Roadmap

Roadmap is a public document that outlines a cryptocurrency or blockchain project's planned development milestones, features, and timeline. It communicates the team's vision and helps investors, miners, and users track progress.

What a roadmap typically includes

• Upcoming protocol upgrades and new features
• Target dates or quarters for each milestone
• Long-term strategic goals
• Past milestones (delivered or missed)

Why it matters for miners

For miners, a project's roadmap affects long-term viability. A clear and consistently delivered roadmap signals a functioning team and growing ecosystem, which supports price stability and network hashrate growth. A stagnant or broken roadmap may indicate a dying project.

Red flags

• Vague language — "coming soon," "in development" with no dates
• Missed milestones without public explanation or revised timelines
• Overambitious promises that outpace the team's capacity
• No updates — a roadmap that hasn't changed in months or years
• Retroactive rewriting — silently removing past promises that weren't delivered

Roadmap vs. whitepaper

A whitepaper explains the technical design and economic model of a project. A roadmap focuses on what will be built and when. Both documents together give a complete picture of a project's ambition and execution capacity.

See also

• Whitepaper
• Open source
• Permissionless blockchain