Bulwark Monthly Blog #1

Welcome to the first in a new series of monthly Bulwark blogs!

We have a lot to discuss here so let’s get right to it!

Secure Home Node Released:

Bulwark is excited to launch the Secure Home Node, a turn-key solution for securely hosting masternodes on your home network. The Secure Home Node routes traffic over The Onion Router (TOR) to provide a high level of anonymity and security to node operators.

This exciting project makes operating a Bulwark masternode accessible to every level of user and helps serve our mission of expanding Bulwark’s reach and market penetration. Reflecting our focus on the space and a desire to meaningfully contribute, we are offering a series of 100 robustly equipped Secure Home Nodes for sale. 10 numbered kits were auctioned, and many of the further 90 have been sold. There are still a small number of both colour varieties remaining for sale.

True to the Bulwark Project’s goals, the Secure Home Node is entirely Open Source. From the Raspbian OS that it’s built on and all the scripting and software used to route all of the Home Nodes traffic over the TOR Network, all of the software involved will be freely available for you to download from the link below under the MIT license if you do not want to buy a kit.

https://github.com/bulwark-crypto/shn

To get more information about the kit, please check the pages below:

https://bulwarkcrypto.com/secure-home-node/

Knowledgebase:

In order to make Bulwark more easily accessible for all, we’ve created the Bulwark Knowledgebase:

http://kb.bulwarkcrypto.com

The knowledgebase is an open source collection of information, researched, compiled, and curated by our community. In order to contribute yourself, simply head to the GitHub link in the top-right corner of the webpage and submit an article to us via Pull Request.

Blocknet:

Bulwark has worked with Blocknet to incorporate BWK in to their cross-chain technology. Bulwark can now be used as part of blocknet dApps and the blocknet DEX.

We hope that this partnership can lead to more innovation for both projects moving forward.

Omni Spreadsheet:

https://twitter.com/OmniAnalytics/status/1013865367272394753

Many of you may already know about the Omni-Analytics group, a fairly well known group who has been compiling extremely useful data on coins in the masternode space. We’ve been among the top performers on most of their analytic criteria including commits to our official github.

Masternode Spreadsheet:

Twitter user @adi0149 has created a spreadsheet providing an unbiased view of more than 250 Masternode projects, comparing them based on objective figures with Dash serving as a baseline. We are happy to see that Bulwark has appeared at #2 on his list, making it the top coin besides Dash!

We would encourage you to give the spreadsheet a peek, and to forward any feedback you may have to the creator.

Wallet update 1.3.0 and 1.3.1 (Proof of Stake)

Over the past month we had two mandatory wallet updates.

The first one was to change Bulwark to Proof-of-Stake, as explained in our blog post here:

https://bulwarkcrypto.com/bulwark-proof-of-stake/

The second was to remove SeeSaw and implement new block reward splits (65% Masternodes/35% POS) as explained here:

https://bulwarkcrypto.com/bulwark-v1-3-1/

The new block rewards will come in to effect as of block 200,000. We’ve added a countdown to this block to the explorer.

Both updates went smoothly (Big thanks to the community to being receptive and updating quickly!) and included an updated UI with some bug fixes.

Tier 1 listing on GIN:

Bulwark has been added to the GIN Platform at tier 1!

https://p.gincoin.io/#!/

The GIN Platform allows you to run a Masternode for any coin that is listed on the GIN Platform, this allows you to easily setup a masternode for your desired coin.

The GIN platform automatically updates your masternode as new versions release, while ensuring the node stays online. We are pleased to see that while being listed there for only a few days, we are already the 3rd most popular coin in tier 1.

Bulwark For Good:

A community member has taken it upon themselves to start a charity masternode with the profits from a Bulwark Masternode. Extremely cool idea! Be sure to give them a follow on twitter!

https://twitter.com/BwkGood

MasternodeMeBro18 Tournament:

The first ever #MasternodeMeBro tournament is underway!

https://briandcolwell.com/2018/07/masternodemebro-tournament/.html

The Crypto Hobbit @BrianDColwell has partnered with Omni Analytics Group @OmniAnalytics to craft an epic battle of masternode projects. The goal of this tournament develop an idea of cryptocurrency community sentiment regarding top masternode projects.

Bulwark won round one, be on the lookout for round 2 soon!

Secure Home Node Giveaway:

A very cool community member bought the number 02/10 Secure Home Node in our auction! Nice! But there’s more! It was donated back to us and you can win it!

Here’s what you do:

1.) Create a cool/funny/exciting image using the Bulwark logo

2.) Be sure to post your image on twitter and:

a.) Use the Bulwark ticker $BWK

b.) Use the hashtag #SHNContest

c.) Mention @BulwarkCoin

d.) Follow @BulwarkCoin

3.) Contest begins July 09, 2018 and ends July 23rd, 2018.

The Bulwark staff will pick their four favorites and the community will vote for the winner!

In Closing:

Thanks for joining us for the first of many Bulwark Monthly Blogs. Stay tuned to our social media channels and we’ll announce the next one soon!