From genesis block to Heritage Reserve. No ICO fundraising round — development follows the chain’s own timeline. Code first, capital never.
GENESIS BLOCK — 2026-03-15 18:00:00 UTC. ConvergenceX Proof-of-Work chain live. Solo mining begins with C++ reference miner. Constitutional rules encoded at genesis. Chain starts. The genesis block is self-sufficient: it requires only a miner and a timestamp.
PUBLIC LAUNCH. BTCTalk ANN thread. CEX listing request submitted. C++ miner released. GitHub repository public. Community mining begins. C++ miner released. GitHub repository public. Community mining begins.
Gold purchases begin (no earlier than 8 months after public launch, per rule G4). First XAUT/PAXG acquired via TWAP pipeline. Reserve Vault deployed on Ethereum mainnet. Subject to sufficient SOST market liquidity.
PoPC Model A + B launch. First custody contracts active. Bond system operational. ConvergenceX entropy audits begin. Escrow contracts deployed.
Physical gold extension. Mobile app for audit challenges. Verifier network operational. Users commit custody of physical bars, coins, and ingots.
Zero-Knowledge research initiative. Physical proof system R&D. This technology will only be deployed if and when the required cryptographic primitives reach production-grade maturity and demonstrate provable security guarantees under formal verification. Physical custody verification without identity disclosure remains an open research problem — SOST commits to pursuing it without compromising participant safety or deploying partial solutions.
ZK physical custody proofs. Full privacy-preserving audit system. Extends to platinum, palladium, rhodium. No identity, location, or quantity on-chain. Subject to successful completion of ZK R&D milestones. Deployment contingent on achieving zero-knowledge proofs that meet SOST’s non-negotiable security requirements for physical custody verification. Timeline is aspirational and will not be accelerated at the expense of cryptographic rigor.
Heritage Reserve. Gold sealed by default. Emergency dual-gate if needed. Chain runs on fees after emission approaches zero. Protocol operates perpetually under constitutional rules encoded at genesis.