Written by Lisa Kim
As we unwind the last thread of 2023, the Abelian Foundation proudly looks back on a year of dynamic growth and achievements within the realm of privacy-preserving and quantum-safe blockchain technology.
Our mission to provide a robust, quantum-resistant Abelian blockchain, fortified with advanced lattice-based cryptography, has seen significant advancements this year. Not only have we enhanced our mining software, ensuring upgraded security and efficiency, but we’ve also seen focused accomplishments regarding access and usability to our native cryptocurrency $ABEL with our first CEX listings. The listing came alongside with substantial upgrades to our desktop wallet, alongside the launch and enhancements of our mobile wallet. Our active participation in various conferences and AMA sessions, coupled with the launch community campaigns, has further solidified our commitment to building a secure, privacy-oriented future.
As we reflect on a year of pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in providing different levels of privacy and enabling users to create their own quantum-resistant tokens, we invite you to join us in celebrating these milestones and explore the quantum-safe, privacy-centric world of Abelian.
Achievements in Mining Software Upgrade
“Infrastructure” was a big keyword for Abelian in 2023. The entire team prioritized building a secure and robust infrastructure for the past 12 months completing a total of 8 updates to the infrastructure software. This securely built infrastructure aligns with the Abelian Foundation’s ultimate goal of becoming a post-quantum Layer 0 in the world of Blockchain.
🔹 Through efforts from both the foundation and community, there are over 200,000 GPU cards mining in the Abelian Network. This is a big leap from less than 10,000 in the beginning of this year.
🔹 The difficulty rate of Abelian’s mining network also experienced a big boost, with Dr. Duncan Wong announcing a 50% jump in difficulty in October. Since October, the mining difficulty increased by a total of 151.11% as the mined block height is at 239526 and the difficulty at an impending 400,000.
The higher the difficulty levels improve security of blockchain — this is a major accomplishment that could only be made possible through the Abelian Team’s hard work in upgrading the mining software.
Here are some of the major mining software updates of 2023:
Before we begin, here’s a brief 2022 recap.
In 2022, the Abelian Full Node newly adopted a variant of ETHash POW for fighting against ASIC mining. The Abelian Full Node featured enhanced memory usage and lower minimum memory requirements of just 4GB. A new command at abectl for miners to check their mining speed and the fund transfer / payment function became available.
Ok, back to 2023..
1. GPU Mining
In March 2023, the Abelian Foundation released its first GPU Mining software. At this time, Charlie was the only mining pool operated by the Abelian Foundation. In July, the foundation completed another update where miners freely pick any of the 4 servers to connect to, regardless of GPU or CPU usage. Automatic failover feature between pool servers was set up earlier in April, eliminating miners’ need to worry about system crash of any single GPU pool server.
This update was significant as it signaled towards a more resilient network and the capacity to support a lot more miners
2. Abelian Full Node
On the 20th of November, Abelian’s Full Node went through a major upgrade, pushing the pre-existing version of full node down to the name of a Semi-Full Node. The new full-node 0.12.3 was upgraded to store all data including the including the witness of transactions from the Genesis block while the previous full node — now, Semi-Full Node — stopped storing data after checkpoints.
The new full node release was a big step towards a more robustly decentralized POW network.
3. Solo GPU Mining
In June 2023, with the release of abec-v.0.11.0, the foundation introduced Solo GPU Mining which delivers the benefits of bigger rewards for miners while building a more decentralized network. Solo GPU mining means instead of connecting to a mining pool server Charlie or Dior, miners connect the GPU mining pool client, abelminer v2.0.2, to a self-run Abelian Full Node (abec v0.11.10).
The introduction of Solo GPU Mining was possible due to Abelian’s capacity to support a lot of miners, and it helped expand Abelian’s mining community.
4. Reduction in Pool Fees
Prior to the 13th of November, the Abelian Foundation collected a pool fee of 30% from mining. The collected pool fees were used as marketing and community-building budget. As the foundation’s mining ecosystem grew, the foundation made the decision that it was time to reduce pool fees from 30% to 5%. The new pool fee rate was effective from block 216,000, a decision made as appreciative towards towards our dedicated miner community supporting the network.
5. Community-Made Pools
On the 9th of November, abelpool.io was released as the foundation’s first community-made pool. abelpool.io was good news to the entire community as it supported HiveOS, an operating system that many miners were looking for.
Since the release, the abelpool.io community has grown to 435 members and the team is continuously working on better usability for miners. The pool’s most recent update feature auto generated long address according the short address in address binding page, and a function that allows miners to use mobile wallet address/ exchange deposit address to mine on abelpool.io directly
Last week, the second community-made pool zkProvers launched with a great start of 6,000 GPU cards running. zkProvers also supports various operating systems .
In early 2023, the Abelian Foundation only had 2 mining pools in operation. We’re wrapping up 2023 with a total of 7 mining pools — five operated by the Abelian Foundation and two community-run pools. This past year, the tech team worked fervently to bring optimized security, efficiency and usability to the foundation’s mining pools — Alicia, Baker, Charlie and Dior. The Abelian Foundation continues to support individuals to build mining pools on Abelian’s POW ecosystem. Please contact the Admin on Abelian’s Discord or Telegram if you’re interested in building!
Achievements in Abelian Wallet
1. Desktop Wallet
On February, 2023 — the Abelian Desktop Wallet was released for the first time. This provided an easier method for miners to keep track of the total number of $ABEL they mined.
The Abelian Tech team was able to roll out a total of 4 updates on the Abelian Wallet, a post-quantum wallet with an easy-to-use graphical interface providing recovery phrases and functions to send or receive $ABEL . Here are some of the major Abelian Wallet updates of 2023:
In July, version 0.2.0 of the desktop wallet was released introducing a short wallet address feature, as the previous ABEL wallet’s post-quantum public key address was much longer than a conventional one. Each short address was designed to be only 66 bytes long, which made it more convenient for sending and receiving ABELs than before.
After a small upgrade fixing MacOS bug fixes, version 0.3.0 of the Abelian Desktop Wallet was released offering a faster syncing speed by 10x to 100x (depending on users’ network speed) and disk usage reduced by 80% (from more than 270GB to around 54GB).
Since its release the Abelian Desktop Wallet has been the hottest issue within community, with community members helping each other out on installing and syncing the desktop wallet.
Currently, the Abelian Desktop wallet supports 3 languages: English, Chinese and Vietnamese.
👉 Download the Abelian Desktop Wallet here
2. Mobile Wallet
In December, the first Abelian Mobile Wallet launched with usability as easy as conventional crypto wallets. The quantum-proof mobile wallet was released in 3 languages (English, Chinese and Vietnamese) and came equipped with an auto-synchronization feature that rid of the synchronization obstacle many users experienced while installing the desktop wallet.
The mobile wallet is available on both IOS and AOS devices, and allows users to easily and securely store mined, or purchased $ABEL with absolutely zero hassle.
In the short period that the mobile wallet has been public, it has been through 2 upgrades — including one that installed a Super-Node on the back-end wallet server offering the ability to scan the entire Abelian ledger with 0 security risks, perfectly synchronize blocks automatically and ensure the instant reception and balance update of $ABEL in users’ wallets. Another update that happened last week improved usability by exporting long address and showing details page for each transaction. The foundation also released a tutorial to integrate users’ desktop wallet to mobile wallet for a more holistic user experience.
The Abelian mobile wallet is a giant step towards the mass adoption of quantum-resistant technology and the foundation will continue to improve usability and efficiency of the software.
👉 Download the Abelian Mobile Wallet here
Marketing & Community Achievements
2023 was a big year for the Abelian community accomplishing a total 14,636 new members joining in Q4.
🔹Twitter experienced a growth rate of approximately 157.41%, reaching 13.9K followers,
🔹 The Abelian Discord server saw a substantial growth rate of about 434.29%, with member numbers rising from 700 to 3,740.
🔹 Abelian’s Telegram channel had a growth rate of around 347.09%, with the group members increasing from 892 to 3,988.
Here are some highlights from the team’s marketing efforts that made this growth possible.
1. Airdrop Campaigns and Giveaways
The Abelian Foundation launched total of 5 Airdrop / Giveaway campaigns that distributed 5500 $ABEL to existing and new community members. Each Airdrop campaign was designed for users to learn more about quantum tech and the Abelian Foundation’s tech and community. The campaigns resulted as a success, garnering an average of 200+ retained users into the community.
- Abelian’s First Zealy Campaign:
2. Community AMA sessions
The Abelian Foundation participated in over 15 AMA sessions during the last quarter of 2023, with our founder, Dr. Duncan Wong making guest appearances to AMA sessions with well-established crypto communities.
Through partnered AMA sessions, Dr. Duncan Wong not only spoke about Abelian’s strengths, and values but also educated users on the impending threat of quantum computer attacks which lead to an attraction of a more diverse range of users into the Abelian.
Conference Tours
The Abelian Foundation attended reputable conferences in 2023 harnessing a reputation and making fruitful connections with industry professionals and enthusiasts. Here are some of the highlights from Abelian’s 2023 conference tours:
HK Web 3 Month
The Abelian Foundation’s founder, Dr. Duncan Wong took the stage at Hong Kong Web 3 month. His presentation Quantum Algorithm: Doomsday of Major Cryptocurrencies addressed the rapid advancements in quantum computing and its potential implications on current blockchain technologies. Dr. Wong also participated in a panel discussion, Cryptanalysis: Safeguard with Post-Quantum Cryptographers alongside Christoper Tam, Head of Partnerships at BTQ. This panel further explored the challenges and solutions in the realm of quantum-resistant cryptographic systems.
ETH Hong Kong
The Abelian Foundation’s Marketing Lead, Leeny L. made a presentation at ETH Hong Kong highlighting Abelian’s work pioneering the world’s first post-quantum and privacy preserving blockchain. Leeny provided fantastic overview of how Abelian Foundation is leading the way in developing next-generation blockchain technology focused on post-quantum security and user privacy.
ACM CCS 2023
The Abelian Foundation was an official sponsor for ACM CCS 2023, Copenhagen in which our Marketing Lead, Leeny L. operated a booth where cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts could learn more about quantum security in the Blockchain realm and learn the specifics on how Abelian utilizes NIST-Standardized lattice-based cryptography to secure user assets from quantum computer attacks.
Taipei Blockchain Week 2023
The Abelian Foundation’s Dr. Duncan Wong, had the honor of participating in a panel discussion, Future-proofing Ethereum with Post-Quantum Cryptography, with Cathie So, PhD and Chen-Mou Cheng from BTQ at Taipei Blockchain Week, delving into post-quantum security in blockchain. The panel captured the attention of the many industry leaders and enthusiasts at the event, underscoring Dr. Duncan Wong’s thought leadership in our field.
The foundation also co-hosted the DeSci Collider event during KBW, alongside our esteemed partners, ResearchHub, Holonym Foundation, BTQ, ACJR, Molecule AG. The event was a convergence of innovative ideas of decentralized science, and the Abelian Foundation was honored to be a part of the conversation in science.
The Abelian Foundation is very proud to have its community of miners, quantum specialists and enthusiasts as well as crypto investors. We were also very lucky to have helpful community members like Son Of A Tech and Abelorian voluntarily create tutorial videos on mining Abelian, allowing an easier onboarding process for new joiners of the community.
Other Achievements
$ABEL CEX Listing
Abelian and its crypto currency $ABEL was able to receive more attention from crypto users through its much anticipated CEX listings on, XT.Com and MEXC Global.
The first listing was on the 18th of November on XT Exchange, and it was a successful coin launch with prices peaking at $1.89 — ten days after the launch. Please note that $ABEL was updated on Coin Market Cap 2 weeks after the listing, and the chart does not adequately reflect the historic price movements of the coin.
While there were technical difficulties faced through the integration of innovative lattice-based cryptography to one of our partner exchanges exchanges, the team quickly collaborated with partners to open up $ABEL withdrawals through email and resolved issues for the community.
Listing on CEXs was a fruitful milestone for the mining community of Abelian, as many were able to see financial gains from their long-time hard work of mining the quantum-resistant coin, $ABEL.
Abelian PQZK Bridge Yellow Paper
In June, the Abelian Foundation released a Yellow Paper focusing on the PQZK Bridge, a technology designed to link traditional blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum with the quantum-resistant Abelian blockchain via zero-knowledge proofs. This innovation enables existing blockchains to seamlessly transition to quantum-resistant security, preserving their prior work. The Foundation plans to further refine and expand upon the operational details of this technology in the 2024 continuation of the Yellow Paper.
👉 Read the Abelian PQZK Bridge Yellow Paper here
Technical Support Ambassador Program
The Abelian Foundation officially recruited Ambassadors to represent the Abelian Foundation on social networks and support new-joining members on the education of Abelian’s tech as well as solving technical difficulties for miners. The foundation is proud to have 5 talented ambassadors dispersed across all time zones, speaking 7 different languages to create a welcoming atmosphere of an easy onboarding process.
👉 Apply to become an Abelian Technical Support Ambassador here
We launched into 2023 with ambitious goals and are exiting the year with them not only met but exceeded, thanks to the unwavering support and dedication of our community. The expansion of our mining pools, the advancement of our node technology, and the broadening of our global reach through conferences and partnerships are just a few of the many milestones we’ve achieved together. Our journey has been marked by collective effort and shared success, reflecting the strength and commitment of our community.
As we stand on the cusp of a new year, we are filled with gratitude and excitement for what lies ahead. The path we’re on is long and filled with potential, and every step we take is a step towards a future where privacy and security are not just ideals but realities for all. So, here’s to the adventures that await us in 2024 and beyond. May our journey be as fruitful and transformative as the year we’ve just experienced. Thank you for being an integral part of the Abelian story.
Visit us at https://abelian.info and continue to be part of this exciting journey into a secure and private future.
About Abelian
Abelian is a quantum-resistant blockchain infrastructure which enables digital gold 2.0 and empowers the post-quantum crypto ecosystem. Learn more about the quantum-safe Abelian blockchain & $ABEL Tokenomics at our documentation page.
The Abelian Foundation welcomes all feedback regarding tech developments and upcoming changes. To join the conversation, please visit us on our various social media and community channels linked on our linktree👇
