Nodes from OP
addnode=104.131.17.78
addnode=198.199.94.134
put those in goldpieces.conf
made goldpieces.conf as in OP, put in appdata/roaming/goldpieces folder and still:
0 active connections to GoldPieces network
win 7-64
Did you create goldpieces.conf while the wallet was running? if so restart wallet and those nodes should kick in.