This is a post by our community member Sky Foxx (u/kidwonder)

These tweets tell a story of Kin’s growth, from the Ted Livingston’s announcement in June 2017, the launch of the ecosystem.

June 2017 — Ted Livingston announces Kin ICO during Token Summit.

In a surprise announcement during Token Summit, Ted laid out Kik’s plans to create a cryptocurrency that would be used by multiple apps and ecosystems, spanning millions of users.

Target — $125 million

September 2017 — Kik raises $98 million in ICO, missing its $125 million target

Controversially, Kik used a sale system that imposed KYC and a purchase cap on buyers to ensure maximum distribution. Also, Kik opted out Canadian and Chinese buyers as a precaution in case Kin was deemed to be a security.

September 2017 — First partnership announcement

October 2017 — Kin Foundation releases details of the Kin Rewards Engine.

The KRE will attract developers, apps and partners to the ecosystem.

November 2017 — First details of Kin integration into Kik released.

December 2017 — Kin wallet in Kik app is live!

This basic integration allows you to see your Kin balance within Kik, but with limited functionality. A few users selected to test earn and spend opportunities.

Kin announces migration from Ethereum to Stellar

Ethereum is ideal for testing, but cannot handle the scale of users Kin is bringing to the blockchain space. The wallet launch is delayed as Cryptokitties clog Ethereum.

Ted controversially calls Ethereum the ‘Dialup era of blockchains’

January 2018— Details on users’ experience with Kin released

“Our users love Kin!” +18,000 KIN transactions! 59% engagement in earn and spend opportunities.

Kin Foundation announce Kinit, a universal wallet to hold Kin across multiple apps.

February 2018 — First physical goods purchased with Kin!

March 2018 — Kin announces partnership with gaming giant Unity

April 2018 — Kin Foundation hosts an Ambassador Meet-up in NYC

Kin partners with Blackhawk Network

May 2018 — #MoveLikeTheWind

Kin ramps up its development speed. Fans release a video under the hash tag, #movelikethewind

Kin decides to fork Stellar

Tests with stellar have gone very well, but the ecosystem is at risk of Sybil attacks if run on the stellar blockchain. The only solution is to fork it, with some adjustments to suit the foundation.

#Consensus 2018 — Ted makes a friendly bet that bitcoin will go to zero

Kin in Tokyo — engaging partners and collaborators

Kin in Tel Aviv — First blockchain hackathon

Facebook’s “Copy and Crush” strategy cannot be allowed to continue

Kin releases insights on Kinit — the universal wallet

Something good is happening! 10 day retention rate: 75% 49% spent on at least one gift card

June 2018 — Kin partners with IMVU

Kik users now spending Kin on Kik! Kin is now fully launched on a scale-able blockchain!

Kin is now integrated into a customised stellar blockchain, with Kik on-boarding users to start earning and spending in Kin!

After a long journey, Kin is finally integrated into Kik, with users starting to earn and spend within the app. This is only to a few beta testers, and is being scaled gradually to reach Kik’s 15 million active users.