Orchard

February brought something we’ve been eyeing for a long time: the Orchard public testnet is now live. Alongside that, we’re heading into a busy stretch of events in Mexico, crowdfunding on real-world utility, and the unified wallet continues to level up with serious privacy-by-default features. Monthly update meeting Orchard Public Testnet Is Live Available via […]

Pirate Chain Orchard Public Testnet is LIVE! Come take part in testing the future of private digital money. Powered by zero-knowledge proofs, Orchard marks a major milestone for Pirate Chain. Get Involved Now Join the #orchard-public-testnet channel in the Pirate Chain Discord to help participate in the testing. Get testnet coins via developers Forge or […]

Privacy is firmly back in the public conversation and zero-knowledge technology is gaining mainstream attention. This month’s update covers major progress on the unified wallet, Orchard development, network security updates, community-led funding initiatives, and a busy events calendar ahead. Monthly update meeting Unified Light Wallet: Major milestone reached We’re building a single, flagship lite wallet […]

Happy New Year! We’re prioritizing two game-changers for 2026: a unified light wallet and the Orchard upgrade, while the community keeps building on hardware, events, and merchant tools. Here’s what’s new and what you can do next. Monthly update meeting One unified wallet across all platforms We’re building a single, flagship lite wallet for Android, […]

A recent announcement was made by the Komodo Platform (KMD) that Gleec has acquired the Komodo technology stack, including its cross-chain framework and AtomicDEX infrastructure. We want to clarify what this means for Pirate Chain. Pirate Chain is fully independent Pirate Chain remains fully independent and unaffected by any organizational changes at Komodo.Pirate Chain (ARRR) […]

Interest in ARRR has been climbing: more wallet installs, more merchant inquiries, and more everyday transactions. Our BTCPay Server integration for ARRR is complete. Other updates include information about Meile dVPN and the community hardware wallet beta. Events are happening for Black Friday season (#ShopARRR) and Anarchapulco 2026 plans. And a big announcement - our […]

Pirate Chain has been busy on media, events, and technology, from meme contests and conferences to mining, full nodes, and new hardware. Read, share, and take part. Here’s what happened in October. Monthly update meeting Note that due to technical issues with the music, the intro is skipped and starts around 2:00 in. Media appearances […]

It's autumn, the leaves are changing and Halloween is not too far. In celebration of this and Pirate Chain turning 7 years old, we're hosting a Pirate Chain meme and infographic contest for the month of October. Continue reading for details, including some updates on exchanges and other events this past month. Monthly update meeting […]

Happy 7th birthday, Pirate Chain! ARRR!!! Pirate Chain was born on 29 August, 2018 in a Discord conversation as a chain concept with required encrypted, shielded transactions using zk-SNARK proofs with no optional transparent end points. We have come a long way in the past seven years. From Sprout to Sapling and now onwards to […]

July has been a busy month - the community crowdfunding page is live, PorcFest put ARRR to work in real-world trades, we’re gearing up for the Null:404 party at DEFCON, and Orchard is currently being tested in private testnet. Monthly update meeting We held the monthly update meeting on the Pirate Chain Discord on 14 […]