I have successfully researched the first 58 pages (February/March 2016) of the original Trumpcoin Bitcointalk thread. Milestones during this period have been recorded:
17th of February - original Trumpcoin Bitcointalk thread created by user "chicken65".
20th of February - initial pre-announced launch date failed (surpassed)
20th of February - first mining pool to publicly support Trumpcoin was
www.suchpool.pw20th of February - first block explorer (light) at
http://173.44.41.235/index.php went live (~2 hours before launch of blockchain)
21st of February - slightly after midnight (GMT) mining of TRUMP began.
22nd of February - user "chicken65" contacted YoBit Exchange in order to get TRUMP trading on there.
25th of February - coin logo design competition began (prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd)
28th of February - VixTrade was the first exchange to add TRUMP.
28th of February - user "logocreator" won the logo competition
28th of February - active trading began on YoBit.
1st of March - TRUMP added to the website
www.coinmarketcap.com.
2nd of March - VixTrade Exchange removed from the OP ANN of Trumpcoin BTCTalk thread.
4th of March - updated Windows and Mac wallets uploaded for download/installation.
5th of March - changes to the coin specification (block reward, block time, coin maturity) proposed.
6th of March - user "indiemax" is handed responsibility of the "Trump Fund" of just below 450k TRUMP.
7th of March - Safecex began to offer active trading of TRUMP.
9th of March - decision was made to keep coin spec as is (reviewed at the end of the month).
12th of March - a working online wallet went live at
https://trumpcoin.rocks/wallet.
15th of March - announcement of fork of the blockchain at block number 16,250.
And so on...
30th of March - PoS promise of implementation in ten days time (~9th of April)
If anyone knows of any events/new/important milestones which have been missed/incorrect/disputed, please tell me.
Please support this project at TRUMP: TL2nsBjpEJZMCN3UwjriStgdwY1sMNgX7D
Preliminary cover design (thanks to C Ellis):
Time for me to get some deserved rest (woke up at 5:20 AM UTC, now it is 10:16 PM UTC)
We really need to hook up via Skype though. Ive sent you my details.
Oh, and if any of you care to donate toward the book/author it would be most appreciated.
