2014
BitShares launches
Daniel Larimer builds the first decentralized exchange. The DeFi prequel.
Pre-Fractal
Lineage
The 12-year arc from Daniel Larimer's BitShares to today's ZAO Fractal. Sortition was ancient Athens. Soulbound peer-ranked reputation is ZAO. Same idea, twelve years apart, on a different chain each time.
Pre-Fractal Fractally EOS / Eden Optimism Fractal ZAO Fractal
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Steem / Hive
Larimer creates the first blockchain-based social media with token rewards.
Pre-Fractal - June 2017 - June 2018
EOS ICO
Block.one raises $4B+, the largest ICO in history. EOS mainnet ships June 2018.
Pre-Fractal - April 2018
EOS peaks at $22.89
High water mark before the long decline (-99.6% to $0.40 by Nov 2024).
Pre-Fractal - February 20, 2021
"More Equal Animals" published
Larimer's book defines fractal democracy. Verified on Amazon, Goodreads, Apple Books.
Pre-Fractal - April 2021
Eden on EOS launches
First practical fractal democracy implementation. Peaks at 400+ members.
EOS / Eden - September 6, 2021
EOS Foundation grant
200K EOS + 200 EOS per member awarded to Eden on EOS. 182 registrants signed up.
EOS / Eden - October 9, 2021
First fractal election
Eden on EOS holds the first on-chain fractal election at 13:00 UTC.
EOS / Eden - January 28, 2022
Fractally protocol announced
Larimer publishes "Introducing Fractally" on Medium. The next generation of DAOs.
Fractally - February 22, 2022
Fractally White Paper 1.0
The protocol specification. Respect token, Fibonacci scoring, weekly cadence.
Fractally - 2022
Genesis Fractal experiment
30 weeks, 130 participants. Dan SingJoy places 3rd. Proves weekly cadence works.
Fractally - May 2022
Eden Fractal Epoch 1 (EOS)
SingJoy founds Eden Fractal as a permanent community. 77 contributors earn EDEN.
EOS / Eden - February 2023
Fractalgram released
Tadas Vaitiekunas (sim31) ships the Telegram Web A client for live sessions.
EOS / Eden - October 2023
Optimism Fractal launches
SingJoy + Optimystics bring fractal governance to OP Mainnet. Tripartite model.
Optimism Fractal - ~August 2024
ZAO Fractal begins
Zaal founds the first music-focused fractal. Weekly Mondays 6pm EST.
ZAO Fractal - July 30, 2024
OG Respect ERC-20 deployed
0x34cE...6957 on Optimism. Tracks contributions outside the weekly game.
ZAO Fractal - November 2024
ORDAO Season 5 approved
Optimism Fractal Council formally adopts ORDAO. First production ORDAO on Ethereum mainnet.
Optimism Fractal - June 5, 2025
Eden Fractal Epoch 2 launches
Event #121, 3-year anniversary. Eden migrates to Base via ORDAO + snapshot-and-claim.
EOS / Eden - September 11, 2025
ZOR Respect ERC-1155 deployed
0x9885...445c. Soulbound multitoken minted via OREC weekly. Fractal 74+.
ZAO Fractal - January 2026
Optimism Fractal pauses
Council votes to consolidate into Eden. ZAO becomes the only active Optimism fractal.
Optimism Fractal - March 28, 2026
Bot v2.1 ships
fractalbotmarch2026: 52 slash commands, auto-submit, Snapshot cog, Farcaster linking.
ZAO Fractal - May 24, 2026
ZAOfractal repo + site launched
github.com/ZAODEVZ/ZAOfractal goes live with reference + research + whitepaper drafts.
ZAO Fractal