2021: End of Year Recap
3 min readDec 24, 2021
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As this is the season of reflection, we wanted to look back at 2021 before we kick things off in the New Year.
Here are some project highlights across the year:
Q2 2021
April
- The project officially launched during April
- Successfully raised $1.5 million from investors such as Spark Digital Capital, Block Dream Fund and many other investors
- Conducted a successful initial DEX offering on Poolz and an initial exchange offering on MEXC
- $KIAN token lists on MEXC and PancakeSwap
May
- Added a Front-End Developer /UX Designer to the team
- Added a Head of Marketing to the team
June
- Expanded the vision of the project and rebranded to Porta Network
- Hosted 1st Community AMA
- $KIAN token lists on Bibox
- Participated in an AMA with Big Whale Group
Q3 2021
July
- The project got featured in The Capital
- Launched the Beta Program to help provide community members with early access to product and the team
- Participated in AMA with Cryptowid
- Hosted 3 x Community Conversations with the Portanauts
- Added a Community Manager to the team
- The Capital reviewed the project
August
- Launched the “Padlock” testnet, added 400 active validators and at one point had over 500+ validators on the waitlist. Got press coverage in Yahoo Finance
- Added a Rust Developer to the team
- Launched the 1st iteration of Porta Ecosystem Grants
- $KIAN token giveaway to the community
- Added 1,500 members to the official Discord
September
- Yahoo Finance covered the success of the Padlock testnet — 700% validator growth within 48 hours
- Announced the Huobi Pool partnership
- Ran a meme contest for the community
- Conducted a 12,500 $KIAN airdrop to 250 community members
- Hosted 3 x Community Conversations with the Portanauts
- Announced the Ecosystem Grant Winner — EvidenZ
Q4 2021
October
- Shared an updated public product roadmap with the community
- Detailed the new structure for the network
- Crossed 10,000 $KIAN holders
November
- Launched $KIAN Staking to the community, covered by Yahoo Finance
- Created Telegram groups for Indian, Vietnamese and Turkish community members
- Published the project’s whitepaper to allow anyone to understand the project’s technical vision
- Launched Porta Network Ambassadors to expand awareness of the project and help accelerate towards its mission
- Reached 3 million $KIAN staked
- Hosted a Community Conversation with the Portanauts
December
- Conducted a festive meme contest
- Created an audio directory of previous Community Conversations across the year
- Launched the Relay Chain testnet with a select group of validators
- Created a Telegram group for Italian community members
- Hosted a Community Conversation with the Portanauts
We are excited for an amazing 2022 and look forward to releasing the following from our roadmap:
- $PORTA Mainnet Launch
- Beta NFT marketplace
- Mainnet NFT marketplace launch
- $PORTA staking
We could not have made the progress this year without each and every one of you. From the Porta team, thank you for everything — all the support and feedback.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
