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Appendix 1 – Chronology of Notable, Token-related Events and Developments
Timeline
Major Event/Milestone
Minor Event/Milestone
Date
Major Event/Milestone
Minor Event/Milestone
Date
1
Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash demonstrate creation of the first experimental implementation of a Non-fungible-token linked to a unique work of art at the Seven on Seven conference, New York City
May 2014
2
Ether goes on sale
July 2014
3
4
5
“The DAO” fork on Ethereum
June 2016
6
7
Canadian software developers Matt Hall and John Watkinson create 10,000 unique, algorithmically generated Crypto Punks NFTs inspired by the London Punk scenes, electronic music and the Cyber Punk movement – some of which would eventually be exchanged for more than $7 Million Dollars USD with average Crypto Punks usually sell for $10,000 to upto $100,000.
June 2017
8
9
Cryptokitties launched by Vancouver Based company called Axiom Zen during the ETH Waterloo Hackathon. Cryptokitties won the first place and then it went viral making this the first time, much of the general public were introduced to the term “NFT”
October 2017
10
11
Total funding for DFINITY project exceeds $100 million USD, Upon $60M investment from Andreessen Horowitz Polychain Capital.
February 2018
12
13
14
Ethereum Beacon Chain Genesis introducing proof-of-stake
December 2020
15
Internet Computer blockchain decentralization through deployment of mainnet to first node cohort of Node machine operators.
December 2020
16
17
NFT artwork by Mike Winkelmann (aka Beeple) entitled, "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" sells for $69,346,250 USD at Christie's online auction
March 2021
18
19
Internet Computer “Genesis” - Network Nervous System releases ICP utility tokens (previously called “DFN”) to holders in the form of voting neurons
May 2021
20
21
Ted R – first 3D NFT on IC
22
23
“The Merge” merges original Ethereum Mainnet with the separate proof-of-stake Beacon Chain reducing Ethereum's energy consumption by ~99.95%.
September 2022
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