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BTG is on Exodus

Announcements

We’re happy to report that Bitcoin Gold is now on Exodus! The very popular (and very pretty) Exodus multi-asset desktop wallet brings us support for Bitcoin Gold in their latest release. Now, BTG fans can use a lite wallet that doesn’t just securely manage their coins, it also beautifully charts their holdings! And, since Exodus fully

Roadmap 2018

Announcements, Development, General, Updates

Seeing how far we’ve come, it’s easy to forget that just a few days ago, we enjoyed the two-month anniversary of our Launch on November 12th, 2017. Since then, the Bitcoin Gold (BTG) coin has been listed in 46 markets on 26 exchanges and is supported by the top instant exchange platforms (ShapeShift and Changelly), which would not

ShapeShift Supports Bitcoin Gold

Announcements, Updates

We’re happy to share that ShapeShift is providing instant exchange services into and out of Bitcoin Gold! Full BTG functionality is live and available to anyone using ShapeShift, including merchants (like Overstock), business service providers (like BitGo), wallets (like Coinomi), and anyone else who uses the ShapeShift API. End users can use ShapeShift directly through their website. With ShapeShift joining Changelly, both

Bitcoin Gold Wallet v0.15.0.2 Release

Updates

We’re happy to announce the release of the Bitcoin Gold Wallet version 0.15.0.2! We’ve added direct support for several systems, like ARM server and MacOS… even Raspberry Pi! Serious corporate developers are more interested in the ARM support, but let’s face it, everyone loves Pi. We’ll keep working to ensure that the official wallet is

Somewhere We Can Talk

Announcements, General

5-second summary: We’re moving from Slack to Discord on Monday. We’ve also set up a discussion Forum. More Comfortable Places for the Community The attention and interest the Bitcoin Gold project has attracted is phenomenal and continues to expand. Part of our ambition for serving this growing community is to continuously improve communications… both by improving our messaging

Vulnerable Wallets and the Suspicious File

Announcements, Updates

Summary After the Suspicious File incident that we reported on November 26th, our staff conducted a security audit, performed password rotations and 2FA reset for all accounts with access to critical facilities including (but not limited to) Github, and implemented strict security measures and protocols to greatly enhance safety and ensure this does not happen again. We

Bitcoin Gold Blockchain Performance

Development, Technical, Updates

We’re going to share some details and analysis of our blockchain’s performance. Although our Ecosystem has been growing rapidly, we know a few parties (including a small number of exchanges) were waiting to see if the new “blockchain is stable.” With this post, we plan to lay out what we feel is compelling evidence about that and hope to

The Growing Bitcoin Gold Ecosystem

General, Updates

It’s a good time for an update about the Bitcoin Gold ecosystem. Exchanges There are currently 45 Bitcoin Gold markets on 24 exchanges listed at CoinMarketCap [EDIT: now 48 markets on 25 exchanges], and more have announced they’re working on opening up to BTG. At the time of writing, the top five global exchanges by dollar volume (according to CoinMarketCap’s

CRITICAL WARNING

Announcements, Updates

Updated: Sunday, December 17 We have published the results of our detailed analysis of the suspicious file, including a list of about 30 Vulnerable wallets created because of this file. Please see our detailed post, Vulnerable Wallets and the Suspicious File. The original post follows. Updated: Sunday, November 26, 2017, 17:00 UTC NOTE: We have expanded