Intro

Hey Bulwark Gang! Welcome to Bulwark Monthly Blog #4! This is going to be one of our shorter monthly blogs because the marketing department is cooking up something amazing! Have no fear though, if you’re looking for content, October is going to be insane! Without further adieu, let’s cover September because we had some very important releases this month!

Marketing

New Bulwark Team Member

Bulwark added a new team member this month! With Bulwark’s developments on schedule and laid out on the roadmap, we decided to integrate one of our advisors into the team on a more in-depth basis. As Bulwark’s Marketing Disruptor, Kristen Colwell will provide marketing support on a variety of levels, with a focus on tactics tailored to the cryptocurrency space. Kristen will work closely with the Bulwark team to bridge the gap between the value that Bulwark offers and the visibility Bulwark has in the marketplace.

MasternodeMeBro 18 Events 4 and 5

MasternodeMeBro Event 4 was a tough one, but in the end the Bulwark Gang was just too strong for Rupaya! Big shoutout to the community for hammering out the votes we needed to win! For making it to the final 8 we were included in a banner on masternode.live! Thanks to them for sponsoring the tournament!

MasternodeMeBro Event 5 is currently running and we are up against ColossusXT. Be sure to vote for Bulwark as it closes on 10/21/2018!

MasternodeMeBro18 Event 5: Vote Here

Hoard Wallet

We want to thank the entire Bulwark community for helping us so rapidly hit the number of votes needed to qualify us for a free listing on an awesome upcoming mobile app. Hoard is an open source mobile wallet used to send, spend, store, and swap cryptocurrency and fiat.

Investfeed Blue Badge

Bulwark has a Blue Badge on investFeed! If you haven’t checked it out, it’s something like twitter, except it’s all cryptocurrency! If you’re looking for social media without the noise, this is the place to be!

Txbit

Bulwark has thrown our name in the ring for voting to get listed on Txbit! Everyone is able to vote once per 24 hours so be sure to check in once a day and show them what the Bulwark community is capable of!

Vote Here

Bulwark Related

YouTube

We’ve been adding YouTube tutorials on a regular basis. Be sure to check it periodically as we will be adding a Zerocoin Tutorial very soon!

Privacy Matrix

Bulwark was added to this Privacy Coin Matrix. This document is super comprehensive, so be sure to check it out if you’re interested in doing your own research or comparing Bulwark to other coins in the privacy space!

Flong SHN blog

https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@flong/unboxing-of-bulwark-secure-home-node-part-

Bulwark and PanamaTJ partnered to give away a Bulwark Secure Home Node. In a show of awesomeness, the winner Flong, wrote a blog about unboxing it and shared it for everyone to see. Don’t miss this one!

Gin coin report

Bulwark was rated in this months Gin Report. Be sure to look it over and notice which coin is the highest rated!

Development

Zerocoin Protocol (wallet 2.0.0)

It’s been a core goal from the very beginning, but since our recent move to Proof of Stake, we’ve been able to work towards realizing that goal and we are very proud to share with you the result of that work, Zerocoin. If you’re interested in privacy and how it functions in the cryptocurrency space, be sure to read our blog post and it will give you the education you desire! This update is mandatory and we will be enabling a spork to boot old wallets off the network on 10/15/2018. We recommend updating as soon as possible!

I2p changed to kovri

In order to maintain an acceptable level of security, Bulwark did not implement i2p this quarter. However, there is great news! We will instead be implementing Kovri in Q4 and assisting the Monero devs in any way we can to help optimize it. Kovri uses the same framework as i2p but is updated more frequently, more secure, and has patched large vulnerabilities that are still present in the standard i2p codebase.

Block reward new structure

Bulwark’s quarterly block reward reduction has come and gone! Our block reward has dropped from 37.5 down to 31.25 Bulwark per block. This means that for the next approximately three months the amount of Bulwark being generated has dropped an astounding 16.6%. Be sure to keep staking, setting up masternodes, and picking up additional coins because once December rolls around the block reward will be dropping another 20%. Rewards will never be as good as they are now!

Closing

Thanks for joining us for Bulwark Monthly Blog #4. Bulwark has some super exciting developments and community events planned for October so be sure to follow our social media and website! See you soon!