A Brief Update on the Pending Upgrade

A Brief Update on the Pending Upgrade

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...
Responding to Attacks

Responding to Attacks

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...
A Response to the ASIC Threat

A Response to the ASIC Threat

This week, we learned that the dominant specialty crypto mining hardware maker (Bitmain) has released an “ASIC” miner for Equihash, which means it would be able to mine BTG if we were to allow that to happen. We will not allow that to happen. ASIC-resistance is...
The Bitcoin Gold Insight Explorer

The Bitcoin Gold Insight Explorer

We’re ready to officially announce our new Blockchain Explorer, which some of you may have already noticed on a not-so-secret web address: https://explorer.btgofficial.org More than “just another explorer,” this is a fully functional Bitcoin Gold Insight instance and...
BitGo, Gold, and Bitcoin Gold

BitGo, Gold, and Bitcoin Gold

We’ve often featured products or services for individuals, but today we’d like to flip it and talk about BitGo, a blockchain security company offering institutional services. BitGo specializes in multi-signature wallets for Enterprise customers, like institutional...
Vulnerable Core Wallet Update

Vulnerable Core Wallet Update

It’s time to give a status update on the Suspicious File / Vulnerable Wallet incident, which we first announced as a critical warning in November of 2017, with a later update on December 17th. We’ll provide a brief summary in a moment, but here’s the current status:...