Launch Roadmap

Launch milestones and the roadmap ahead.

Testnet Launch Highlights

• Structured in phases with focus on testing, iteration, and community involvement.

• Priorities: Permissionless demand scalability, governance parameter support, visibility tooling, and operator onboarding.

• March 28, 2025: Shannon entered soft launch ('shadow genesis'), producing its first blocks.

• Early April 2025: Ecosystem onboarding began with explorers, validators, exchange support, IBC integration, and gateway SDK launches.

Mainnet Launch

We call the event of the Hard Fork: “State Shift Day”

• June 3, 2025: Pocket Network hard-forked from Morse to Shannon, officially launching Shannon Mainnet.

• Transition included snapshotting Morse state, transforming into Shannon’s genesis, enabling token claims, disabling Morse incentives, and shifting traffic to Shannon.

Post-Upgrade Confirmation

• Shannon Mainnet launch transformed Pocket into the first permissionless Open API network, extending beyond RPC to decentralized access for AI, cross-chain apps, and public data.

Post-Shannon Development (Next 12 Months)

Engineering roadmap priorities include: 1. Enterprise-ready infrastructure (light clients, optional on-chain TEE/KYC metadata). 2. Universal Web3 API infra (on-chain service discovery, relay tracking, surge pricing, fallback suppliers). 3. Tooling & distribution (default supplier/gateway setup, SDKs, templates).

Summary Table

Phase	Status & Highlights
Testnet	Soft-launched on March 28, 2025; ecosystem tools and integrations onboarded in April.
Mainnet Launch	Live since June 3, 2025 – fully migrated to Shannon, achieving permissionless API status.
Governance Docs	DAO-approved tokenomics and migration plans are documented; links available below.
Visual Assets	Roadmap, migration chart, and actor diagram are available (links below).

References & DAO-Approved Documentation

Technical Docs & Roadmap: https://docs.pokt.network/pokt-protocol/the-shannon-upgrade/technical-overview/launch-roadmap Soft Launch Announcement (March 28, 2025): https://medium.com/decentralized-infrastructure/pocket-networks-shannon-upgrade-has-been-successfully-soft-launched-f91f1af8039c State Shift Day (Mainnet Hard Fork, June 3, 2025): https://medium.com/decentralized-infrastructure/pocket-network-shannon-state-shift-day-b8c06122cb76 Press Release (Permissionless API launch): https://thedefiant.io/news/press-releases/pocket-network-now-worlds-first-permissionless-api-network-with-launch-of-shannon-protocol-upgrade Governance Tokenomics Parameters: https://forum.pokt.network/t/protocol-economics-parameters-for-the-shannon-upgrade/5490 Post-Launch Development Roadmap: https://forum.pokt.network/t/shannon-post-launch-development-roadmap/5497 Migration Announcement & Flow: https://medium.com/decentralized-infrastructure/pocket-networks-shannon-migration-announcement-139c25e4166c Actor Model & Gateways Overview: https://medium.com/decentralized-infrastructure/exploring-paths-capabilities-with-pocket-network-s-shannon-upgrade-and-deepseek-part-two-a5e38766fd71

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Next we will look at the different roles inside Pocket. With Shannon live and the roadmap for the next year laid out, we've aligned incentives across applications, gateways, suppliers, and data sources. In the next section, we’ll take a closer look at these key actors — how they participate, what value they create...