# 2021 Overview

## **2021 Milestones**

The ZilBridge mainnet launch was rolled out over the span of a few weeks in 2021. Here is a summary of our milestones:

| Milestone                                                        | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p>29 Sep<br><strong>ZilBridge Mainnet Launch</strong></p>       | <p><strong>Users can begin</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>Bridging WBTC,</strong> <strong>ETH</strong>, and <strong>USDT</strong> assets between Zilliqa and Ethereum networks;</li><li><strong>Providing liquidity</strong> in <strong>zWBTC-ZIL</strong>, <strong>zETH-ZIL</strong>, and <strong>zUSDT-ZIL</strong> pools on ZilSwap; and</li><li><strong>Trading zWBTC</strong>, <strong>zETH</strong>, and <strong>zUSDT</strong> on ZilSwap.</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| <p>6 Oct</p><p><strong>ZilBridge Incentives go LIVE</strong></p> | **Bridging incentives and Lightning Liquidity Mining Rewards** **will kick in on Wednesday, 6 Oct** — meaning liquidity providers will start to earn $ZIL and $ZWAP rewards on zWBTC-ZIL, zETH-ZIL, and zUSDT-ZIL pools, and be able to claim these rewards the following week.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| <p>13 Oct</p><p><strong>Incentive Distribution</strong></p>      | <p><strong>Starting 13 Oct,</strong> <strong>eligible liquidity providers will receive the following liquidity pool incentives</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>$ZWAP</strong>: The three new pools will be eligible to receive ZWAP rewards as long as they meet the criteria outlined in <a href="https://zilstream.com/vote/zwap/QmZJpNuTxdfVoBsHgpf9UZ4MHvwf4PHGDFWTzdkT64gh3b"><strong>LIP-9 of ZilSwap’s Lightning Liquidity Programme</strong></a><strong>.</strong> Reward amounts will be automatically determined before the start of the epoch (every Wednesday) based on the LIP-9 proposal.</li><li><strong>$ZIL</strong>: <strong>A bonus of 45.3m $ZIL (US $3.75m) (target APR of 50%) has been set aside to reward liquidity providers on the three pools. These rewards will be distributed over a span of 6 weeks</strong> so users are strongly encouraged to get into the pools early to maximise their yields</li></ul> |


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