Uniswap protocol evolution v1–v3 (2018–2021)

1. Uniswap publicly announced and deployed

   Nov 2, 2018Labels: Uniswap, Ethereum

   • Uniswap Blog
   • Wikipedia

2. Early protocol model established around ETH pairs

   Nov 2, 2018Labels: ETH pairs, ERC-20

   • Uniswap Blog
   • arXiv

3. Uniswap v2 deployed to Ethereum mainnet

   May 18, 2020Labels: Uniswap v2, Ethereum

   • Uniswap Blog
   • arXiv

4. Uniswap v2 adds ERC20/ERC20 trading pairs

   May 18, 2020Labels: ERC20 ERC20, Stablecoins

   • Uniswap Blog

5. Uniswap v2 introduces flash swaps and oracles

   May 18, 2020Labels: Flash swaps, Onchain oracles

   • Uniswap Blog

6. UNI governance token launched for protocol governance

   Sep 16, 2020Labels: UNI token, Governance

   • Wikipedia

7. Uniswap v3 announced with major design changes

   Mar 23, 2021Labels: Uniswap v3, Uniswap Labs

   • CoinDesk
   • CoinDesk

8. Uniswap v3 introduces concentrated liquidity concept

   Mar 23, 2021Labels: Concentrated liquidity, Liquidity providers

   • CoinDesk
   • Springer

9. Uniswap v3 adds multiple fee tiers

   May 5, 2021Labels: Fee tiers, Uniswap v3

   • Springer

10. Uniswap v3 launched on Ethereum mainnet

    May 5, 2021Labels: Uniswap v3, Ethereum mainnet

    • ForkLog
    • CoinDesk

11. Uniswap v3 launches under Business Source License

    May 5, 2021Labels: Business Source, Uniswap v3

    • CoinDesk
    • Uniswap Support

12. v3 license later converts to GPL open-source terms

    Apr 1, 2023Labels: GPL license, Uniswap v3

    • Uniswap Support
    • Unchained