GUN Core V1.5 Released

We are pleased and proud to announce the release of GUN Core V1.5. This is a huge day for Guncoin as with this release, we are now current and up to date with Bitcoin Core 0.16. This release is packet full of exciting feature, some obvious, some subtle. But all are important as they make GUN a technologically current coin as has always been our goal.

This release adds a new script (P2SH) address prefix and all addresses generated will use it by default. The prefix for script now begins with a G but is still different from regular P2PKH addresses which also begin with a G. P2PKH uses Base58 prefix 39 and P2SH uses Base58 prefix 38. Exchanges, pools and other services will be asked to update to this new version of Guncoin to allow people to withdraw to the new address.

• Wallet defaults to SegWit addresses
• BIP173 (Bech32) Address support (“gc1…” addresses)
• HD-wallets by default
• Performance Improvements
• Script signature cache reimplemented as a “cuckoo cache”
• Assumed-valid blocks have been introduced
• BIP152: Some ompact blocks relayed before being fully validated
• UTXO cache now claims unused mempool memory
• P2P networking refactored with focus on concurrency and throughput
• Chainstate database is now per-output instead of a per-transaction model
• Full UTXO cache now used
• Reduced redundant script validation
• LevelDB upgraded to 1.20
• Keypool refill sped up
• ZMQ On Windows
• Network Activity Toggle
• Out-of-sync Modal Info Layer
• Introduction of assumed-valid blocks
• Sensitive Data Is No Longer Stored In Debug Console History
• Rescanning with encrypted wallets
• Fee Estimation Improvements
• Multi-wallet support
• Removal of Coin Age Priority
• Mempool Persistence Across Restarts