Roadmap and team

Roadmap

Cross.social has made significant progress, but there is still a long way to go. Here are some of the goals set out for Cross.social:

2016: Suppression of information - Facebook, Twitter, and other social platforms decided what information users could and could not see.

2017: Privacy violations - Reports about tech giants and social platforms repeatedly violating users' right to privacy appeared.

2018: Emergence of fact-checkers - A further attack on freedom of speech. Platforms control who would be silenced by "fact-checkers."

2019 Q1: Idea of a decentralized social platform - The idea arose for a platform that respects freedom of speech and is not influenced by the current narrative.

2019 Q2: Rise of decentralization - Realizing that blockchain is essential for the next-gen social platform.

2020 Q4: Developers team assemble - Initial architects started gathering a team of specialists united by the cause.

2021 Q1: Donald Trump banned from Twitter - President of the United States is banned from Twitter for so-called "incorrect political views and actions."

2021 Q1: "Parler" social platform is banned from Amazon - Amazon removes "free speech" social network "Parler" from its web hosting services.

2021 Q1: Start of coding - The team begins to create the architecture of the next-gen social platform. The first line of code is written.

2021 Q2: "Cross social" brand name is confirmed - Cross.social symbolizes a union between different local communities.

2021 Q3: Team of content creators is assembled - A first version of the platform is created, and the need for a team emerges to create the pilot project.

2021 Q4: Sale of "pre-seed" round - "Pre-seed" is launched to secure funding for further development, raising $1.2M.

2022 Q1: Increasing scope of the project - New features added, including Native browser, bulletproof hosting, calendar, crowdfunding functionalities, etc.

2022 Q2: Decentralized marketplace - A decentralized marketplace with crypto support added to the platform's functionality.

2022 Q4: The first project released - Decentralized local media and news project, which uses the Cross.social platform, is deployed.

2022 Q4: Platform for gaming communities - Gaming studios integrate Cross.social platform into their games.

2023 Q3: Seed and private phase to acquire token - Possibility to acquire DAO token for the governance of the social platform begins for seed and private investors. Token owners will be in charge of development.

2023 Q3: Token listing on centralized exchanges - DAO token will be listed on an exchange for the community to acquire and begin their journey with Cross.social.

2023 Q4: Onboarding system - Users can perform various tasks to get DAO tokens for free and become co-owners of the project.

2024 Q1: Video and streaming services - A safe way to stream and host your videos without fear of being politically incorrect.

Team

Cross.social has put together expert companies in their field, with years of experience in their field.

Team consist of 4 architects:

THREE TOWERS, LLC - Lead by Ernests Cimanskis. A Blockchain gaming studio, with 8 published games. Uniting 100+ blockchain and NFT developers.

OUTFUSION, LLC - Lead by Gediminas (John) Januševičius. App and games development company with 15+ years of experience, uniting a team of 45+ games and app developers.

ESOLUTIONS, LLC - Lead by Jurgita Kiguolė. Marketing and web development company with 25+ years of experience and 20+ employees.

ITMA LT, LLC - Lead by Ernestas Jankauskas. Web system development company with 10+ years of experience, uniting 15+ experts.

The team's expertise includes:

• Web and App development

• Blockchain development

• Digital Asset Development

• UX/UI design

• Business/Marketing Strategy

• Social Media Strategy

• Content Creation.