Nxt is an iconic project in the history of blockchain development. Launched as early as November 2013 it represents the first pure proof of stake blockchain ever deployed. Started by an anonymous developer who disappeared shortly thereafter, with a crowdsale that raised only a symbolic amount, the Nxt project formed a wonderful community around it, and gave birth to many successful follow-up projects, including our own Ardor platform.
Years later it is still going strong, blocks being forged, security never breached.
2025 Roadmap
- Maintenance and bug fixes
Research Projects
- Lightweight Contracts
- Optimize peer communication
- Combined installation of Nxt and Ardor
- Automated node provisioning
Project History
2019 - 2020
Asset Increase
Asset Properties
Dividend Payments by Asset and Currency
Java 11 support
Light Client improvements
Load test and benchmark results – support up to 100 transactions per second
2018
Maintenance and Performance Optimizations
2017
Ignis Crowdsale Infrastructure
2016
Funding Monitor
Light/Roaming Client Modes
Mobile App
Ardor Distribution Snapshot
2015
Graphical Installer
Voting System
Phasing
Prunable Messages
Offline Transaction Signing
Account Ledger
Peer Services
Coin Shuffling
Account Control
Data Cloud
2014
Multiple major code improvements
Plain and Encrypted Messages
Balance Leasing
Asset Exchange
Alias Transfer
Digital Goods Store
2013
Initial Release - NXT Token Distribution
Proof-of-Stake algorithm improvements
Alias System
