The Trust Layer
for Digital Proof
Glcoin is not a cryptocurrency. It is a permanent proof network — a blockchain where every participant is KYC-verified, every block is produced by a known, accountable entity, and every document anchored carries the weight of a legal notarization.
Peers & Addresses
Mempool
Mining & Difficulty
Data Throughput
DNS Seeder
Anchored Content
IPFS Daemon
Identity Before Anonymity
Every miner, every validator, every IPFS node operator is KYC-verified. Accountability is structural, not optional. When something goes wrong, there is always a responsible party. The chain knows who built it — by design.
Content and Currency as One
Glcoin is not a value ledger with storage bolted on. The blockchain is the content index. Every document, contract, and dataset anchored on-chain is permanently notarized — provably intact, provably dated, provably attributed.
Energy Has Better Uses
Proof-of-Work competition is designed for anonymous, trustless networks. Glcoin's network is neither. A known validator pool requires no energy arms race. The savings are not a trade-off — they are the point.
Permissioned Foundation
A clean genesis. Verified participants produce blocks. KYC miner registry. IPFS link store. The network is small, known, and accountable from block one. — Delivered.
Trusted Content Infrastructure
Before content goes on-chain permanently, the entities responsible for serving that content are identified, verified, and operational. Trusted IPFS nodes are onboarded. The content layer is ready.
The Blockchain Becomes the Index
Any transaction can anchor an IPFS CID permanently on-chain
via createsiteanchortx. Documents anchored on Glcoin
are notarized — they prove a specific piece of content existed
at a specific block, confirmed by a known, verified entity.
The site-resolver (resolveglcsite, listglcsites)
is operational.
Structured Data Layer
Links become data. Payment receipts, contract terms, asset descriptors, KYC attestations — structured, machine-readable records anchored permanently to the chain.
Archive Network
Universities, libraries, and certified custodians join as archive nodes. Content anchored on Glcoin is not just notarized — it is actively preserved by accountable institutions, indefinitely.
Proof of Authority — No More PoW
The remaining energy overhead is removed. Verified validators sign blocks in rotation. Block production becomes instant, deterministic, and provably green. The chain becomes what it always was philosophically: identity-secured, not hash-secured.
Decentralized Trust Infrastructure
Decentralized identity (W3C DID compatible). Programmable content contracts. AI training data provenance. Cross-chain notarization oracle. Glcoin becomes the trust layer of the internet — a permanent, accountable answer to the question: how do you prove something is true?
Open Proof-of-Work
- Anonymous participants — no accountability path
- Energy expenditure scales with network value
- Security derived from computational waste
- No recourse when something goes wrong
Glcoin
- KYC-verified validators — a known, responsible network
- Energy proportional to actual workload, not competition
- Security derived from identity and transparency
- Every action is traceable to a real-world entity
Document Notarization
Anchor a document's cryptographic hash on-chain. The blockchain proves the document existed — in its exact, unaltered form — at a specific date and time, confirmed by a verified, named entity. No notary required. No central authority to trust or lose.
AI Data Provenance
Record what data trained which model, when, by whom, and under what license terms. As AI regulation tightens globally, provable training data lineage moves from a best practice to a legal requirement. Glcoin is built for exactly this.
Asset & Contract Records
Ownership history, transfer conditions, contract terms — structured records anchored permanently on-chain. Readable by anyone. Alterable by no one. The audit trail exists independent of any company, platform, or jurisdiction.
Verified Identity
Decentralized identifiers (W3C DID-compatible) backed by real-world KYC verification. Prove credentials and authorizations without exposing raw personal data. Identity that travels with the participant, not with a platform.
RaspiBlesk
A complete Glcoin + Lightning node stack for Raspberry Pi 4/5 or any amd64 machine. Fully open-source — the complete build system, scripts, and configuration are publicly auditable on forge.618.ch. No managed services, no telemetry, no lock-in. Run it, inspect it, verify it.
Included in the stack
- Glcoin v0.2.6 full node — miner registry, on-chain site anchoring (createsiteanchortx), glcsite-resolver, jurisdictional storage, IPFS auto-pin
- Kubo (IPFS) daemon — OTP-pad off-chain layer, glc1/glc2/glc3 anchors, metrics
- Lightning Network — LND or Core Lightning, Macaroon-auth, REST + gRPC
- CPU miner with built-in permit application GUI
- Electrum server (electrs or Fulcrum)
- Mempool explorer (silver-pegged, KYC miner recognition)
- glc-rpc-explorer with full RPC browser + custom views (/miners, /sites, /ipfs-links)
- LNbits, Thunderhub, RTL, Helipad, LNDg (rebalancing), Labelbase
- Tor + optional I2P transport layer
- Web admin panel & SSH menu interface
- blesk.audit.sh v10 — 335-test automated regression suite
- Raspberry Pi 4/5 — arm64 only (no cloud required)