# Roadmap

*This page was last updated on: January 23, 2023*

### 2021

* Sep 22: [First Proteus white paper released](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/proteus-amm-engine/).

### 2022

* Feb 9: [Ocean white paper released](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/the-ocean/).
* Apr 1: [Government Toucans event](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/launching-our-government-toucan/), a 24-hour free NFT mint for the community.
* Jun 3: [Testnet release on Arbitrum Rinkeby](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-v2-testnet-release/).
* Aug 16: [Shell Points announcement and testnet launch](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/introducing-shell-points/).
* Aug 19: [Art of Shell auction begins](https://wiki.shellprotocol.io/user-guide/art-of-shell-nfts), marking the final updates to testnet deployment.
* Sep 9: Date of the [Shell v1 snapshot](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1589874535134023680).
* Sep 12: [Guarded launch begins on Arbitrum One mainnet](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/launch/)! Ocean contracts are deployed.
* Sep 27: [Trail of Bits Audit report finalized](https://wiki.shellprotocol.io/security-and-bounties#audits).
* Nov 3: [First Proteus AMM contract is deployed](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-launches-proteus-amm-engine/). Maiden pool is DAI+USDC.
* Nov 9: [Toucan vote determines that Shell Points will be considered for future SHELL airdrop](https://snapshot.org/#/shellprotocol.eth/proposal/0x4a8f0fa77abd1180353ff55fd36368b7c2f294105b7620491959d8dd80892485).
* Nov 14: [Quota Expander Event begins, aka Bro Kwon’s Booty](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/the-tale-of-bro-kwon's-booty/). Also, the DAI+USDC pool [passes $1m TVL](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1592333296171503616).
* Nov 22: [USDT+USDC pool is deployed](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1595146827631710209).
* Dec 6: [Shellscan, the Shell-native block explorer, is released](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/introducing-shellscan/).
* Dec 13: [USD Stablepool deployed](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1602804640097050625), the first fractal pool.

### 2023

* Jan 11: [ETH+USD and wBTC+USD fractal pools are deployed](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1613266925689397248).
* Jan 23: [First Shell community challenge](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/lunar-new-year-crafting-challenge/), the Lunar New Year Crafting event.
* Feb 10: [Mobile support for Shell app goes live](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1624189022137647106).
* Feb 24: [wstETH+ETH pool is deployed](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1629212091256291328).
* Mar 17: [Second Shell community challenge](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1636803774462451713), the St. Patrick's Day Crafting event.
* Mar 22: [ShellDrop DAO is launched](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1638620397821370369).
* Mar 27: [Toucan wraps go live](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1640460791345446912). Discord role for Toucan holders is frozen, [as determined by Snapshot vote](https://snapshot.org/#/shellprotocol.eth/proposal/0x5703f4165baa8fedd3fbf17cd7145099b2cbb043e9b7c9fe2ca9b40801bad097).
* Mar 31: [ARB+ETH pool is deployed](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1641974360423428098).
* Apr 1: [Part 1 of Shell Tokenomics is announced](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-governance-and-tokenomics-part-1/).
* Apr 7: The Mindmeld Live community call, formerly only on Discord audio, has its [first video episode](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1644373761733570560).
* Apr 15: [First NFT AMM is deployed](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/next-generation-nft-swaps-on-shell/), for Government Toucan NFTs.
* May 5: [Part 2 of Shell Tokenomics is announced](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-governance-and-tokenomics-part-2/).
* May 16: [COLLAB airdrop claims go live](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1658598184011304960) in the Shell app.
* May 22: [Conclusion of guarded launch](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1660749534094557185): CRAB claims go live and Season Two begins.
* Sep 28: [Part 3 of Shell Tokenomics is announced](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-governance-and-tokenomics-part-3/).
* Oct 12: [The first Evolving Proteus pool goes live](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1712598025405976956) with LBP (liquidity bootstrapping pool) for COLLAB.
* Oct 19: [Season Three begins](https://twitter.com/ShellProtocol/status/1715117935935603009).
* Nov 3: [CRAB vote decides on a 0% unlock](https://snapshot.org/#/shellprotocol.eth/proposal/0xf552a1adc91b29e2fb9831d81e9eb347bb820d2ffef4a9f952cb94deacd4421d) for the SHELL token launch.
* Dec 11: First LBP for NFTs goes live for Countdown Crates, during [The Final Countdown event](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/the-final-countdown/).

### 2024

* Jan 22: [Launch of SHELL token and DAO](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-token-launch-explained/), [launch of Shell v3](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-v3-is-defi-unified/), SHELL+ETH pool goes live, Curve 2pool integration goes live.
* Q1: Integrations with Curve, Balancer, Uniswap, and Aave.
* May 2: [Cross chain DeFi zaps go live](https://shellprotocol.io/posts/shell-launches-cross-chain-defi-zaps/). Deposit directly into Arbitrum DeFi protocols from Ethereum mainnet, Base, or Optimism.
* Q2: Integrations with Pendle, Beefy, and more.
* Q2-3: Borrowing from Shell app. Full support for cross chain DeFi-to-DeFi transactions.
* Q4: Intents system (MEV harnessing)