Bitcoin, according to many people, is the standard in cryptocurrency, at least the best known. But what exactly are the differences with Gulden. Many people wonder, below is a brief overview.

Bitcoin: 21 million bitcoins, of which more than half are on the market (owned by a small group).
Gulden: 1680 million Guilders, of which 470 million are on the market (with 100,000 owners/users now).

Bitcoin: A Bitcoin transaction takes an average of one hour (6 blocks of 10 minutes).
Gulden: At Gulden now averages 150-300 seconds (1 to 2 blocks) and in the foreseeable future 0 seconds.

Bitcoin: At Bitcoin, the transaction capacity is about 7 transactions per second which cannot be increased without significant changes.
Gulden: At Gulden, the transaction capacity is now 40 per second which can be easily scaled up.

Bitcoin: With Bitcoin, the transaction fee is high, May 2019 +/- €1, which makes small transactions basically impossible. The fees are determined by supply and demand between miners and users.
Gulden: With Gulden, the transaction fee is set permanently low at €0.005

Bitcoin: With Bitcoin, fewer bitcoins come to the market after each halving.
Gulden: At Gulden, this is fixed at 92,160 per day for the next 25 years.

Bitcoin: Can be used as a “store of value”.
Gulden: Is suitable as a “store of value” and as a payment system and as a deposit savings system

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