Phase4 Release Flow
The Gulden project continues to improve on its usability and underlaying technology. Technology that most users won’t see, but as with the foundations of a house, is much needed to build upon. Some of the improvement are small steps as with the more recent app updates, but the upcoming Phase4 release is no such thing….
First 2020 GAB Meeting Minutes Record
General Talking Points Gulden BV / GAB Gulden in 2020 In 2020 Gulden will be developed further based on the input of the community via the GAB (Gulden Advisory Board). The GAB remains the middle-man between the community and the Gulden Developer team. Rijk asks the GAB members for our point of view of…
A post launch look at SIGMA
by Malcolm MacLeod, Lead Developer at Gulden.com For those who don’t already know about Gulden; Gulden uses a unique consensus algorithm which we call PoW² that combines traditional “proof of work” mining with a secondary system of “witnesses” to greatly enhance security. To be a witness coin holders must lock substantial funds up for…
Update 2.1.0.16 ready
REQUIRED UPDATE: Gulden for desktop 2.1.0.16 (fixes sync issues) is now available at Gulden.com/download. The development team is working round the clock to iron out some unforeseen bugs. Please update to this latest version as soon as possible.
Mobile wallets updates
Both iOS and Android wallet updates are waiting for you. They are now fully Sigma supported.
Important: iOS wallet update
Gulden for iOS (SIGMA compatible) is now available in the App Store. Dark mode support and other improvements.
Sigma is here!
By Malcolm, lead developer at Gulden.com It has once again been a busy few months for the development team, with work split up amongst multiple different projects all of which are challenging in their own right and even more so when all going on simultaneously. Unity/iOS Earlier in the year we saw the release…
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SIGMA is now essentially “complete”! 🎉🎉
Over the weekend release on testnet and then barring any major unexpected tragedies devs will set an activation date for mainnet release.
Edit: The Phase4 update is also almost ready but will be a seperate release from Sigma and will be rolled out at a later date.
Gulden iOS wallet update
The Gulden iOS wallet has just received the long awaited update. This version (1.9) now also has a Buy button to buy Gulden directly from the wallet. This service is running through Nocks.com. The familiar look doesn’t suggest that the app is now written entirely on the Unity back end. As already with the…
An introduction to SIGMA the new ‘CPU friendly’ algorithm for Gulden
Article by Gulden Lead Developer Malcolm MacLeod. This article will give a high level overview of how our new ‘CPU friendly’ PoW algorithm works; however before doing so first a discussion about how we arrived here and why we think a ‘CPU friendly’ algorithm is the way forward for Gulden is necessary. Generally when…
Are your Gulden safe? A closer look at the Recoveryphrase.
Based upon an article by Art de Kwaasteniet: Introduction The serious cryptocurrencies use a backup technique in their wallets that we call the “recovery phrase”. Is this backup technique safe and reliable? In this article, we will discuss this technique in more detail. History In the early days of cryptocurrencies, and still now with…
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From the Gulden Development Team: We have a todo-list for the development of phase 4. The estimated time to finish the todo-list is currently 6-7 weeks. This is incl. the added changes to algorithm and blockreward. Please note that during testing and development items can be added to the todo-list.
WITNESS IN PHASE 4: THE CHANGES
When phase 4 is released, it will bring new functionality to everybody who is operating as a witness. In this post we would like explain what this new functionality is. (Thanks to Malcolm for the summary and Aat for the stAatistics) COMPOUNDING OF EARNINGS Option to automatically add the rewards you receive for being…
Github button
A button was added to the Gulden.com website that brings people who are interested directly to the active branche on Github, making it easier to track the development of Gulden. The button dynamically changes when new phases are entered.
Development Update
From the Gulden Development Team In March we released our new Android app utilizing the new unified backend. While the development team has been very busy since then, on the outside things might seem a bit quiet and people might be wondering what we have been doing, so here is a quick update. Android…
Phase 4, getting there!
We asked the GAB for an update on the development of the Unity project, phase 4 and the iOS wallet. Without getting into much details here is a status update. Phase 4 is nearly done. No major updates need to be done to the code anymore, it is now mainly testing of dozens of…
Gulden: New Android wallet released
Article by the Gulden development team: The Gulden development team is extremely pleased to announce the release of our new Android app. The new app is a massive improvement over the previous one, and features: Much faster initial network synchronization and recovery from phrase/link; enhanced address privacy; lower battery consumption; reduced bandwidth usage; along…