Project Timeline
You can also view our current roadmap and future project plans.
This is an overview of the major project milestones since it began in early 2018.
Jan 2018 – Haven concept launched.
Feb 2018 – Mainnet genesis block mined.
Apr 2018 – Listed on TradeOgre and Bittrex exchanges.
Jan 2019 – Having failed to deliver a secure working product, a group of Haven community members took over the project with the aim of delivering the world’s first private stablecoin. You can read the details of how this came about here.
May 2019 – First testnet of Haven on Monero rebase (v0.14).
Jun 2019 – Mainnet fork rebase onto Monero update to include Bulletproofs and other upgrades.
Sep 2019 – New web vault launched on testnet.
Oct 2019 – First Offshore testnet launched and new web wallet launched on mainnet.
Nov 2019 – Listed on Abra.
Dec 2019 – Listed on Citex and VCC exchanges.
Jan 2020 – xUSD launched on private testnet.
Feb 2020 – Integrate Chainlink oracle feed for XHV vault exchange pricing.
Mar 2020 – xUSD launched on public testnet including testing of new daemon and visible xUSD and XHV supply.
Apr 2020 – New desktop vault on testnet.
May 2020 – Final offshore code testing complete.
Jun 2020 – Open source offshore codebase.
Jul 2020 – xUSD launched onto mainnet and launch new desktop vault onto mainnet.
Sep 2020 – Launch plan for Haven Foundation.
Oct 2020 – Listed on BKEX exchange / Integrate Band Protocol oracle into price feed.
Dec 2020 – Upgrade codebase to Monero v0.16 and launch Haven ‘Artemis’ v 1.2.0.
Feb 2021 – Announcement of Haven Debit Card.
Mar 2021 – xAssets Testnet live / Listing on Coinex exchange / Incorporation of Haven Protocol Foundation.
Apr 2021 – Launch of xAssets to mainnet (xEUR, xCNY, xAU, xAG).
May 2021 – Launch of 2nd phase of xAssets to mainnet (xBTC, xCHF, xGBP, xAUD) / ThorChain testnet integration.
Jun 2021 – Launch of Haven WooCommerce Plugin / xAsset exploit takes place and conversions are disabled.
Jul 2021 – Community vote on hard fork and chain rollback to mitigate impact of exploit. Extensive re-write of conversion code as well as a series of penetration testing, maths reviews and security audits take place ready for launch of Haven Protocol 2.0.
Sep 2021 – Listed on Changelly PRO / Launch public testnet of Haven 2.0.
Oct 2021 – Launch $100k Haven Bug Bounty Program / Integration of XHV into Cryptocurrency Checkout platform.
Nov 2021 – Launch of Haven 2.0 to mainnet / Launch of new website.
Dec 2021 – Launch of xUSD/USDT and xUSD/XMR trading pairs on Polarity.
Jan 2022 – Tokenomics update proposal accepted by community vote. To be implemented via hard fork in Feb 2022.
Feb 2022 – Hard fork to upgrade network to Haven v2.2. Community vote to carry out dev work for a wrapped token. Initiate new governance process based on a Haven Council.
Mar 2022 – THORChain code merge request submitted. Launch integration of Haven infrastructure onto FLUX decentralized platform.
Apr 2022 – Launch of Haven xAssets on Cake Wallet.
Jun 2022 – Conversions paused due to XHV hyper-inflationary risk.
Oct 2022 – Tokenomics update proposal accepted by community vote. Haven 3.0 to be implemented via hard fork.
Dec 2022 – Launch of xUSD/USDT trading pair on Tradeogre.
Jan 2023 – Launch of Haven ‘Athena’ 3.0 through hard fork, with implementation of VBS.
July 2023 – KuCoin delisted XHV.
Aug 2023 – Hard Fork and rebase to Monero v0.18.1.2.
Sep 2023 – Rollback due due to conversion exploit.
Sep 2023 – HCC crowdfunding set up.
Dec 2023 – Xeggex listing.
Jul 2024 – Hard Fork 23, Slippage.
Aug 2024 – 10 million xUSD burn.
Nov 2024 – Coinex delisting announcement.
Nov 2024 – Start of audit.
Dec 10, 2024 – “Range Proof Validation” exploit discovered.
Dec 12, 2024 – Haven announced closure of the project.