralized exchanges. Launch the Snowglobe MVP, allowing other exchanges are now able to build on the protocol. This is dependent on the development of scaling solutions such as sharding. Fully decentralized Aurora mvp with Decentralized Capital boreal loans