DELTA is a GO. What is DELTA?DELTA is the most advanced diff algorithm that has been developed by the Guldencoin development team to keep our blockchain running smooth and to give our dedicated miners better value. Multi/Jump pools have changed the game and DELTA is our answer to them.
Why was the name DELTA chosen for a diff Algorithm?The Delta Works project in the Netherlands protects a large area around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea, the Delta works project has been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. We thought this was fitting as DELTA is going to protect stalls in the guldencoin blockchain caused by jump pools.
Was the need for DELTA serious?http://nlgstats.iblogger.org/Please review the above link and notice the blocks per day and longest block gaps caused by jump pools entering and exiting our blockchain. We knew after trying
kgw, DGW3 and Digishield that we had to come up with our own difficulty algorithm.
Is DELTA future proof?The simple answer is yes. It was one of the main goals to consider the potential changes in mining and the increased power that will come from future miners
as the world starts to adapt to virtual currencies.
What else is DELTA going to achieve?DELTA is only the first part of our implementation for keeping the blockchain running smooth. DELTA is already prep'd to take on Multi Algo in the next release.
While Multi Algo on it's own does a good job, DELTA with Multi Algo will be a perfect fit. One of the main goals of DELTA is to bring back dedicated mining
to Guldencoin. The miners are the lifeblood of the blockchain and need to be given a suitable environment in which to operate. DELTA is for you and our users!
What won't DELTA achieve?DELTA won't prevent jump pools from coming in and claiming blocks, but it will make it less profitable for them to do so.
Depending on the amount of hash that could leave our network we could experience 60minutes block times but we feel it will rarely exceed this time. Compare it to the nlgstats link above and you will see that as a massive improvement over what we have currently. It also allows us to stay at 150(2.5min) second blocktimes.
The development team behind DELTA.Frank (C_E_D)/Malcolm (MaNI) , our 2 core developers have made this all possible by thinking out the box, hard work and passion to deliver the best possible solution for Guldencoin.
Geert Johan(/GeertJohan) reviewed the code and gave it a thumbs up after discussing some details with the core developers.
For the latest additions to the Guldencoin development team you can review the below link.
https://community.guldencoin.com/t/overseeing-core-development-for-guldencoin/1021DELTA will go LIVE at block 213500, the line in the blockchain has been drawn and it's time to crossover.
Addition updates done in 1.4 release:New Graphics added to wallet by Rijk.
New Checkpoint added.
DELTA is just the first innovative solution we bringing to the table, the next update will be our largest and most important by far and some exciting new features to come.
So stay tuned!
Guldencoin development team.
