Quote from: Dashltc on December 20, 2016, 08:26:59 AM

This is what one of the top 3 alt coin developers had to say about Segwit. Gulden has already update to latest code base but left Segwit disabled.

Quote from: MaNI on December 19, 2016, 03:27:51 PM

Quote from: Altcoinfanatic on December 19, 2016, 02:21:09 PM

splendid update!!!!!11! Just love it.

Thanks.

Quote from: Altcoinfanatic on December 19, 2016, 02:21:09 PM

Some questions:
1. Is Segwit code integrated in 1.6.1/1.6.2? If so when is the activation date? Is it using version bits or ISM (IsSuperMajority)?

It's integrated but disabled (except on testnet where it is active). We have no immediate plans to activate it on mainnet as right now there is no immediate need (or immediate benefits) to us doing so, we do not have massive block congestion, none of our current services are having overwhelming malleability issues..
There are various risks to activating this ahead of bitcoin, including the fact that it may never activate on bitcoin, if it never activates then perhaps the Bitcoin devs will revisit the malleability problem and find a better solution, perhaps we would rather follow them in that then be stuck supporting a feature they never activated and dumped (just because we wanted to be first) We also have no real desire to being Bitcoins beta testers.

So yes, we could have activated this already if we wanted but we aren't really interested in that right now, we are far more interested in our own projects that we are busy working on which IMO are far more exciting and represent far more real value for our userbase.

I know the above probably sounds strange in the 'crypto' field where other coins are all clamouring to claim they are first at something so that they can score cheap hype points or whatever, but this is how it is.
At Gulden we are focused on sustainable responsible development, not hype driven nonsense and cheap tricks.

Interesting points brought up re "why not" but does not match what it claims to be "sustainable responsible development, and instead compares itself to other hypers and bitcoin. Mentions about various risks to activating but only specifies the one that it may never activate for bitcoin.

It sticks me as incongruent tp say things like "we don't need it now" and then follow up with buzzwords like "sustainable responsible devt".