What is Dfinity's Mercury? | Different "Dfinity" word stickers

Dfinity divides the progress of the project into several stages and divides them by metal chemical elements, including:

In Q4 of 2019, the "Internet Computer" Copper (brass) version will be released, as well as the programming language Motoko and the software development kit Canister SDK;

In Q1 of 2020, the Bronze (copper) version of "Internet Computing" and LinkedUp, an open social networking product similar to Linkedin, will be released;

In July 2020, the Tungsten (tungsten) version of the "Internet Computer" test network and the demo demonstration of CanCan, an open replacement software for TikTok, will be released;

In October 2020, the "Internet Computer" testnet Sodium (sodium) was released and the Network Nervous System (NNS) was launched, which is an open algorithmic autonomous system that coordinates Internet computers;

The Alpha version of the mainnet Mercury (Mercury) will be released in December 2020 (the last milestone before the mainnet goes live).

Mercury is the last milestone event in the development stage of Dfinity, and Dfinity officially announced that it will launch the mainnet beta version +Genesis at 1 am on May 8, Beijing time