I'd like to track what's new and planned. Can anyone give me some suggestions on some of the big things that we may see in the next 12 months. This could be changes to the core, significant new applications or new wallets:
Here's what I have so far:
- New Block size decision - mid December 2015
- New Block size in use - Jan 2016
- Bitcoin ETF - Jan-Jun 2016 (wild guess)
- Colored Coins
- Federated Sidechain using 2 WAY Peg
- Liquid sidechain for exchanges beta - Dec 2015
- OpenBazaar - Dec-Jan 2015
- The lightning network alpha - Feb 2016
- Liquid sidechain for exchanges in use - Feb 2016
- New Sidechain implementations in alpha - Mar 2016
- Halving - July/August 2016
- Rootstock
-
http://stashcrypto.com- Segregated Witness
- BIP 47, Reusable Payment Codes, and Payment Addresses - Dec 2016
- The lightning network beta - Dec 2016 (wild guess)
- BIP 65, OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY
Applications:
Prediction Market
- Hivemind - a decentralized, blockchain-based prediction market that is intended to function as a sidechain to Bitcoin.
Those dates are my best guesses and I'm very open to hearing suggestions for changes.
What's missing from this list?