Goldcoin is pioneering AI-autonomous cryptocurrency development. With proven technical performance since 2013 (1,120 TPS, zero fees, 2-minute confirmations), Goldcoin is the first cryptocurrency where AI agents handle the majority of development, testing, and release engineering.

• 1,120 Transactions Per Second — approximately 160x Bitcoin's capacity
• Zero Transaction Fees — completely free to send
• 2-Minute Confirmations — approximately 5x faster than Bitcoin
• 32 MB Blocks — 32x larger than Bitcoin
• AI-Driven Development — majority of engineering performed by AI agents
• 100-Year Treasury — 1.1 billion GLC fund for long-term operations

• AI agents perform the majority of coding, debugging, and code review
• Framework migrations (C++23, Qt 6.9, OpenSSL 3.x) executed by AI
• Build system engineering and cross-compilation handled by AI
• Humans provide architectural direction, release approval, and strategic oversight

• AI manages release cycles, testing, and build pipelines end-to-end
• Automated regression testing and security auditing
• Human role focused on project governance, infrastructure, and external relationships
• Exchange listings, domain management, and legal compliance remain human-directed

• AI handles all software development, maintenance, and release operations
• Minimal human oversight for governance, funding, and external partnerships
• Expanding AI responsibility as tooling and capabilities mature
• Long-term goal: reduce human involvement to strategic oversight only

• Complete C++23 modernization with Boost elimination
• Automatic BDB 4.8 to 18.1 wallet migration
• OpenSSL 3.5.2 LTS and secp256k1 v0.6.0 cryptographic stack
• Enterprise CMake build system with static linking
• Rewritten 51% defense system for pool competitiveness and stability
• P2P hardening for compact blocks and headers processing

• Long-running stable release with core functionality

• Qt 6.9 GUI interface with modern frameworks
• Further network protocol improvements

For complete build instructions, see BUILD_GUIDE.md

# Show build options
make help

# Build Linux binaries
make linux

# Build Windows binaries (requires dependencies)
make windows

Refer to BUILD_GUIDE.md for testing instructions.

# RPC tests
qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py

# Run a specific test suite
src/test/test_goldcoin -t specific_test_name

• Build Notes — Platform-specific build instructions
• Developer Guide — Development best practices
• RPC API — JSON-RPC interface documentation
• Whitepaper — Complete technical vision
• Release Process — How releases are managed

We welcome contributions. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

# 1) Fork the repository

# 2) Create a feature branch
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature

# 3) Commit changes
git commit -m "Add amazing feature"

# 4) Push to your fork
git push origin feature/amazing-feature

# 5) Open a Pull Request on GitHub

• C++23 for new code (zero Boost dependencies)
• CMake build system with static linking
• Write unit tests for new features
• Update documentation

• MicroGuy — Lead Software Architect
• Claude — Chief Strategist & Workflow Director
• Claude Code — Senior Developer
• Grok 4 — Development Assistant

Goldcoin aims to become the first cryptocurrency where AI manages the full software lifecycle -- from development through release -- with human oversight focused on governance and strategic direction.

• Genesis Block: May 2013
• Current Block Height: ~3,150,000+
• Network Uptime: 99.9% since launch
• Zero Security Breaches: Core protocol remains uncompromised

• 51% Defense: Golden River Protocol with pool competitiveness support
• Multi-signature Treasury: 1.1 billion GLC secured
• P2P Hardening: Compact block and headers processing protections

• Goldcoin Core — Full node wallet
• Goldcoin Android — Mobile wallet
• Electrum-GLC — Lightweight wallet

• Official Explorer
• Cryptoid

• Website: https://goldcoinproject.org
• Discord: https://discord.me/goldcoin
• Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/goldcoin
• Telegram: https://t.me/goldcoin
• Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/goldcoin

Goldcoin Core is released under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT for more information.

This is experimental software. Use at your own risk. See COPYING for license terms.

"In Code We Trust"