[ANN] [MERGE] [PoW/PoS/Masternode] Merge | Bringing Blockchains Together

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Hi everyone,

As you know our goal has been a direct fork of PIVX and not one copied from others known as a "copy and paste fork". We plan to develop many usecases,  products, and applications based on this code so it needs to run properly without the "bugs" and other known problems.

Here is some great news! The wallet will be released very soon! We are in the final stage of development and testing on our part and the community will be given a chance to assist us in finishing up the testnet testing. Then the swaps will begin!

As we all eagerly await the release of the wallet, here are some testnet pics!

[ProjectMergeFounder]

nice to see the wallet is almost ready progress is being made

Indeed dirruk. We are getting closer to starting with the swaps!

Thanks for your patience and support!

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Finally the news everyone has been waiting for! This weekend (assuming no major issues arise) we will start the testing of the wallet with the participation of the community!

We will first begin with a 24-hour test done by the Core team. Then, we will release the wallet and all other relevant information for the community to test over the testnet. The duration will be 10 days from start. After that, the testnet will automatically shut down.

There will be a bug bounty for this testing phase, meaning, when those that help testing the wallet over the testnet, if bugs related to development are found and reported to the Merge Core team, that person will receive a reward of 100 MERGE per bug. If there are typos or non-dev related bugs found and reported to the Merge Core team, that person will receive 10 MERGE per bug. These rewards will be given to these individuals once the testnet is over and the official Merge wallet is released.

We know and appreciate everyone's patience. This is the moment we have all been waiting for! Thank you for your support and we look forward to your participation!

Have a great weekend!

[ArmanShirinyan]

Glad to see progress!

[marspool]

hmmmm
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[BlockBob]

Is true Galilel coin is one of first on Merge List.

[maximumcoin]

Finally the news everyone has been waiting for! This weekend (assuming no major issues arise) we will start the testing of the wallet with the participation of the community!

Wallet to come, which looks promising!
Can you tell me about the first priorities of MERG team on exchanges for the coin, please.
Which exchanges are under the team's consideration now?

[panya11302]

work great wait for swap. gogo

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Is true Galilel coin is one of first on Merge List.

Hi BlockBob,

We haven't provided the list of coins to be swapped yet. We will let the community know which ones are in the first block of swaps once we are done with the testing of the network and swap Website.

Regards

[cctothemass]

Why do you need your coin? You can use bitcoin. Create all these things on top of the bitcoin blockchain. It will be much safer, never happen "attack 51%" and there will be a huge number of developers.

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Finally the news everyone has been waiting for! This weekend (assuming no major issues arise) we will start the testing of the wallet with the participation of the community!

Wallet to come, which looks promising!
Can you tell me about the first priorities of MERG team on exchanges for the coin, please.
Which exchanges are under the team's consideration now?

Hi maximumcoin,

We will decide which exchange to start with when the swaps are close to finishing. Given the number of options, we'll go for quality rather than quantity.

Regards

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Why do you need your coin? You can use bitcoin. Create all these things on top of the bitcoin blockchain. It will be much safer, never happen "attack 51%" and there will be a huge number of developers.

Hi cctothemass,

MERGE is not just a PoW coin, but also PoS. This would avoid a "51% attack".

In fact, PoW works only for the first blocks and then PoS takes over for the rest of the coin's life. We will post our Coin Rewards table right after this message.

Regarding the use of Bitcoin, it does not fit to our goals, as it has no platform where we can allow users building their own apps using blockchain technology.

Another benefit of using our own coin is for funding purposes. Funding of community projects and other areas needed to achieve the goals of MERGE.

Hope this answers your questions. For more information, feel free to ask again or check our Website: https://www.projectmerge.org/

Regards

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Hi everyone!

Here an update of our work this week:

Thank you for your ongoing patience. Initially, we intended to release the wallet to the community for testing last weekend. However, during the pre-release internal tests, we encountered bugs that needed to be fixed before we could release it. Everyone that is here has our best interests and are in our minds and goals. That is our priority. We only desire to help our fellow members of our community and the world achieve blockchain technology adoption.

Find below a quick update of where we are at the moment:

• When we began the internal testing before releasing the wallet to the community, we encountered several "bugs", such as issues with naming conventions, MIT licensing, balance display, coin maturation, etc. We are fixing them and then will release the wallet for you all to play with the new Merge wallet with us!
• The basic network functions work all fine at this stage.
• We are also in preparation of creating a web wallet for the community. This will be used by community members that do not run full nodes.
• Merge's Membrane has officially started as of yesterday! This is the primary goal and nature of Merge. It is our ecosystem and how we enable everyone to connect to the blockchain, regardless of who you are. We began by defining a simple process of out a real world application just for the sake of formally modeling Membrane protocol elements, as well as for writing the framework for the code. It doesn't sound like much to most but since we have a long way to go it is the first step to making the blockchain available to everyone.
• The swap site is preparing the first 30 coins. The swap process is beginning its testing on the test wallet. Some minor issues are still open but it will be ready soon!

Once the wallet and swap process are stable, we will need a much larger stress and feedback source. That is you. Merge doesn't work without all of our participation in some way.

But a little peek here's our reward schedule!!

Cheers

[Matt9301]

Hi ProjectMergeFounder, is there any ETA about wallet release? When POW phase will start?
Thank you!

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Hi ProjectMergeFounder, is there any ETA about wallet release? When POW phase will start?
Thank you!

Hi Matt9301,

We have no ETA for the wallet release. Once we have fixed the bugs we have already found, we'll release the testnet version of the wallet for the community to try/test. Depending no how that goes, we'll better know an ETA.

PoW will start when we launch the mainnet, from block 2 till block 57601.

Regards

[Acidic]

From the looks of the wallet its just a copy paste of pivx and a really old version of pivx. Nothing special or new on wallet side besides a bunch of bright colors. If the team was transparent you would make the github account public to see what exactly the devs are working on!

[CryptoCrypto291]

From the looks of the wallet its just a copy paste of pivx and a really old version of pivx. Nothing special or new on wallet side besides a bunch of bright colors. If the team was transparent you would make the github account public to see what exactly the devs are working on!

Thank you for your interest.  We are not an ICO. We are voluntarily swapping as many communities as we can for free. We make no money off the swaps. We burn all the coins. When we are ready we will give everyone all the information they need and open the github. The devs will fill you in with all the information you need. Right now we are spreading the word that if your coin and community are lost Merge may be an opportunity for you if you choose. Everyone is free to do as they please. If you are unhappy or untrusting of any of this then Merge is not for you. We encourage everyone to follow your heart and not your greed and make the decision that fits you best. We only offer opportunity to move forward for those that want to. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[erstweal]

Urge to Merge

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Dear community,

Here's an update regarding our latest progress:

Merge Coin

- We have changed our PoW algorithm to Argon2m to make it GPU resistant. This will make it fair for every user.

- The internal testing is going as planned and everything is running very smoothly. Feel free to check our tesnet explorer: http://mergetestnet.myexplorer.org/index.php

- Currently, we are ensuring the GPU resistant code is working as expected and testing the transition phase from PoW to PoS. Also, from the user interface perspective, we are fixing the most important typos and graphics.


Swap Website

- When we tested the Swap Website during the previous test, we found that the swap process could have a DDOS flaw that must be fixed before proceeding with the swaps.

- See here a view of the site:




Have a great day!

[ProjectMergeFounder]

Dear Merge Community,

Please welcome our Merge Wallet v1.0 and Merge Web Wallet that will be available in the nearest future. Find the screenshots here: https://i.imgur.com/U6lWwJw.png.

Our Web Wallet is currently under its Beta version. Feel free to test it out. It's not just a MERGE Wallet but more than that! Please note the following:
- When possible, register using the same email address you used to register on our Website. We will eventually link both accounts.
- The MERGE wallet is using its Testnet version. The other coins' wallets are connected to their Mainnet.
- Consider not moving big amount of coins there for now, as the Web Wallet is on Beta and we will take no responsibility of any loses that may occur.
Link to Web Wallet: https://hub.projectmerge.org/

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Thank you for your patience and support.

Sincerely,
Merge Core