Gulden is a revolutionary next generation blockchain based currency and payment system. The project is driven at the core by a focus on key concepts like usability and quality which shows through in our software. Join the Gulden project today and help build the future! |
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License
All code, binaries and other assets in this repository are subject to The Gulden license except where explicitely stated otherwise.
Branches
master branch tracks the current public release; is generally updated only for each release (with accompanying tag) and very occasionally for minor documentation or other commits. If all you want is to build/track the current version of the sofrware than use the master branch.
Each major version of the software gets its own branch e.g. 2.0_development, 2.1_development where if 2.1 were the next major release than both 2.0 and 2.1 may see some activity with 2.0 getting minor backports and updates while 2.1 development continues.
Major features may also see their own release e.g. unity.
The currently most active branch, where most development that will go into the next major release is taking place is linked in the table at the top of this README as the dev branch and may be updated as development mandates seperate branches.
Contributing
If you are thinking about contributing toward the development of Gulden in some capacity whether small or large, code or translating; Please read this guide first for information on how to do so.
Technical documentation
Community
Connect with the community through one or more of the following:
Website ◾ Slack ◾ Twitter ◾ Facebook ◾ Meetup ◾ Reddit ◾ IRC
Downloading
The latest binaries and installers can be found here for all platforms, including raspbian.
Building
Reconsider whether it is actually necessary for you to build. Binaries for both the UI software as well as the command line/server are provided by us at every release for multiple architectures. For users who are not developers a lot of headaches can be avoided by simply using these.
If you are sure you need to build the software yourself, please read the build instructions before attempting to build the software.
Additional technical information
| Technical specifications | Main network | Testnet |
|---|---|---|
| Consensus algorithm: | PoW² SIGMA/Witness | PoW² SIGMA/Witness |
| Recommended transaction confirmations: | 2 | 2 |
| Block reward SIGMA: | 50 NLG | 1000 NLG |
| Block reward witness: | 30 NLG | 20 NLG |
| Block interval target: | 150 seconds (2.5 minutes) | Configurable |
| Difficulty adjustment period: | Every block | Every block |
| Difficulty adjustment algorithm: | Delta | Delta |
| Total coins to be minted over time: | 1680M | - |
| P2P Port | 9231 | 9923 |
| RPC Port | 9232 | 9924 |
| P2P Network Header | fcfef7e0 | Look in debug.log |
| Address version byte | 38 (G) | 65 (T) |
| P2SH version byte | 98 (g) | 127 (t) |
| BIP44 coin type | 87 0x80000057 | 87 0x80000057 |
| Infrastructure | Main network | Testnet |
| Official block explorer | blockchain.gulden.com | - |
| Community block explorer | www.dactual.com | - |
| DNS Seed 1 | seed.gulden.com | - |
| DNS Seed 2 | amsterdam.gulden.com | - |
| DNS Seed 3 | rotterdam.gulden.network | - |