Particl V3 Now Available on Testnet

After months of relentless development, we are proud to finally announce that the Particl V3-testnet build is now available for public access and testing!

As a reminder, Particl Desktop 3.0 is Particl’s most significant update since its inception in 2017.

It introduces new functionalities and enhancements to the desktop application as well as a significantly rewritten and improved market codebase. The end result is an experience that’s faster, simpler, smoother, and much more lightweight for your computer to handle.


Particl V3 makes way for many new features and functionality that have been long-anticipated by the Particl community, adding the next logical steps for our mission of delivering the most secure and private online marketplace on the web. Some special tidbits to mention are:

• Markets and Storefronts allow sellers to have their own brand stores or theme stores and determine who can access them. It also enables community markets.
• Market identities allow you to create multiple shops, markets, and listings without creating any association between each of them. Multiple markets or storefronts can also be linked to the same seller so that he can benefit from the reputation he's gained.
• Coin control allows users to define precisely which of their coins, no matter in which of their addresses they are, should be used for transfer.
• Enhanced privacy due to payment of listing fees for spam prevention with anon funds, adjustable ring signatures that now default to 24 ring members, the freshly introduced UTXO splitter, etc.
• Lower listing fees due to changes made in how SMSG and the marketplace codebase interact with each other.
• Improved desktop application that enhances the user experience thanks to better performance and speed.

Read More on: https://particl.news/particl-v3-now-available-on-testnet/

Particl Ambassador Dr. Kap has a New Podcast!
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Tune in for this 1st episode of the Part-Time Show, a new podcast by Particl Ambassador Dr. Kapil Amarasinghe, as he gives thoughts on being at Slush Helsinki, the world's largest startup conference, as a representative of one of the only blockchain projects in attendance and what that tells about the current level of adoption. He also go over the necessity of blockchain projects to work together, in synergy, so that cryptocurrencies can finally be adoption on a global scale.

The podcast is available on Spotify and will soon be on Apple Podcasts. It's a show you won't want to miss!

👉 https://www.buzzsprout.com/747440/2235878-episode-1-slush-thoughts-integrations-more
👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QLaQWCegzCyakloEZtoCy?si=wf7wsikeSTa19PufqtlCxA

Downloaded Mac version... it launches the first page with the quote and then sits there with Daemon progress at 100%, and then it just does the little wave thing... is it loading the blockchain over again?  Am I missing something?