by Edward Iskra | Jul 10, 2018 | Announcements, Development
The BTG blockchain has been performing wonderfully since the successful Network Upgrade last week. If you’re using our ElectrumG wallet, make sure you update to the latest version, published last week: ElectrumG 3.2.1 ElectrumG 3.2.1 is a stable release and is fully...
by Edward Iskra | Jun 12, 2018 | Development, Technical, Updates
Summary: Our current mining algorithm, Equihash, is used by many different coins without any personalization. It was originally developed by Zcash and based on the parameter set <200,9>. We are going to upgrade to Equihash with a the parameter set <144,5>,...
by Edward Iskra | Jun 4, 2018 | Development, Updates
The team is hard at work preparing for a Network Upgrade to be accomplished via Hard Fork (this will not create a new coin.) We’re doing this for two reasons: we need to address the threat of ASIC miners coming into the Equihash mining space, and we need to take...
by Edward Iskra | May 24, 2018 | Development, Updates
We have recently sent a detailed memo to the Exchanges who carry Bitcoin Gold, but we also wanted to be transparent and share information with the public. (If you’re with an Exchange that has not received the memo, please get in touch via the usual channels...
by Edward Iskra | Mar 28, 2018 | Announcements, Development
We are releasing our Beta version of ElectrumG, our fork of the Electrum Bitcoin Wallet project for Bitcoin Gold. Electrum was first announced for Bitcoin in 2011. Since then, it has grown to be one of the most popular Bitcoin wallets, both for users and developers,...
by Edward Iskra | Mar 25, 2018 | Development
While this news is primarily of interest to developers, it’s good for the broader community to be aware of progress being made “behind the scenes.” It’s important for all BTG users and BTG investors to know that we’re constantly improving our infrastructure and...
