In progress
API-backed explorer
Wire the public Explorer UI to the new chain read endpoints so users can browse live L1, BitNames, and Thunder blocks and transactions.
Public roadmap
Now, next, and shipped
Sidecoin is building the Drivechains Financial Hub: wallet, explorer, API, and platform workflows for L1, BitNames, Thunder, and the next wave of Bitcoin sidechain applications.
This roadmap is a living document. Priorities may change as the fork, indexing infrastructure, wallet safety requirements, and user feedback evolve.
Guiding principles
✓ Open-source first
✓ BigInt-safe monetary values
✓ Clear separation between live features and preview surfaces
✓ Public API stability over backend churn
✓ No hidden custody assumptions
✓ Safety-first UX for signing, swaps, and on-chain data
Present
What we are building now
Current work is focused on turning the newly deployed API and explorer infrastructure into a live, useful browsing experience for users while keeping wallet launch quality high.
In progress
Wallet polish and launch QA
Stabilize Demo Mode, theme presentation, send/receive review flows, release checklists, and preview-surface documentation.
Live + iterating
Sidecoin PRO and Founding Members
Continue refining the public PRO conversion path, crypto checkout flow, founder leaderboard, and Alpha Circle positioning.
Ongoing
Deployment consistency
Keep master-push and tagged-release deployments aligned across web, wallet, explorer, and API properties.
Future
Where Sidecoin is going
The next phase expands from viewing and holding into using sidechains: swaps, identity, messages, liquidity, analytics, and developer tools.
Next
Asset swapping
Build simple, legible swap flows for moving value between L1 and supported Drivechain platforms, starting with safety-first quoting, review, and execution states.
Next
On-chain messaging with OP_RETURN
Explore lightweight public message posting using OP_RETURN metadata. The UX must make clear that on-chain messages are public, permanent, and should never contain secrets.
Next
BitNames identity workflows
Expand BitNames from explorer visibility into wallet-native identity, name reservation, profile, contact, and message discovery workflows.
Next
Thunder payments and liquidity UX
Turn Thunder preview surfaces into clearer payment, channel, liquidity, and activity workflows as backend support matures.
Near future
Address intelligence
Add richer address pages with transaction history, UTXO views, totals, confirmations, and cross-platform context for L1 and sidechains.
Near future
More sidechain integrations
Extend real API-backed support beyond L1, BitNames, and Thunder as BitAssets, zSide, CoinShift, Photon, and Truthcoin indexing becomes available.
Near future
Hardware signing and advanced safety
Keep improving higher-assurance transaction review, signing, coin selection, and coinbase maturity protections.
Future
Developer and protocol tooling
Publish clearer docs, OpenAPI examples, SDK helpers, and integration guides for builders using Sidecoin infrastructure.
Past
Completed foundations
High-level milestones already shipped or established. Some early history is summarized for clarity rather than shown as a strict date-by-date changelog.
Shipped
Monorepo foundation
Sidecoin now ships as a coordinated workspace across desktop, wallet, mobile, web, explorer, shared packages, API, and API client code.
Shipped
Drivechain registry and launch positioning
The web and wallet surfaces describe the active Sidecoin sidechains, their sparse BIP-300 slots, and the broader Drivechains Financial Hub.
Shipped
Wallet UX foundation
Core wallet flows now cover onboarding, receive, send, platform navigation, demo mode, PRO surfaces, and launch-ready screenshots.
Shipped
Public API adapter
The Sidecoin API normalizes SupaQt read data into a stable, camelCase surface for wallet, explorer, and future app clients.
Shipped
Explorer deployment
The standalone explorer app is deployed at explorer.sidecoin.app with CI, production deployment, and release workflow coverage.
Shipped
L1, BitNames, and Thunder explorer reads
The API now exposes chain explorer read endpoints for blocks, transactions, address overview, and address history across L1, BitNames, and Thunder.
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Follow the roadmap in public
Sidecoin is open-source infrastructure. Watch the repository, test the wallet and explorer, and help shape the next Drivechain apps.