Hi dear BGL community!
We have a few paid initiatives and possibilities, which could help to uplift the project greatly.
We did discuss with a community what is most relevant and important, so here's the list of options:
Paid activities:https://gitcoin.co/wu-emma/activeBGL (Bitgesell) Bounty/Improvement Program ($50 000 budget)
https://gitcoin.co/issue/29030
BGL node incentive program:
Every week (1008 blocks) 10 nodes would be randomly picked and awarded $5 each.
https://bglcontest.bitaps.com/nodes (some fixes to the UI are pending and would be corrected)
Hourly updated list of nodes:
https://bglcontest.bitaps.com/nodes_listPayouts are now done automatically from address
https://bgl.bitaps.com/bgl1qe66smvq80dclu6srtparcesj3np7wmlvfj3wzs
I decided to also fund most of the big activities with BGL coins in the amounts to get them covered when the price reaches $1.
All supporters could provide their Name/Nickname and in such case would be mentioned on forum and a file in Git repository
PS: We have public wallet for donations in genesis block:
"Your support helps ecosystem keep growing.
bgl1qkecxxg8ekyruwkkhea7ye5c0ganmhdl7d5nna3".
A large coin number is accumulated there for the future.
We plan to divide it to six parts and spend one part each year to support the project.
The wallet is transparent, if anyone would like to manage this activity and arrange a pipeline it would be very welcome.
We also have burn address:
bgl1q00000000000000000000000000000000tm54qtAll coins that are sent to it, would be considered burned. You can use it for any activities that use burn feature
Roadmap:
Tactical tasks (approx. time):
- (done) Stress-test (let's make transaction contest, rules would be announced soon);
- (done) Technical issues (unit tests, code sync with BTC codebase, automated builds);
- (done) Software (wallets) - we are going to make hackatons;
- (done) Infrastructural growth (node growth incentivizing, as bitnodes did with goal of 1000 nodes);
- (done) Cross-chain and DeFi integration (WBGL);
- Implement and merge dynamic block size;
https://bitgesell.ca/download/bglips/bglip1.pdf- CEX Listing;
- Framework/DAO for community governance for BGL public wallet and project (grants for project development);
Strategic priorities:
- Core team expansion and formation;
- Marketing activities, social media channels;
Advisory wanted:
- DeFi-knowing people and decentralized bridge to BSC/Ethereum, similar to wrapped BTC
- How to most effectively establish code maintaining process? (Maybe Bitcoin is not the perfect example, considering how hard is to make any change go through main maintainers) The main idea is to have community-driven flexible management.
- How to organize website maintenance (including content)? Open-sourcing website looks like a proper first step.
Project traction:
- xx -- dynamic block merge into protocol https://bitgesell.ca/download/bglips/bglip1.pdf
- xx -- DAO research
- 04-03-2023 --- You are here ---
- 04-03-2023 New video https://youtu.be/zg9opWteaKk
- 03-30-2023 New NFT added to BGL Road collection
- 03-20-2023 Node incentive program resumed to grow network decentralization
- 03-07-2023 New articles by Criptoinforme and Cripto Facil are live
https://criptoinforme.com/reviews/explorando-las-caracteristicas-y-ventajas-de-bitgesell-la-moneda-digital-del-futuro/
https://www.criptofacil.com/bitgesell-bgl-abre-portas-para-redes-de-blockchain-orientadas-para-as-suas-comunidades-e-com-problemas-de-escalabilidade-definitivamente-resolvidos/ - 03-06-2023 Huge marketing campaign was launched and executed by @di_pop from BGL Discord (mainly Spanish videos)
https://youtu.be/q0fXiCu_oDI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cGkeK7Xusk&t=141s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORYC6eC-MqU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m79jmeC_Fi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iawnDjdPKw&ab_channel=COIN22
https://youtu.be/zg9opWteaKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPQcJy1Ykj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lfz-E39tXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mxn3qROoM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZFSAOnJ7ik - 02-20-2023 Code is synced to BTC codebase to Jan 2023, tests checking in progress https://github.com/BitgesellOfficial/bitgesell/tree/bitcoinsync2022
- 02-16-2023 2 month before halving! - bitgesell.ca added countdown on the website
- 02-11-2023 Coinmarketcap has updated BGL logo to a new one (at last!)
- 02-03-2023 A BGL is supported as a Metamask flask, GitHub https://github.com/alekcangp/bgl-snap You can try it here https://snap.bglnode.online/
- 01-29-2023 New community review video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyIs6w5hDY8
- 01-27-2023 bglrpc.com New wallet andpoint and BGL RPC node
- 01-24-2023 Bitgesell road NFT collection updated https://twitter.com/myluckbitcoin/status/1617999968626933760?s=20&t=mJ7lfRfgcf-Bw2eGCyekKg
- 01-10-2023 Docker container with BGL software repo created by community https://github.com/BitgesellOfficial/bgld-docker
- 12-26-2022 a project Savy.finance accepts BGL as collateral!
- 12-20-2022 BGL DAO is established! https://snapshot.org/#/bgldao.eth
- 12-19-2022 BGL Core 0.1.9 released
- 12-18-2022 New video released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bYr1tPFjq0
- 12-15-2022 Add test net to DNS seed in BGL Core
- 12-08-2022 https://criptoinforme.com/patrocinado/bitgesell-ofrece-una-reserva-de-valor-a-futuro-basada-en-la-escasez-progresiva/#1_Quema_del_90_de_la_tasa_de_transaccion
- 11-23-2022 BGL-themed games from community http://bglgames.is-great.net/2/
- 11-16-2022 New publication from community https://www.publish0x.com/crypto-bits/bitgesellbgl-seeking-evolution-and-focusing-on-what-really-m-xqevgnd
- 11-15-2022 New explorer explorer.bglnode.online
- 11-10-2022 Fixed bridge, recreated new bridge wallet after incident
- 10-20-2022 First BGL Testnet node online
- 10-05-2022 Bridge update with added web3 wallet support (Metamask)
- 10-03-2022 https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2022/10/bitgesell-improvement-proposal-introduces-dynamic-block-size-for-optimized-transaction-fees
- 09-30-2022 https://bitcoinist.com/how-bitgesell-plans-to-improve-on-the-bitcoin-blockchain/
- 09-21-2022 BGL dynamic block announcemen on U.Today https://u.today/bitgesell-bgl-introduces-dynamic-block-size-for-more-efficient-tokenomics
- 09-14-2022 Another Bitcoin Core code sync finished (commits till August 2022)
- 09-01-2022 New article on Investing.com https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/yearly-halvings-and-high-burns-how-bitgesell-tackles-issues-of-bitcoin-in-an-effective-manner-2882397
- 08-26-2022 Burning man day (burn address bgl1q00000000000000000000000000000000tm54qt created)
- 08-24-2022 BGL bot (by Castor 198)
- 08-15-2022 Bridge stability fixes
- 08-09-2022 200k BGL have been added to bridge
- 08-06-2022 We hit $2 mln cap
- 08-05-2022 New video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY44VXduLdM (Turkey)
- 07-14-2022 Github PR cleanup on BGL Repository
- 07-07-2022 New article https://coingape.com/bitgesell-coin-review-2022/
- 07-05-2022 New RPC for wallet bglnode.online
- 06-26-2022 Gitcoin campaign restart
- 06-20-2022 New video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZbsoysaWB0
- 06-08-2022 bridge refactor and relaunch on https://bglswap.com
- 05-27-2022 New article https://www.coinspeaker.com/bitgesell-coin-review/
- 05-25-2022 New youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWO7JhE9gHE
- 05-15-2022 Fixed web wallet with new RPC endpoint pool.bitaps.com
- 04-27-2022 Launched new contest! The maximum "burn mf burn!", $2K month rewards in BGL https://bglcontest.bitaps.com/burn
- 04-20-2022 BGL and Crypto.com integration https://bitgesell.medium.com/bitgesell-bgl-s-rss-feed-integrated-with-crypto-com-price-page-6655277ad1a8
- 04-06-2022 New build 0.1.8 with synced code and new icon/colors released
- 04-06-2022 Second BGL halving occurred Block reward now is 50 BGL
- 03-15-2022 New website updated (https://bitgesell.ca) and branding publicly released
- 03-02-2022 100.000th block is mined! https://bgl.bitaps.com/100000
- 02-16-2022 BGL NFT collection launched by MyLuck https://opensea.io/collection/bitgesell-road
- 1-29-2022 Script is written that would automatically perform payments, and you also can track payment activity from the address bgl1qe66smvq80dclu6srtparcesj3np7wmlvfj3wzs
- 01-24-2022 New BGl-related web Site URL: https://blog0x.com/
- 12-15-2021 New logo design
- 11-29-2021 PR bountry program on Gitcoin is going on, new prs were committed from various contributors
- 11-23-2021 new build BGLCore 0.1.7
- 11-18-2021 Article coverage for burn mechanics https://btcpeers.com/burn-baby-burn-fiscal-inferno-how-burn-mechanics-in-the-money-supply-kill-inflation-forever/
- 11-18-2021 Burning mechanics proposal for Bitcoin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5371921.new#new
- 11-01-2021 Most unit tests are green (90%), and sync with BTC codebase is resuming
- 10-31-2021 BGL pizza day!
- 10-27-2021 BGL Lotto started with prizes in BGL! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5367868.0
- 10-27-2021 BGL has entered top #2000 cryptos (position 1736) in CoinMarketCap ranking!
- 10-11-2021 A mark of 300 BGL nodes hist -- new record!
- 9-15-2021 New branding/design work is started for BGL project
- 9-02-2021 Taproot is activated on BGL mainnet (earlier than BTC
)! - 8-09-2021 BGL Weekly draw started with prizes ($5, $10, $25, $30 in BGL!) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5349988.0
- 8-05-2021 Pancakeswap direct link for WBGL token swap available
- 8-02-2021 BGL bridge (https://bitgesell-bridge.com) public beta open for testing
- 7-26-2021 Taproot activation locked-in (active from 1st Sept 2021)
- 7-20-2021 Got final report version from Certik
- 7-15-2021 More gitcoin PR's merged, bounty increased to $500
- 7-05-2021 Builds with new taproot schedule
- 6-28-2021 BGL added to whattomine.com website
- 6-21-2021 BGL official Russian-speaking thread added https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5345036
- 6-16-2021 Taproot activation missed by a few signalling blocks
- 6-12-2021 3 gitcoin PR's merged, bounty increased to $200
- 6-07-2021 repository with BGL-WBGL bridge created https://github.com/BitgesellOfficial/wbgl-bridge
- 6-04-2021 3 of 4 most active pool upgrades with blocks signalling taproot change
- 5-29-2021 50% nodes updated to 0.1.6
- 5-24-2021 Bitgesell applied for PRO status on Gitcoin and started BGL PR Bounty Hunt https://gitcoin.co/issue/BitgesellOfficial/bitgesell/14/100025757
- 5-22-2021 Created a build with Taproot activation
- 5-15-2021 Bitgesell WBGL bridge bounty on Gitcoin https://gitcoin.co/issue/wu-emma/bitgesell/31/100025729
- 5-14-2021 75TH/s new all time hashrate high
- 5-11-2021 Collected software into BGL Official
- 5-09-2021 Synced code with Bitcoin Core up to may 2021 incl. Taproot
- 5-02-2021 DEXes updated (Pools recreated on Uniswap v3 and Pancakeswap v2)
- 4-29-2021 BGL have listed on https://coinpaprika.com/coin/bgl-bitgesell/
- 4-24-2021 BGL blockchain achieved 3M transactions mark
- 4-23-2021 Helping BTC become better https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21764
- 4-22-2021 CertiK performed audit of Wrapped BGL smart contract, no issues found
- 4-15-2021 Wrapped BGL (WBGL) is available on 2 DEXes: Uniswap and Pancakeswap
- 4-12-2021 Smart contracts created for Wrapped BGL (WBGL) on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain
- 4-04-2021 BGL project first birthday: 1 year!
- 3-29-2021 https://bitcoinist.com/bitgesell-first-halving-just-happened/
- 3-29-2021 CI integration finished, release 0.1.5 is available on website/GitHub for major platforms]
- 3-28-2021 https://www.newsbtc.com/news/company/bitgesell-the-new-digital-golds-first-halving-just-happened/
- 3-28-2021 First halving of BGL occured, the block reward is now 100 BGL
- 3-27-2021 https://coingape.com/the-new-digital-gold-bitgesell-bgl-is-about-to-successfully-complete-its-first-ever-halving/amp/
- 3-25-2021 New BGL explorer http://bitgesellexplorer.ca/
- 3-13-2021 Pull request created in Ren project https://github.com/renproject/multichain/pull/78
- 2-24-2021 https://u.today/how-early-stage-blockchains-access-liquidity-through-top-exchanges-bitgesell-lists-bgl-on-digifinex
- 2-24-2021 Added on cexz exchange https://www.cexz.ca/trading/bglbtc
- 2-23-2021 Listing on DigiFinex exchange https://www.digifinex.com/en-ww/trade/USDT/BGL
- 2-22-2021 https://www.jinse.com/news/blockchain/1004694.html
- 2-20-2021 Twitter campaign started https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5318619.0
- 2-14-2021 Builds are available to test with code sync updates from BTC https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5238559.msg56351191#msg56351191
- 2-11-2021 Burnt coins are added to bitaps explorer https://bgl.bitaps.com
- 2-01-2021 https://news.bitcoin.com/halving-burns-on-bitgesell-the-optimal-combination-for-scarcity-and-value-in-the-crypto-age/
- 2-01-2021 Signature campaign started on bitcointalk forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5313677.0
- 1-25-2021 BGL network hashrate reaches 25 TH/s for the first time
- 1-17-2021 New mining pool added BGL: zpool.ca
- 1-15-2021 https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/introducing-bitgesell-the-blockchain-focused-on-scarcity
- 12-30-2020 100% BTC code sync is done, tests and builds are in progress
- 12-24-2020 Crowdfunding support program launched (items, spreadsheet and addresses created
- 12-20-2020 Video explainer published on Professor Crypto youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTIR89HMH_U
- 12-18-2020 U.Today article https://u.today/bitgesell-bgl-releases-android-application-with-no-backend-developed-by-hackathon-winners
- 12-16-2020 Discord channel launched https://discord.gg/ceEqhxchzN
- 12-15-2020 Started fundraising program for various growth activities
- 12-10-2020 75% of code sync with BTC latest changes merged
- 12-04-2020 Web wallet is ready to use at bglwallet.io
- 11-25-2020 New builds 0.1.2 for Linux/Windows (incl. installer)/MacOS
- 11-20-2020 50% of code sync with BTC latest changes merged
- 11-16-2020 New network size record: 48 nodes in total.
- 11-9-2020 New network size record: 42 nodes in total. US takes the lead!
- 11-9-2020 Hackathon successfully finished. 9 teams/projects were selected as winners
- 11-6-2020 Hackathon is launched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPUw9L8KVcc
- 10-31-2020 Pizza day! (at 4pm CET!)
- 10-30-2020 New record of the transaction contest is 17122 transactions
- 10-29-2020 https://u.today/press-releases/bitgesell-crypto-wallet-kickstart-online-hackathon-6-8-november
- 10-27-2020 New winners https://bit.ly/37QJmNX
- 10-21-2020 Hackathon is announced! https://mybglwallet.com/ Telegram chat: https://bit.ly/3iZXGpd
- 10-20-2020 GitHub: 2 more pull requests was merged, 4 contributors
- 10-19-2020 Node incentive program: new 10 winners, 31 nodes, new countries (Japan, Australia, Great Britain)
- 10-12-2020 Node incentive program: new 5 winners, 25 nodes, new countries (Germany, Italy, USA)
- 10-10-2020 Transaction contest: new winner, new record is 8243 transactions
- 10-9-2020 Network is now 20 nodes. Node incentive program is ongoing! https://bglcontest.bitaps.com/nodes
- 10-8-2020 First merged GitHub commit from Gitcoin community https://gitcoin.co/issue/wu-emma/bitgesell/9/100023782 (2 contributors)
- 10-2-2020 New good review https://bit.ly/30PeV6s on u.today
- 9-29-2020 BGL launched Gitcoin bounty activities for developers
- 9-21-2020 Transaction contest is ongoing! https://bglcontest.bitaps.com/
- 9-16-2020 arabic review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ddJ8tkRsfk
- 9-3-2020 review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzjhstNSi50
- 9-2-2020 review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQCfVHU4lQA
- 8-29-2020 BGL launched official social networks channels on Telegram, Twitter, Medium, Reddit
- 8-22-2020 BGL have listed on Coingecko
- 8-18-2020 review cryptobenelux.com (NL)
- 8-05-2020 New maintainer for BGL Core onboarded
- 7-23-2020 BGL have listed on Alterdice exchange
- 7-20-2020 new pool Zergpool.com
- 7-18-2020 BGL have listed on Crex24 exchange
- 7-12-2020 review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZI0CvhgOyc
- 7-08-2020 review https://youtu.be/QkUGIxjdjaA
- 6-29-2020 explainer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzsRCH8JDEM
- 6-23-2020 BGL have listed on Catex exchange
- 6-8-2020 BGL have listed on Coinmarketcap
- 6-2-2020 New builds are available as .deb package for Debian/Ubuntu (incl. GUI wallet) and MacOS
- 6-1-2020 BGL have listed on HotBit exchange
- 5-21-2020 First Press Releases
- Domain & website (bitgesell.de)
- 5-3-2020 New pool https://www.mining-dutch.nl/?page=pools
- 5-2-2020 New pool https://smithpool.net
- 5-2-2020 Block explorer https://smithpool.net/explorer/BGL
- 4-27-2020 Turkish discussion is here
- Español discussion is here
- 4-24-2020 Deutsch discussion is here
- Chinese discussion is here
- Français discussion is here
- 4-20-2020 new Block explorer (thank you Bitaps)
- domain & website bitgesell.ca (thank you MiningCoinsPool)
- Indonesian discussion is here
- 4-19-2020 block explorer (thank you MiningCoinsPool)
- 4-16-2020 Italian discussion is here
- 4-10-2020 gpu miner
- 4-8-2020 new pool https://miningcoins.ca/ (thank you MiningCoinsPool)
- 4-7-2020 Debian/Ubuntu package
- 4-4-2020 launch blockchain
How to create and use bitgesell wallet:1) Download wallet software from bigesell.ca
2) Backup your wallet.dat file, when you first start BGL, new address/key is created
3) Register on exchange
4) Buy bitgesell
5) Withdraw to your wallet address of 'bgl...'
If you install wallet on another device, replace new wallet.dat file with stored wallet.dat to
gain access to existing wallet. We would be providing mnemonic-supported wallet soon.
To sell BGL:If you already have BGL, send them to address that exchange provides for BGL coins
How to mine Bitgesell:1) Register on
www.nicehash.com/2) Top-up balance
3) Register on any of BGL pools (pool.bitaps.com or mining-dutch.nl)
4) Take note of pool settings. It looks like :
stratum: stratum+tcp://pool.bitaps.com:8888
workername: <your email>.worker1
password: x
5) Come back to
www.nicehash.com/, to 'Marketplace', choose 'keccak'
6) Make an order for mining with your pool settings
7) If everything is ok, mining will start according to your order, as people will plug in their hashing powers on it
8 ) Go to pool.bitaps.com or mining-dutch.nl and do withdrawal after some mining rewards are credited to you by the pool.
How to setup a node of bitgesell:1) Just download BGL-core software from bitgesell.ca
2) Launch it (graphical wallet or command-line BGLd)
3) Keep it working, it will sync automatically with the blockchain and find other nodes to be a part of network
(or even better you can run a node on a server to support the project
https://bglcontest.bitaps.com/node_setup)
