As we come to the end of 2018 & usher in the new year within the next few days, I feel that as a community it’s essential to take a look at all that has gone on in and around NavCoin in 2018.

NavCoin has been through a lot of ups & downs in the past year (more downs in terms of price action) but we have survived & are still moving forward with the recent community fund & cold staking releases. I do believe that we are still early adopters in Nav but this does not necessarily mean that Nav will survive through another bear market like the one of 2018. To survive, we have to press harder & push to differentiate Nav & its community to attract more supporters & adopters to influence the bigger market. I will leave this for another article.

Moving on to the topic of this article, the milestones & events throughout the year have been summarised to keep this list simple & easily digestible to anyone, new or ancient. Take a look at what milestones or events you were a part of, where you joined the community or see what else you can do for Nav & make it happen in 2019!

All links have been updated to ensure it links to the right page/content. (caa 31.12.18)

2018

January -

. Nav Roadmap 2018

* https://navhub.org/roadmap/

. Community Fund Testnet

* Vote on Community Fund idea passed in 2017

. Launch of Nav Instagram

* https://www.instagram.com/navcore/

. New Listing on Godex.io

. Vaulty.io integration (system for accepting a range of crypto online)

Feburary -

. NavCoin Knowledge Base Launch

* https://info.navcoin.org/

. NavCoin Community Fund Bounty Program Launch

. NavPi 1.0.8 Release

March -

. Release of Final ” Valence” article

* article 1 - welcome to valence

* article 2 - building smarter blockchain apps

* article 3 - business on the blockchain made easy

. NavCoin Community Meet Up (London)

. NavCoin Community Meet Up (Rome)

April -

. NavCoin Community Hub Launch

* https://navhub.org/

. NEXT Wallet - Alpha Release (credits to Sakdeniz)

* http://next.navcommunity.net

. NavExplorer - Alpha Release (credits to Prodpeak)

* https://www.navexplorer.com/

. NavCoin 2 Millionth Block Milestone

May -

. NavCoin Brand Bible Release

* https://navhub.org/assets/NavCoinBrandGuidelines.pdf

* https://navhub.org/assets/NavCoinContentManifesto.pdf

. NavCoin Developer & Content Manifesto Release

* https://navhub.org/assets/NavCoinDeveloperManifesto.pdf

* https://github.com/NAVCoin

. NavPay 4.1 Release

. NavCoin Community Meet Up (Netherlands)

June -

. NavCoin Core 4.2.0 release (Community Fund Accumulation)

. NavExplorer Live (credits to Prodpeak)

* https://www.navexplorer.com/blocks

. NEXT Wallet Alpha 1.0.2 Release (credits to Sakdeniz)

* https://blog.navcommunity.net/2018/06/09/next-1-0-2-alpha-released/

July -

. NavCoin Core 4.2.0 Activation (Community Fund Accumulation)

. NEXT Wallet Alpha 1.0.3 Release (credits to Sakdeniz)

* https://blog.navcommunity.net/2018/07/03/next-1-0-3-beta-released/

. NavCoin Content Creators — Asset Pack Release

* https://navhub.org/assets/

. NavPi 1.0.9 Release

August -

. 20k Community Fund Bug Bounty Launch

. OpenAlias Registration Launch

* https://openalias.nav.community/#/

. NEXT Wallet - Beta 1.0.4 Release (credits to Sakdeniz)

* https://navhub.org/news/2018-08-13-next-wallet-1-0-4-released/

. NavCoin m8 Release (credits to hash512)

* https://www.navcoinm8.com/

. New Listings on :-

* Changenow.io

* Coindirect.com

* Coinswitch.co

* Blockbid.io

September -

. Live Stream Education Sessions Launch

* Youtube - NavCoin Education Live stream

* https://www.youtube.com/c/NavCoinCore

. NavCoin Core 4.3.0 Release (OpenAlias)

* https://openalias.org/

. NavCoin Roadmap Update

* https://medium.com/@craig.b.macgregor/next-steps-for-navcoin-core

October -

. NavCollab Launch

* https://collab.navcoin.org/

. Nav ATM Design

. NavCoin.org Website Redesign

* https://navcoin.org/en

. New Listing on BitexLive

. NavCoin Core 4.4.0 Release (Community Fund Proposal)

November -

. NavCoin Core 4.4.0 Activation (Community Fund Proposal)

. NavPay 4.4.0 Release

Dec -

. NEXT Wallet - 1.1.0 Release (credits to Sakdeniz)

. NavCoin Core 4.5.0 Release

. NavCoin Core 4.5.1 Release

. First Community Fund Proposal Accepted

* https://www.navexplorer.com/community-fund

And that’s it for 2018; may 2019 be a great year for Nav! Happy Holidays!

. jcnvttr