🗺️Roadmap

This section is subject to changes as the DeFi landscape evolves.

Our mission at Aries is to facilitate the rapid growth of the Aurora EVM and the broader NEAR ecosystem. We are here to create incentives for liquidity providers and to help them realize maximal capital efficiency. Below is a breakdown of our project milestones with projected timeline.

Stage 0 - Preparation

This stage is finished by the end of January 2022.

In this stage, we aim to deploy public services for Aurora which are essential for Aries to function, namely the Aries Price Oracle.

Website and social media presence will be established with the first iteration of the public documentation.

Stage 1 - Protocol Launch

Stage 1.1 - Contracts

This stage is finished by the end of January 2022.

In this stage, we aim to deploy all core contracts of Aries Protocol on Aurora EVM.

Stage 1.2 - Periphery and dApp

This stage is finished in February 2022.

In this stage, we aim to deploy all peripheral contracts on Aurora EVM as well as completing the development of Aries User Interface.

Stage 1.3 - Beta testing launch

This stage is currently in progress and will be complete in March - April 2022.

In this stage, we aim to enable Aries User Interface on the mainnet with an incentivized public beta testing period to gather feedback from the community.

Stage 1.4 - Official launch

This stage is currently in progress and will be complete in April 2022.

In this stage, we aim to enable Aries User Interface on the mainnet, deploy interfaces with Aries Exchange and 3rd party DEXes like Trisolaris, and establish the first batch of lending pools based on the most popular and trending DEX trading pairs.

Stage 2 - Exchange Launch

Stage 2.1 - Version 0 testing launch

This stage is finished in February 2022.

In this stage, we aim to deploy a proof-of-concept initial version of Aries Exchange on Aurora Testnet, to facilitate beta testing of Aries Protocol, and to help make it easier for Aurora ecosystem to onboard DeFi developers.

Stage 2.2 - Version 1 launch

This stage will be complete in March - April 2022.

In this stage, we aim to develop and deploy Aries Exchange on the mainnet, complete integration with Aries Protocol for frictionless lending and leveraged yield farming.

Stage 3 - Token Distribution

Stage 3.1 - Token contracts development

This stage is finished in February 2022.

In this stage, we aim to complete the development of AIS and veAIS tokens, along with peripheries.

Stage 3.2 - Token launch

This stage will be complete in March - April 2022.

In this stage, we aim to launch the Aries Token, to kick off a 4-year farming and liquidity mining program. Early users of the protocol will receive an airdrop.

ARIES will be listed on various news websites like CoinGecko.

Stage 4 - Lending Pools Addition

This stage will start in March 2022 and be on-going.

In this stage, we aim to create tools to simplify the creation of Aries lending pools in a permissionless manner.

At the same time, more featured lending pools maintained by the core team will be added as we develop partnership with key projects in the Aurora ecosystem to help them integrate with Aries.

Stage 5 - Launchpad

This stage will be complete in April - May 2022.

In this stage, we aim to develop a permissionless launchpad that integrates with Aries to provide up-and-coming projects on Aurora with a one-stop solution to bootstrap liquidity.

Stage 6 - Expansion

This stage will start in May 2022 and be on-going.

In this stage, we aim to expand the reach of Aries Protocol in the following directions:

• CEX listing

• DAO transition and genesis trophy NFT for initial governance voters