Important: iOS wallet update
Gulden for iOS (SIGMA compatible) is now available in the App Store. Dark mode support and other improvements.
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Update for Pi users
There is an update available for Pi users (Gulden 2.1.0.11). Please update your Pi before October 16 (when SIGMA activates).
Community benefits from Sigma
Gulden has been created within the mindset that blockchain, although being a powerful technology, could be way more user-friendly and robust than what has been displayed in the crypto landscape thus far. As of today Gulden has become one off the most secure and energy-efficient blockchains ever created. Next to that it…
G-Dash Cloud fee change
Soon the block rewards for witnessing will be changed from 20 to 30 Gulden. Therefore the fee for using cloud witnessing at https://cloud.g-dash.nl will change from 5% to 3.4% on October 20 (GMT+2) to keep it around 1 NLG.
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…
G-Dash Cloud celebrates
Happy birthday G-DASH Cloud!! 🎉 To celebrate 1 year of G-DASH Cloud there will be no fees for witnessing using this service between today and August 31 for both existing users and new users! Check it out at cloud.g-dash.nl!
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…
AnycoinDirect makes it possible to buy Gulden using your creditcard.
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.
Gulden Advisory Board Meeting Report
Published by the GAB: 1: Changing the Algorithm Rijk points out that it is key that mining within the Gulden network is – and stays – stable. Currently the hashrate has a big variation, mainly caused by the current division of multi/jump‐pools versus dedicated Gulden miners. The Blockchain is then at risk of getting…
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…
Nocks opened LiteCoin markets
Today Nocks Trade added the following Litecoin markets: LTC-EUR LTC-BTC LTC-ETH LTC-NLG https://www.nocks.com/nl/trade/ETH-NLG
First Meeting Gulden Advisory Board
Article by the Gulden Advisory Board. Tuesday April the 9th was a milestone in 5 year old history of Gulden: the first face to face meeting of the Gulden Advisory Board and Gulden.com BV, represented by Rijk Plasman. This first meeting was mainly to get to know eachother and speak out what both parties…
Nocks adds new Trade Market
As of today it is possible to trade on Nocks directly in Bitcoin versus Gulden. This makes this the third tradingpair after Gulden-Euro and Bitcoin-Euro to be facilitated on Nocks. In addition, today the first merchants start accepting iDeal payments that are handled through Nocks. Nocks applies a competitive rate of €0.25 per transaction….