BitShares Blockchain implements an industrial-grade technology focused on businesses, organizations or individuals, with an amazing eco-system and free-market economy. Based on open-source MIT-licensed Graphene technology, BitShares was launched in its existing form on 13th October 2015, known prior to that as a community project: 'ProtoShares'. Ever since then, the BitShares blockchain and its dApps have been maintained and developed by workers elected via stakeholder consensus, consisting of more than 30 highly skilled professionals.