The ImPossible Network

12 years of research and development is coming to fruition as we put together the final building blocks of what some said was impossible: Secure Access For Everyone.

2006

February 22nd

MaidSafe is founded by David Irvine. His Goal? To create a new global network, ensuring equality of access to the world’s data; Secure Access For Everyone.

Proof of Concept built in Python by David Irvine alone in Czech Republic

David presents at the Google Scalability Conference in Seattle

All core patent applications published

Early version of Network available in Python

2009

Entire system rewritten in C++ for improved efficiency

2010

David donates all his shares (80% of company) to create the MaidSafe Foundation, and the Employee Benefit Trust

2011

9 months testing components of the technology with the NHS

2013

Vault code rewritten from scratch—4 years of work overwritten

Smaller, more focused research team rewriting and implementing code on various MaidSafe libraries

2014

30 day crowdsale hits target in under 3 days

2015

Switch from C++ to Rust

2016

Test 1

Feb 2016

Client test. Release of ΩSAFE Launcher and the SAFE Demo App enabling users to create their own account, and to store/retrieve private data.

Test 3

May 2016

The first iteration of enabling users run vaults.

Alpha 1

Aug 2016

Enabling Users to access MaidSafe-managed nodes using the SAFE Launcher to use several demo applications

Test 9

Sep 2016

Enable users to send and receive SAFE Email. This new functionality also serves as the first developer tutorial.

2017

Test 15

Mar 2017

Enable user to run their own Vaults from home using TCP port forwarding or UPnP

Test 17

July 2017

The authenticator is bundled with the SAFE Browser and Web Hosting Manager demo app released

Alpha 2

Sep 2017

The Authenticator: incorporating a more secure form of network access now bundled with the SAFE Browser, Web Hosting Manager, and SAFE Mail.

HQ Office move in Scotland

Android version of SAFE Browser & SAFE Messages released

2018

Front-End office opened in Chennai, India

SAFE Devcon 2018: First European Developers Conferenence

PARSEC White Paper Published

PARSEC Code Released

PARSEC Dynamic Membership White Paper

PARSEC Code working in a dynamic network

Disjoint Groups White Paper (aka Sharding)

PARSEC Code working as the Network evolves in size (splits, merges etc)

Secure Message Relay

Integration with SOLID

Alpha 3

Secure Autonomous Network: an autonomous secure routing layer that will see the network architecture becoming more decentralised, enabling users to run routing nodes and providing secure transient data in the process

Alpha 4

Secure autonomous data services: addition of a storage layer through the reintroduction of user-run Vaults facilitating a much broader range of decentralised apps and use cases

Beta

Data republish (ability to upgrade the network without deleting all the data)

A security audit of the network

Test safecoin

Real-time network upgrades

Network validated upgrades

Live Network Launch