I try to keep track of the important events and hope for some feedback and suggestions. Let me know what you know or give me some better suggestions for dates and I'll update the list for everyone.
- Airbitz integrates with FOLD and launches US-wide Bitcoin Starbucks campaign - Dec 2015
- Bip 65 - Dec 2015
- Bitpay and GASH Brings Bitcoin to 10 Million Gamers in Asia - Dec 2015
- BitFury Announces Mass Production of Fastest and Most Effective 16nm ASIC Chip in the World - Dec 2015
- Gmaxwell quit as main committer :-( - Dec 2015
- OpenBazaar - Dec 2015 BETA
- Sig3 makes available multi-sig signing - Dec 2015
- Coinbase 3 million users - Dec 2015
- gyft.com has Walmart gift cards - Dec 2015
- Flat rate artist now accepting bitcoins - Dec 2015
- Drop sone marketplace available - Dec 2015
- OpenBazaar Debian Client - Dec 2015 BETA
- Liquid sidechain for exchanges Blockstream Beta - Dec 2015
- Bitcoin Scaling / LN / SW Significant agreement - Dec 22, 2015
- Samurai Wallet Alpha release integrates BIP47 for privacy http://samouraiwallet.com - Dec 2015
- National Bank of Ukraine stated it will integrate bitcoin in the country’s financial system. - Dec 2015
- Spondoolies releases its newest bitcoin miner The 8TH Watson SP40 - Dec 2015
- Coinbase reaches 3 million users - Dec 2015
- ROKOS: New Raspberry PI software to work with bitcoin - Dec 2015
- Bitalo launched https://bitalolaunch.appspot.com
- 21, Inc Released comprehensive new docs for the 21 Bitcoin Library - Dec 2015
- Uphold - Uphold launches in China, accepting China UnionPay - Dec 2015
- Mike Tyson bitcoin wallet release - Jan 2016
- Bitstamp adds physical gold delivery as withdrawal option [in the EU] - Jan 2016
- Confidential transaction proposal https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2016-January/012194.html - Jan 2016
- Segwitness on bitcoin test network - Jan 2016
- Zebpay has raised $1-million (around Rs 6 crore) funding in order to promote bitcoins in India,
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/50463959.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst - Jan 2016
- GEM get $7.1 million Series A funding http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/01/06/three-new-york-vcs-join-7-1m-round-in-blockchain.html
- Coinsilium invests in Rootstock - Jan 2016 http://www.coinsilium.com/investors/regulatory-announcements/344-rootstock-investment
- European Travel IT Giant Embraces Bitcoin Following Partnership with BitPay - http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/01/14/european-travel-it-giant-embraces-bitcoin-following-partnership-with-bitpay/ Jan 2016
- Andreas on Segwit - Future looks very good right now: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-277-separating-signatures-with-segregated-witness
- Wences Casares joins the board of paypal - Jan 2016
- OpenBazaar PC Client- https://blog.openbazaar.org - Dec-Jan 2016[/s] Feb-Mar 2016
- Cryptsy closed down - Jan 2016
- Mike Hearn declares bitcoin dead - Jan 2016
- Lightning network Elizabeth Stark Alpha code released - Jan 2016
- Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 release candidate 1 available - Jan 2016
- 3rd Iteration of segwit launched https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/amid-bitcoin-scaling-debate-segregated-witness-testnet-enters-public-stage-1453394345 - Jan 2016 Future
- libsecp256k1 allowing much faster block validation - Feb 2016
- BIP9 (Allows Multiple Soft Forks at the same time) - Feb 2016
- Freemit money transfer -
https://freemit.com - Feb 2016
- Bitcoin core 0.12 - Feb 2016
- Bitcoin Group set for February ASX listing
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/bitcoin-group-set-for-february-asx-listing/news-story/8bc16e05d8ed47b9f33707ba75c85411 - Feb 2016
- 21, Inc Open Source their 21 Bitcoin Library - Feb 2016 (wild guess)
- BIP68 Required for full LN - Feb 2016
- BIP112 Required for full LN - Feb 2016
- BIP113 Required for full LN - Feb 2016
- New BitFury ASIC chip expected - Feb-Mar 2016
- OpenBazaar Mac Client -
Dec-Jan 2016 Feb-Mar 2016
- Liquid sidechain for exchanges Blockstream - Feb 2016
- Winkelvoss ETF - Jan-Mar 2016 (wild guess)
- Federated Sidechain using 2 WAY Peg = ??
- Shapeshift.io limit orders - Mar 2016
- Shapeshift.io conical - Mar 2016
- Sidechains - Mar 2016
- Bitcoin conference Lithuania - Apr 2016
- Subchains - Jun-Dec 2016 (wild guess)
- National Bank of Ukraine integrates bitcoin in the country’s financial system. - Jun-Dec 2016 (wild guess)
- Segwitness Soft fork - Mar-Jul 2016
- Weak blocks - Jul 2016
- IBLT (reduces the bandwidth needed to transmit blocks) - Jul 2016
- 21.co Next announcement - Mar 2016 (wild guess)
- Ledger Blue Hardware wallet - Jun 2016
- Mycelium - coinjoin - Jun 2016
- Mycelium - swish - Jun 2016
- Halving - July/August 2016
- Lightning network Elizabeth Stark - May 2016
- Lightning network Blockstream Alpha - Mar 2016
- Lightning network Blockstream - Jun 2016 (wild guess)
- Rootstock - Jul 2016
- BIP 47, Reusable Payment Codes, and Payment Addresses - Dec 2016
- BIP 70 - Personal Bitcoin Address - Dec 2016
-
http://stashcrypto.com- Thin blocks - ??
- Scaling hard fork merge - Jan-Mar 2017
- 2Mb Block size - Feb 2017
- Scaling hard fork release - May 2017
- Mycelium card hardware wallet - Jan 2017
- Scaling hard fork Election day January 1st 2017.
- Scaling hard fork Inauguration day February 1st 2017.
Videos that really explain where we are headed
- Andreas on Segwit - Future looks very good right now:
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-277-separating-signatures-with-segregated-witness