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I.5 The Root Network ​
At a glance
What it isThe Story book — the history and background of The Root Network, 2016 to 2026, drawn from news, company filings, on-chain records and video.
Where it sitsFront matter · Chapter I.5
CoversThe Story book

I.5.1 The Story book ​

2016 — 2026

How it came to be, how it was left behind, and what people are doing about it now.


Researched from news reports, the NZ Companies Office and Gazette, archived company blogs, the node's own code history, posts on X, and the transcripts of more than 70 YouTube videos. Every claim is sourced at the foot of the chapter it appears in.

Published as part of the trn suite at root.trn.codeology.co.nz.

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Where else you might go from here. Following one is optional — this chapter stands without them.

Front matter
Part of — What this book is, and how to read a history whose ending is still open.
Contents
See also — Every chapter in this book, each with the one line that tells you what you get by reading it.
Front matter — read in order
See also — The whole of Front matter as one continuous page, reprinted from its chapters without change.
Index (alphabetical)
See also — A book-style alphabetical keyword index across the entire TRN documentation site. Auto-generated from headings, code identifiers, and named entities.
Preface — how to read this book
See also — This is a history whose ending is not written. Here is how the chapters are built, what they source, and how to read them without being led.
Read in order
See also — Every chapter in this book in reading order, with the one line that tells you what each gives you.
Sources & attribution
See also — Every page on this site lists its upstream URL and capture date. This index lists them all.
The Root Network
See also — At the heart of the network infrastructure and protocols in the open metaverse is The Root Network (TRN).

The Root Network documentation and history.