A necessary and beneficial evolution 👍

Duniter software has seen many evolutions since its launch in April 2016, and so have blockchain …

This article will explore some of the different parameters implemented by the Duniter Web of Trust -WoT- and how some of their values were chosen for their application in the Ğ1 currency.

No prior knowledge of the topic is required as I will shed light on all specific terms and …

Original french version by Carl Chenet (04/17), read it here -

JDH: Hello Cédric, first and foremost I’d like to thank you for sparing some time for this interview with the Journal du hacker. Can you tell us who you are?

Cédric : Hello Carl, thanks for the interview. My …

Last year (2017) will go in history as the first year of production of the ğ1 currency. A milestone to be remembered as the community’s efforts had until then been almost entirely devoted to launching production of the world’s first 100% P2P “freedom-enabling” cryptocurrency. Looking back at 2017 …

In 2018, we migrate our Duniter code repositories to Gitlab. From now on, we no longer depend on a private platform to publish our releases and maintain our issues.

Everything has been migrated: issues, Git repositories, and even user accounts! It is also possible to connect using Github logins.

You …

The Bitcoin has a reputation for being an energy consuming network. Duniter inherits some of the Bitcoin's properties, such as the proof of work and the blockchain. People are therefore legitimately asking this question:

Is Duniter also energy consuming ?

A little bit of definition

First of all, we should focus …

Since 4 July 2017 I keep detailed statistics on the status of the web of trust that you can view on g1-monit.elois.org.
These statistics are produced by the duniter plugin duniter-currency-monit (duniter-currency-monit), which is used directly in the local block of the duniter node on which it is …

Duniter version 1.5 is now available for download!

Changes

This new version brings mainly a lot of important fixes for the stability of the currency:

• the nodes under ARM architecture functioned abnormally (CPU power divided by 2 with each working proof, getting regularly desynchronized)
• a node could easily isolate …

Duniter version 1.4 is now available for download!

Changes

This version brings several improvements in network stability, notably through faster resolution of the * forks * of the blockchain. Also, pool identities and certifications are now more regularly resynchronized.

But the major change of this version is the migration of JavaScript …

Duniter version 1.3.14 is now available for download!

Fixes

This version compiles the patches up to version 1.3.13, and brings a final touch to the Duniter network that had a tendency to fork regularly in recent weeks.

It seems that a bug in the IPv6 contact …