Jackdaw in 2026: Through the storm
Greetings travelers.
We hope this entry finds you well.
We've come a long way from our birth on the Ravencoin blockchain, and even further from the project genesis on Evrmore. Regardless of the events of this summer, Jackdaw remains. The token is not tied to any person, group, or service and as long as Ravencoin is running securely, so is Jackdaw.
We posted our first update to X in roughly six months yesterday. You may have noticed the Jackdaw website was offline this summer. This was due to the vulnerabilities discovered with Ravencoin (our parent chain) and Ravencoin Assets. We wanted to mitigate any potential impact on Jackdaw and being silent about the project while the overall damage was unknown seemed the best route for a small project like ours. After careful consideration we feel we are "through the storm" with Jackdaw unaffected, and will resume monitoring rhe community and updating the website as outlined in our Phase Zero blog entry.
After monitoring the situation closely over the summer and allowing some time to pass to ensure our parent chain was healthy, we have elected to re-launch the website and proceed monitoring the Jackdaw community.
We'd like to recognize Hans_Schmidt for writing the code to patch Ravencoin Core's issues, Jeroz for coordinating efforts, and Tron Black for using his medium to provide information to the community.
●What does this mean?
Jackdaw is still firmly planted in Phase Zero as stated in our blog article last year. You control Jackdaw's messaging and are the leaders of the project.
That said, we will resume limited custodial responsibilities for the project. We are happy with this being a niche project in the crypto space, but don't want users who manage to find our little token to land on channels filled with spam upon discovering the project. We have always intended to give Jackdaw its best chance at success and the state of the community channels over the summer was not serving the project. We've stepped back in and assumed control of the Telegram & Discord and will maintain it as needed in a custodial capacity only.
We're here, the site is restored with updates, but this doesn't belong to us. Expect updates from our website and our social media accounts to be slow. We will choose to engage with the community only when absolutely necessary to keep the ecosystem going, otherwise the floor is yours.
●What you can expect
We plan to update the Jackblog as needed and will post new entries to our social. As new tools are created that Jackdaw can take advantage of we will provide updates and video tutorials as we have done in the past. We are currently testing RavenVault with this in mind.
We've implemented stricter community channels. We have taken measures to protect the Jackdaw Discord/Telegram from spam, going forward we have set up measures to ensure these channels are protected as in our absence spam moderation became an issue. Bare with us as we fine tune our security in these channels to meet the needs of our community. Please report any issue you experience in our community channels to the groups administrator. If you feel you are being unfairly or mistakenly censored, reach out to the JackdawToken.com X account for review.
Market expansion resumes. We had been in talks with exchanges, both current in future, about additional Jackdaw markets. We will follow up on those conversations.
●Jackdaw 2026
Website is live https://jackdawtoken.com/
Market is live https://neoxa.exchange/trade/JACKDAW_USDC
Birdhouse YouTube channel to occasionally resume Jackdaw software demos as need arises, subscribe so you don't miss them: https://youtube.com/@thebirdhousecrypto?si=9dECzCwfJI0A48UM
Telegram and Discord now have added security to prevent spam and will receive updates as required:
- Telegram: https://t.me/+nkh3L2FvyehlMTQx
- Discord: https://discord.gg/4JsTStZSak
Announced plans to move all project messaging on-chain in the distant future. For now we will maintain the website, but one day we will make tokens to store the information contained on the website just like we did with the Whitepaper. We will give plenty of notice prior to this migration.
JackBlog posts will resume as needed, catch up if you havent already: https://jackdawtoken.com/blog
☆RVN 2026
Tron Black on the Ravencoin consensus/asset issues: https://tronblack.medium.com/ravencoin-the-kawpow-consensus-bug-what-happened-and-the-path-forward-83e9d789de7a
》Ravencoin Core v4.8.0 (consensus and asset-transfer bug fix) https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/releases
》Source code for asset transfer bug fix: https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/pull/1287
Electrum-RVN PSA |
Electrum's fate: We are aware that Electrum does not appear to be maintained by kralverde anymore. It appears new groups have taken up maintenance and development but we are still researching and testing their software for malicious intent/malware. As of this writing there does appear to be an open-source community release version of Electrum by known community member (see RavenTag below), but we always recommend doing your own research prior to installing a new or untested wallet. So far this release appears safe in our testing. You can find the release here.
We have *NOT* updated the links for Electrum-RVN on our website at this time as we proceed with further testing and comparison. We are investigating and watching what types of actors are filling the void left by kralverde's release. For now, we advise avoiding https://electrum-rvn.org/ as their GitHub is empty: https://github.com/electrum-rvn. We have yet to verify the authenticity of the "group" responsible for the website and github above. We have also identified this github as potentially active but again, have yet to test their release: https://github.com/electrum-source/Electrum-RVN. We advise avoiding these releases until more info is known. We will do our best to determine the best path forward for Electrum users. |
☆New & updated tools
The Ravencoin Asset Explorer has had an overhaul, you can check out Jackdaw's page with this direct link: https://ravencoinexplorer.com/assets/JACKDAW
RavenVault: We are testing this app and its Asset functionality. If we find the app to be useful for Jackdaw holders expect a JackBlog post/Birdhouse video demonstrating the app.
RavenTag: A very promising looking platform. The developer of RavenTag also appears to have submitted a quantum resistant RIP which has been at least partially reviewed, a great signal that the Ravencoin RIP system is still in place and improvements can be proposed, reviewed, and merged.
Post-fix wallet testing: As of this writing we have tested the wallets on our website to ensure they still work after the events this summer. With the exception of electrum for now, we have verified the tools on our Wallets & Tools page will still work for Jackdaw holders. This includes web wallets from Mango Farm and RavenRebels, although we highly recommend backing up your keys as at least one of these developers have indicated the chain split may result in their service shutting down, as of this writing we have sent successful Asset transactions from both wallets.
●In memorium
We thought it might be good to take a moment to mention the Ravencoin Assets platforms/communities who have influenced the Jackdaw ecosystem and are no longer with us, Jackdaw carries on your legacy and The Birdhouse YouTube contains record of how some of these tools operated should you ever be curious:
UpBit: This exchange once held a large majority of the Ravencoin supply and kept it stored in a single wallet address. UpBit delisted Ravencoin at the end of the summer and we hope this is a step in the direction of further decentralization. While the Korean participation in Ravencoin has been great to see, the lack of fundamental understanding of the effect centralizing Ravencoins supply in a single wallet was, at best, a dissapointment. We've been actively monitoring the Ravencoin project since it publically launched and UpBit has always represented a single point of failure, whether through government seizure, potential hacks, or bad exchange practices. While some may look at the price action and be dissapointed, we couldn't be more elated to see UpBit depart from the Ravencoin ecosystem.
NFTRVN: A gaming centric Ravencoin Assets community, now defunct. Jackdaw was distributed using a distribution tool created for a different Ravencoin project: https://youtu.be/t08FPVOn2gk?is=Yyap-dxU0wSwSlp3
- Jackdaw Exchange Channel: A channel in the Jackdaw Discord that utilized NFTRVN's NiftyMinter Discord bot. The bot and channel are now defunct: https://youtu.be/g3DxO4fP6fI?is=EYvgwN29pFeDZNe9
RocketRaven: an NFT platform that made custom alterations to accomidate Jackdaw trading. The first Jackdaw to ever be sold were sold on RocketRaven: https://youtu.be/UVSh-AgbH-Y?is=qOoCIMf0Bm5SGEwD
Magic Wallet: An app that had such great potential but sadly is no longer active. We were some of the earliest supporters of Magic and its predecessor MoonTree: https://youtu.be/3KIcUgYLVDw?is=SE5uwJkKZp5wI47M
Neoxa Asset Portal: This platform lives on as neoxa.exchange but we were early adopters of its previous form, NAP: https://youtu.be/2mNlaUgJNuY?is=cvTWo1HaKgw_GPjP
rvn-stats: Once an awesome tool for chain analytics that implemented a Jackdaw widget with great detail. The service is missed.
♡A message
We're here if you need us. If you notice the website is down in the future keep in mind everything anyone needs to know about Jackdaw is in the whitepaper, and the whitepaper can always be found right on the Ravencoin blockchain in the "JACKDAWTOKEN.COM/WHITEPAPER" Asset. The information contained on the website will eventually migrate to tokens on the Ravencoin chain. We will host documents on IPFS and issue Ravencoin tokens holding the IPFS data. We will give plenty notice when this change occurs, and it will be our final act for the project, ideally ensuring both Jackdaw and the information about the token are immutably stored indefinitley.
●You made it this far?
...well then
Last but not least, we wanted to leave some easter eggs, so to speak, at the end of this entry - as we never know which JackBlog post will be our last. Until we meet again, take some time to understand that the Jackdaw project roots extend all the way back to the birth of Ravencoin. When the Jackdaw Whitepaper mentioned that the Jackdaw ($JDAW) token was created after years of observation and testing with Ravencoin, it was no joke, no exaggeration.
Omitted until now, we felt it important to share the inspiration for the Jackdaw project and address why Jackdaw forgoes many of the features available to Ravencoin Asset issuers (address tagging, token freezing, messaging, etc.). We feel it's important to be transparent about what lead to the creation of Jackdaw and the message Jackdaw sends simply by existing on the Ravencoin blockchain. The fact that Jackdaw is the only Ravencoin Asset currently traded on an exchange, or that it may be the highest priced Ravencoin Asset to ever exist to date, are second to the Jackdaw projects most shining accomplishment - the fact that it exists in the Ravencoin ecosystem with any measure of success, at all.
Our case in point:
Jackdaw has laid the focus on presenting a truly decentralized, anti-corporate, pro-cypherpunk token for all to use. Jackdaw represents a project that is community-driven and designed to be uncontrollable by any one entity or person. Early Ravencoin adopted a similar ethos, but eventually took a different form. Control of project messaging was relinquished in hopes the Ravencoin project would find many actors to fill a void left by One. While this did not come to pass, the effort was made - If you know, you know.
Thank you for being the best part of the Jackdaw project.
-Noblesse oblige.