When was Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) first released--both as an open standard and later made available as an implementation with cryptsetup?
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Timeline
Here's the best timeline I could get from Google on the evolution of LUKS and cryptsetup:
2004
Mar 04: First commit to the cryptsetup code repository??? ??: First proof-of-concept (source)
2005
Jan 22: LUKS1 On-Disk Format Specification releasedMar 25: cryptsetup version 1.0 released
2012
Apr 23: Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) includes checkbox for FDE in GUI installer
2017
Dec 11: LUKS2 became available with cryptsetup v2.0.0
2018
Aug 02: LUKS2 On-Disk Format Specification released
2019
Feb 08: LUKS2 became the default with cryptsetup v2.1.0
2020
Feb 08: Debian 10 is released, using LUKS2 by default