14 - Master Timeline (2014 - 2026)
A single chronology of the fractal-governance movement, from Larimer’s first blockchain to ZAO Fractal in May 2026.
| When | Event |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Daniel Larimer launches BitShares - first decentralized exchange |
| 2016 | Larimer launches Steem/Hive - first blockchain social media with token rewards |
| 2018 | Larimer launches EOS (EOSIO) - $4B+ market cap at launch |
| Feb 20, 2021 | Larimer publishes “More Equal Animals: The Subtle Art of True Democracy” (Amazon, Goodreads, Apple Books, Google Books, Kobo) |
| April 2021 | Eden on EOS launches - first practical fractal democracy implementation. 400+ peak members |
| Sept 6, 2021 | Larimer announces first Eden on EOS blockchain election. EOS Foundation grant (200K EOS + 200 EOS/member), 182 registrants |
| Oct 9, 2021 (13:00 UTC) | First on-chain fractal election held on Eden on EOS |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Fractally protocol announced via Medium post by Larimer |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Fractally White Paper 1.0 published |
| 2022 | Genesis Fractal - 30-week experiment, ~130 participants, Dan SingJoy placed 3rd. Proves weekly Respect Game cadence works |
| May 2022 | Eden Fractal founded (Epoch 1, on EOS). Dan SingJoy founder, ~10 weekly regulars |
| Feb 2023 | Tadas Vaitiekunas (sim31) releases the original Fractalgram (Telegram Web A client for live sessions) |
| ~2023 | Fractally goes dormant. Website stays up, no active development |
| October 2023 | Optimism Fractal launches on OP Mainnet. Dan SingJoy + Optimystics team. ~65 Respect holders, bi-weekly cadence |
| Late 2023 | Eden Fractal restructured around formal mission/vision/strategy |
| ~Aug 2024 | ZAO Fractal begins. Zaal founder. Weekly Mondays 6pm EST cadence |
| Jul 30, 2024 | ZAO OG Respect ERC-20 deployed on Optimism: OG Respect |
| Nov 2024 | Optimism Fractal Council formally approves ORDAO in Season 5. First production deployment of ORDAO on Ethereum mainnet |
| June 5, 2025 | Eden Fractal Epoch 2 launches on Base at Event #121 (3-year anniversary). ORDAO deployed, EOS Respect migrated via snapshot + claim |
| Sept 11, 2025 | ZAO ZOR Respect ERC-1155 deployed on Optimism: ZOR Respect. Fractal 74 becomes the dividing line: 1-73 = OG era (Airtable), 74+ = ZOR era (on-chain via OREC) |
| January 2026 | Optimism Fractal pauses indefinitely. Council votes to consolidate into Eden Fractal. ZAO Fractal becomes the only active Optimism fractal and one of only two on the Superchain |
| Feb-Apr 2026 | orclient v1.4.4 published on npm (Apr 2, 2026). orfrapps repo active. sim31/ordao last push Apr 2, 2026 |
| Mar 6-12, 2026 | ZAO Fractal bot consolidated and rebranded as fractalbotmarch2026 (v1.3 - v1.6). 52 slash commands. Timer overhaul |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Farcaster Foundation opens Discussion #19 - FIP: Proof of Work Tokenization by CassOnMars |
| Mar 27, 2026 | ZAO Fractal bot v2.0: migrates all storage from JSON to Supabase, wired into existing ZAO OS tables |
| Mar 28, 2026 | ZAO Fractal bot v2.1 (current): optional onchain auto-submit via hot wallet, Farcaster identity linking (/link_farcaster), Snapshot cog polling every 5 min |
| Apr 2, 2026 | sim31/ordao last commit. orclient v1.4.4 published on npm |
| Apr 24, 2026 | ZAOstock sprint-fractal adaptation designed (ZAO Doc 498). Three parallel 6-person fractals, bi-weekly cadence tied to festival milestones |
| May 17, 2026 | Async GitHub-native fractal brainstorm (ZAO Doc 664). Decision pending: pursue or stay synchronous |
| May 18, 2026 | Tanja x Zaal call. Documentation gap identified as #1 onboarding blocker. Fractal Circles research committed |
| May 21, 2026 | ZAO Fractal current-state audit (ZAO Doc 703): Week 100+, OREC at 242+ transactions, bot v2.1 live, 2-wallet OREC bottleneck and dashboard rebuild flagged as open issues |
What is not on this timeline
- Roy Fractal, Fractal Hispano, Alien Worlds Fractal, Aquadac, EOS Respect, ZEOS Fractal - all founded around 2022 in the wave following Fractally’s launch. They run on their own schedules and have not been milestone-dated here. See 10-fractal-communities-directory.md.
- Internal Optimystics repo commits, ZAO research docs, individual session-by-session ZAO Fractal events. The timeline focuses on public, external-facing milestones.
Validation note
The pre-2024 entries (Larimer’s books, Fractally announcement, Eden on EOS election dates, Genesis Fractal stats) were independently verified May 21, 2026 against primary sources (Amazon, Medium, edenfractal.com, hive.blog). The 2024+ entries are sourced from ZAO’s internal research library and on-chain data. See 15-sources.md.