@ChrissCrypto 9 January 2021 edited more from that month

Rapids Network - 2020 Yearly Review

Hello everyone! **Welcome in this New Year**, so many new things will be proposed by **Rapids Network** but also **Rapture_TV** (***Streaming & Gaming Platform***), and **NFT** to come ! (More information on the **Rapids Roadmap for 2021**) - Discover also our **Presentation Deck** https://rapidsnetwork.io/ https://rapture.tv/ https://rapidsnetwork.io/roadmap/ https://rapidsnetwork.io/wp-content/uploads/Rapids-Network-Presentation.pdf But before we delve into 2021, here is a small, non-exhaustive reminder of what **Rapids** has achieved and what the **community** has discovered. - But especially the **second anniversary** of **Rapids Network**, founded by **Corey Strong**. All of this in a joyful and good mood, despite relatively special global conditions. https://rapidsnetwork.io/ https://t.me/RapidsOfficial https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1297499137651417089 https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-strong-71a4b4171/

All the world **communities** (of Rapids) have found a refuge in Rapids, and made these places (**Discord**, **Telegram**, **Social Networks**, **Rapids.World** ...), friendly places to share beautiful stories and experiences. https://t.me/RapidsOfficial https://discord.com/invite/tMV2hSATqK https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1323336983247278080 https://rapids.world/ Between the AMAs all year long, the **New Members** who joined the **Rapids Network Core Team**, but also the **Updates**, **Consensus Update**, the launch of the **Rapids Mobile Wallet** its updates and the addition of new features, **the update Chain**, the **Listings**, the **Contests**, and the **Nice Surprise** from their **partner BOA - Burnley FC** (*UK Premier League soccer club*).  https://rapidsnetwork.io/team/ https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1240601373441437696 https://twitter.com/rapidsrpd/status/1264354554470109188 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1288234884008468482 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1295375498281914372 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1306595808175824896   As said before, in 2020 we were able to witness a **flurry of AMA**. So, as the guest, but also the host of some of the AMA, here are some of the names of the AMA organized in 2020: ***Masternode Live*** https://t.me/RapidsNews/767 ***CryptoTube*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1261277652238979072 ***SatoshiClub*** (*Recap*) https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1261339750729834497 https://medium.com/realsatoshiclub/rapids-network-x-satoshiclub-ama-from-may-17-8e43dfa3ca5d ***4 Stake*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1262675057744252928 ***Blockchain Infinity*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1281922742305132544 ***AMA Community*** https://twitter.com/rapidsrpd/status/1283328908725805056 ***Crypto Revolution*** https://t.me/RapidsNews/995 ***Vietnam Coin Market*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1286768103897079816 ***Barter Trade*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1291033229097611266 ***The Generals*** https://t.me/RapidsNews/1129 ***Crypto Mantra*** https://t.me/RapidsNews/1130 ***Crypto Nation*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1262434299682357249 ***But also some*** ***AMA*** ***where you could post all your questions directly to the*** ***Rapids Team*** https://twitter.com/rapidsrpd/status/1267116527729467393?s=21 https://rapidsnetwork.io/team/

2020 was also the year of the **new Members** within the **Rapids Core Team**, this year we were able to count on **6 new heads**  https://rapidsnetwork.io/team/ ***Christophe*** ***- In charge of writing articles***  https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1213894038128091137 ***Smart*** ***- In charge of the production of thematic videos*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1268158330721177601 ***Maik*** ***- In charge of the Masternode Community.*** https://twitter.com/rapidsrpd/status/1271172068453879810?s=21 ***Dejan*** ***- In charge of the visual image of Rapids*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1278993637280448514 ***Milly*** ***- The famous Rapids Community Manager, very active on Social Media*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1330100223927083010 ***Gilberto*** ***- In charge of Technical Support for Rapids, and*** ***Rapids.Host*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1330584912144068610 https://rapids.host/ ***Volbil*** ***- In charge of the Blockchain development*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1339266621442056192   And here is a selection of events that have ***anchored Rapids' history a little more in the Crypto Universe***  ***The Launch of the*** ***Rapids Mobile Wallet*** ***- Available on*** ***Android*** ***&*** ***iOS*** ***Stores***  https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1285307032078344192?s=19 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.rapids.network.wallet https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rapids-wallet/id1485755628 ***With the*** ***Rapids Mobile Wallet******, you can prove Rapids (RPD), but also*** ***DAPS coins (DAPS)*** ***to anything, on any messaging or Social Media, as simply as sharing a link, with the addition of the LinkShare Function of the Mobile Wallet.*** https://rapidsnetwork.io/wallets/ https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1338765796999393282 ***Launch*** ***of the*** ***Rapids.Host*** ***Masternodes Hosting and Staking Platform - Accompanied by some Airdrop (******Ghostcoin (GHOST)******,*** ***UltraGate (ULG)*** ***&*** ***BigDataCash (BDcash)******) and the announcement of***  ***400+ Masternodes hosted*** ***on this platform.*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1267244823800688641 https://rapidsnetwork.io/host-platform/ https://twitter.com/RapidsHost/status/1280204726680854528 https://twitter.com/RapidsHost/status/1299087713426116608 https://twitter.com/RapidsHost/status/1305074468537151488 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1322491043556823046 ***The*** ***implementation of Rapids.World******, the Social Network dedicated to the*** ***Community*** ***and Rapids News.*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1279898673061801984 https://t.me/RapidsOfficial

**Rapids Network** has been updated to **version 2.0** and the **V 3.1** in August, followed by the implementation of the **brand new TipBot**, and the brand new **Rapids Logo**. Closely followed by the update of the **Rapids Core Wallet to version 2.0**.  https://rapidsnetwork.io/ https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1219290834744631298 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1295375498281914372 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1219429894716821504 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1240601373441437696 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1287725827719913472   You can also follow Rapids on the **MeWe Social Network** as well as its new account on **Medium** https://mewe.com/p/rapidsnetwork https://rapidsnetwork.medium.com/ We had the pleasure to discover the **new listings of Rapids (RPD) & Rapids Network** ***StakeCube Exchange*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1220465106443784193 ***Staking Rewards*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1248553644485738496 ***PolisPay*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1253715826437480451 ***CoinMarketCal*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1273567501830496257 ***LunarCRUSH*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1297488534077673474 As well as new partnerships  ***Barter Trade*** ***(Which we had the pleasure of sharing an*** ***AMA with the Barter Team******)*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1278000941992730631 https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1291033229097611266 ***InstaSwap*** ***(For the Swap between Cryptos and Fiat)*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1293548848212844544 ***Ultragate*** ***- Follow up on an Airdrop for ULG Masternode holders on*** ***Rapids.Host*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1296749036049924096 https://rapids.host/ **Rapids Network** has also brought you some new videos, through **Rapids Academy**  https://rapidsnetwork.io/ https://rapidsnetwork.io/academy/ ***InstaSwap Get RPD with Fiat*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT54mED32JA ***PolisPay RPD Steam Gift Card Purchase*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ09Nk9YO7Q ***Cold Staking Tutorial*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm1pYqRiRPw&t=79s   Since July 23rd, 2020, you have the pleasure to download the **Rapids Mobile Wallet** on your **Android** & **iOS** Store, and on August 17th (less than 2 months after its release) **Rapids** had the pleasure to announce that the **Rapids Mobile Wallet App** had just passed the **1000 downloads Milestone**. https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1294269498380496896 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.rapids.network.wallet https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rapids-wallet/id1485755628 https://rapidsnetwork.io/ https://rapidsnetwork.io/wallets/ https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1295467537208094722

Following the availability of the Rapids Mobile Wallet, **Rapids** worked on the integration of various Cryptos : https://rapidsnetwork.io/ ***Bitcoin (BTC)*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1293896769772888066 ***Ethereum (ETH)*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1293896769772888066 ***DAPS coin (DAPS)*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1299704325846052864 In November the **Rapids (RPD) Blockchain** (which changed its domain name from *rapidsexplorer.com* to **rapidsexplorer.io**) passed the symbolic mark of **1,000,000 successfully completed blocks**.  https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1331657894807429122 https://rapidsexplorer.io/ https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1317057593160966144   Here are some other relevant information and events for 2020: ***Launch of*** ***Rapids Outreach's Twitter*** ***account***  https://twitter.com/RapidsOutreach ***Publication of the*** ***Ultimate guide of Staking*** https://www.uptrennd.com/post-detail/ultimate-guide-for-staking-rapids-rpd~MjQwNDc2 ***Stake & Hold Rapids (RPD) on Raspberry Pi*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1263188480454062080 ***Burn of 5 Billion Rapids (RPD) on September 30 -*** ***Video that you can find here*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2gsvDYXOb8&t=2004s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2gsvDYXOb8&t=2008s ***The instauration of the "******Blockchain Lottery******" every Wednesday (with a reward of 250 000 RPD) since October 21, 2020.*** https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1318964573286862849?s=19 ***Various announcements of the launch of the Streaming & Gaming platform*** ***Rapture_TV******, founded by*** ***Corey Strong*** ***(who is also the founder of*** ***Rapids Network******) - You can find the first 2 articles published by*** ***Tech Gaming Studio*** ***& 60FPS, to know a little more about it***  https://rapture.tv/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-strong-71a4b4171/ https://rapidsnetwork.io/ https://twitter.com/RaptureTV_/status/1340023070514405378 For all soccer fans, but also for everyone else, **Rapids Network**'s BOA partner **Burnley FC**, the UK Premier League soccer club, has deployed a huge **Banner in the Rapids colors in their Turf Moor Stadium**. The banner can be seen in all the home games of this prestigious soccer club. https://rapidsnetwork.io/ https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/ https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD/status/1306595808175824896

And now 2020 is coming to an end, just as well as it began.  Welcome to 2021, with even more that **Rapids Network** has in store for you.  https://rapidsnetwork.io/ ***Rapture_TV*** https://rapture.tv/ ***NFT*** ***RPDX Token*** ***New RPD Burn (Q4 2021)***

More information on the **Roadmap 2021 of Rapids** https://rapidsnetwork.io/roadmap/   See you soon **Rapids Network** https://rapidsnetwork.io/

Join us on: **Rapids.World**- **Telegram**- **Twitter**- **Medium**- **Facebook**- **MeWe**- **Instagram**- **Youtube**- **Discord**  https://rapids.world/ https://t.me/RapidsOfficial https://twitter.com/RapidsRPD https://medium.com/@RapidsNetwork https://www.facebook.com/RapidsNetwork https://mewe.com/p/rapidsnetwork https://www.instagram.com/rapidsrpd/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbvli8Hg2GqT9APoy1KlJew https://discord.com/invite/tMV2hSATqK   https://www.rapidsnetwork.io/ https://t.me/TeamRPD https://www.rapidsexplorer.io/ https://t.me/RapidsOfficial https://rapids.host/ https://rapids.world/ https://rapture.tv/