Hive is an Elastos ecosystem platform service that provides decentralized data storage and management services. On Hive, users in the Elastos ecosystem can determine where their data is stored – be it on the cloud or a local device – and who can access it. In conjunction with other ecosystem platform services, Elastos Hive plays an integral role in enabling web3 users to own and monetize their data.
Elastos Hive
Development Team: Trinity Tech
Team Lead: Zhilong
Hive Node/iOS/Android SDK v3.x
• Supports paid access model for users to share data.
• Improves Hive Node’s pricing plan model so that Node providers can obtain benefits.
• Deep integration with the underlying DHT network layer of Carrier V2.0 to develop more features, such as data interaction between nodes in Federated form, and data Pub/Sub functions as well.
HiveHub webApp 1.0, Hive Node/iOS /Android SDK v3.0
• Enables users to manage and run Hive Node based on HiveHub and Vault data backup/migration.
• Hive Node supports NAT reversal, which means that it does not require a public network address, but can be accessed externally.
Hive Node/iOS/Android SDK v2.9
• Supports encrypted storage for user data by default.
• Supports back-end Backup and migration of Vault data post-encryption.
Hive Node/iOS/Android SDK V2.8.1
• Integrates a new version of the payment mechanism with smart contract support.
• Improved backup implementation provides stable backup service.
• Supports anonymous data access without requiring user DID and application DID under scripting rules.
Hive Node/iOS/Android SDK V2.4.1
• Improved HTTP RESTful APIs and internal implementation.
• IPFS integrated as internal storage for data.
• Refactored Files module with IPFS nodes.
• Refactored the backup/restore module with IPFS network.
Hive Node/iOS/Android SDK V2.0.0
• Integrates the new open authorization and authentication flow for applications to sign in with DIDs.
• Provides streaming-based files with APIs to upload/download files.
• Provides MongoDB-compatible APIs to access and store data to Vault service.
• Provides scripting APIs to customized rules with a given purpose.
• Supports the pricing plan solution to purchase Vault service.
• All data in Vault service can periodically backup.
Elastos Essentials is the flagship Super-Wallet application of the Elastos ecosystem. On Essentials, users can manage their digital assets, access Elastos’ suite of platform services including Hive and Carrier, explore ecosystem applications for DeFi, NFTs, and more, and leverage the application’s built-in tool EasySwap to get ahold of ELA on the Elastos Smart Chain (ESC) in a few simple steps.
Elastos Essentials
Development Team: Trinity Tech
Team Lead: Benjamin Piette
Essentials 3.x, Integrate New Elastos Features As They Launch
Continuous improvements of the 3.0 philosophy: grow user base by addressing all web3 users, refine existing tools, and add more revenue models in-app.
DID flows, Hive flows, Carrier 2.0-based features.
Essentials 3.0
Rebranding of name, logo, and message, openness to more networks, customizable home screen, built-in EasySwap, Elastos DPoS 2.0.
Elastos Essentials 2.6.0
Ledger Nano X, Elastos main chain multisig support, EasySwap to enable users to easily receive ELA on ESC from other networks.
Elastos Essentials 2.5.0
Red packets, improved Cyber Republic support.
Elastos Essentials 2.4.0
Bitcoin, improved NFT support, improved identity credentials, and continuous improvements of Elastos voting features.
Elastos Essentials 2.2.0
Multi-network support, built-in dApp browser.
Elastos Essentials 2.1.0
Fast wallet, converted from SPV to RPC mode. Fast DID onboarding with new design and DID 2.0-enabled fast publishing. Automatic Elastos Hive storage creation. Support for connectivity SDK and Wallet connect for better integration with dApps.
Elastos Essentials 2.0.0
First release of Essentials, similar to elastOS but without dApps and with a drastic architecture rework to prepare for next steps.
Elastos Essentials Conceived
Due to app stores policies, the elastOS runtime concept is canceled and a new product named Elastos Essentials is being prepared to replace it.
Trinity Native
elastOS runtime extended as “Trinity Native” to be used by external projects to generate both elastOS Capsules and fully native Android and iOS applications with a single code base.
elastOS v1.3.0
First EVM support, first Capsule dApps SDK for developers, backup/restore mechanism using Elastos Hive, full implementation of Elastos DIDs with identity management, and interactions with Capsules.
elastOS v1.2.0
elastOS starts using DIDs as its core with sandboxed DID sessions, features first fully redesigned interface, and DID contacts can share dApps URLs through Elastos Carrier.
elastOS v1.0.0
First release for end users.
First Technical Preview of Trinity
Featured dynamic dApps capabilities and developer tools to run sandboxed dApps inside Trinity.
Trinity Preparation Phase
Creation of the Trinity “Runtime” base, initial versions of DID and Carrier plugins, first built-in SPV wallet, and demonstration Carrier chat app.
Elastos Carrier is a decentralized network for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication that takes over all network traffic and conveys information on behalf of applications. A powerful network that returns power from applications to users, Carrier is powered by a decentralized body of Carrier nodes.
Elastos Carrier
Development Team: Trinity Tech
Team Lead: Jingyu
A basic DHT permissionless network will be implemented for Carrier as a completely open underlying network layer that supports basic services.
Elastos Carrier WebRTC SDK Release
• Internally supports basic Audio/Video/Data communication.
• Provides high level APIs for Audio/Video/Data communication without TURN/STUN explicitly being involved.
• Basic integration [google-webrtc] over Carrier network.
• WebRTC demo Application using this WebRTC SDK and supporting Audio/Video communication between two peers.
Carrier Node /iOS/Android SDK v5.5
• Support with Carrier extension, especially used for webrtc.
• Improved implementation of bulk message sending/receiving.
• Support feature of sending/receiving big data block (1K~5M).
• Fixed group info storage issue.
Carrier iOS/Android SDK v5.2.1
• Supports Carrier group without centralization, and group peers are all required to connect to Carrier network.
• Supports file transfer between Carrier peers with pull-driven mode and support to resume transfers from previous break-point.
• Supports sending binary messages for either Carrier or session.
Elastos DID is a W3C-compliant DID solution that lives on Elastos’ ID Sidechain. Elastos Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) allow users to login to Elastos ecosystem platform services and applications, manage their assets and data with ease, and ultimately exercise self-ownership in the virtual realm. As ecosystem platform services and apps integrate more DID functions and features, Elastos DID stands as one of the most adoption-ready solutions in the decentralized identity space.
Elastos DID
Development Team: Trinity Tech
Team Lead: Jingyu
Self-hosted KYC Service to be Launched on Elastos via DID 2.0.
DID SDK 2.0 Released
• Customized DID, user selects own DID identifiers.
• New method to declare or revoke credentials to the ID Sidechain.
• New method to transfer Customized DIDs.
• Full internalization support.
• Backward-compatible support.
• New JavaScript SDK, supports both browser and NodeJS.
DID SDK 1.0 Released
• Full W3C standard compatible DID Implementation.
• DID: Globally unique identifier that does not require a centralized registration authority.
• DIDDocument: Concrete serialization of the data model, according to a particular syntax.
• Credential: Set of one or more claims made by the same entity.
• Presentation: A Presentation can be targeted to a specific verifier by using a Linked Data Proof that includes a nonce and realm.
• DIDStore: DIDStore is secure storage for the sensitive DID data.
• Multiple language SDKs(Java, Swift, C/C++)
Elastos Releases a DIF- and W3C-compliant DID Specification
Elastos Joins W3C and DIF
Elastos’ Main Chain-Sidechain Architecture supports a robust, three-tier consensus mechanism, including merge-mining (AuxPoW), Delegated-Proof-of-Stake (DPoS), and Cyber Republic Consensus (CRC). Elastos’ sidechains also enable the development and integration of critical platform services and tools for Web3, including a Decentralized Identity solution (Elastos DID) and a environment for decentralized DeFi and NFT applications via the Elastos Smart Chain (ESC).
Main Chain-Sidechain
Architecture
Development Team: Gelaxy
Team Lead: Shunan
DPoS 2.0 Goes Live
Elastos' DPoS consensus will be fully upgraded to DPoS 2.0, featuring random Candidate Node selection.
Elink Goes Live
Elink is an oracle that provides a decentralized service on the ESC for obtaining ID information on the EID chain.
ELA V0.8.1
Support for fast, low-value cross-chain transactions.
Elastos ID Sidechain Goes Live
Support Enabled for Fallback to PoW
DPoS consensus will be restorable efficiently and securely.
ELA V0.7.0
Refactoring of ELA Tokenomics
ELA V0.6.0
Full CRC Supernode Autonomy.
First CR Council Member Selected
Community autonomy begins.
ELA V0.5.0
CR proposals support
Ethereum Sidechain Launch
ELA V0.3.0
AuxPOW+DPOS Consensus goes live.
ELA V0.2.1
ELA light node support.
ELA V0.2.0
ELA merge-mining with BTC eclipses 50% of total BTC hashpower.
ELA V0.1.1
Elastos Mainchain Sidechain support.
