UPDATE: we’ve added an external live balance site, as described in this post.

BTG Endowment Transparency
Live Source Code: https://github.com/h4x3rotab/btg-transparent

 

About the Bitcoin Gold Endowment

Since the day they were first mined, the Endowment’s wallets have been public on the BTG blockchain, but rumors and misinformation persist. This post explains the Endowment mining process in detail and lists all of the wallets.

In 2017, the Bitcoin Gold project duplicated (forked) the Bitcoin blockchain as a fair way to distribute 16 million coins, and then launched with an 8000-block mining period to create a 100,000 BTG Endowment to support the future of the project.

As of early August, 2018, about 20,000 BTG have been spent from the Endowment and about 80,000 BTG remain.

This Endowment is currently the only source of funding for the Bitcoin Gold project; after the formation of the Endowment on the day of launch, 100% of all mining rewards and fees have gone directly to the miners – exactly as described in our original Bitcoin Gold Whitepaper / Roadmap. and detailed in our earlier Endowment post.

The funds we’ve spent from the Endowment align as described in the Roadmap – salaries and payments for infrastructure, developers, support staff, travel to promotional events… we have not spent any funds paying Exchanges to list BTG. Our developers are currently focused on bringing Lightning Network fully to life on BTG, and are working on Atomic Swaps, Smart Contracts, and more!

The whole team is working hard to be Good Stewards of the Endowment so that it can support this project for months and years to come, despite the temporary bear market in cryptos.

Building for the future,
The Bitcoin Gold Organization
#1CPU1VOTE


Note that there is no “new information” in this post– it is a summary of information that has been publicly available since launch in 2017, either in the public open-source code on GitHub, or on the BTG blockchain itself.

Recap of how BTG started

Fork and Launch:

Fork at BTC Block 491406

After Bitcoin block 491406 was mined on 2017-10-24 01:17:35 UTC, there were about 16.5 million Bitcoin in existence. At that point, the entire Bitcoin blockchain was duplicated (forked) to establish the starting point of the ledger for BTG – so BTG blocks 0 through 491406 are identical to those same-numbered Bitcoin blocks (with the addresses converted to BTG format to avoid confusion.)

This new ledger of BTG had the same number of coins in it – 16.5 million – each of which was in the control of the same owner as the original Bitcoin (because those people hold the private keys).

BTG Network Launch

On November 12th at 08:34:01, the BTG network was launched and mining began with BTG block 491407, the first block mined as BTG, on 2017-11-12 12:34:01 UTC.

There was no mining and no coins were created between 2017-10-24 and 2017-11-12.

The mining reward from the first 8,000 BTG blocks formed the Endowment. At a block reward of 12.5 BTG per block, 8000 blocks yields 100,000 BTG, as specified in the original Bitcoin Gold Whitepaper / Roadmap.

Of those 100,000 BTG, 40,000 were immediately accessible and 60,000 were time-locked for up to 36 months. For safety, security, and control, those 100,000 BTG were mined into 152 different wallets, and all of these wallets are 4/6 multi-sig. (This means there are six private keys for each wallet, and at least four of the six private keys must sign a transaction to move any funds. Each of the six co-founders of the project holds one of these keys.)

If you’re good with code, you can confirm what’s written above by looking at the open-source code in our GitHub: 60% of the funds being time-locked for up to three years can be seen here. Enforcement of the official multisig wallet list is in the consensus rules seen here. If you’re not good with code, you can read still understand full mining process below, along with a full list of all the Endowment wallets. We include links to the blockchain explorer to make it easy to confirm on-chain.

After the mining of the 100,000 BTG of the Endowment, the total number of BTG rose from 16.5 million to 16.6 million. The Endowment was only 0.6% of the coin supply at the time. (Max future coin supply is 21 million, so the Endowment was 0.476% of the maximum coin supply.)

Endowment Mining Specifics

First 3200 blocks (40,000 BTG)

These were mined into four wallets, “round robin” style:

491407 -> Address 1
491408 -> Address 2
491409 -> Address 3
491410 -> Address 4
491411 -> Address 1
491412 -> Address 2
491413 -> Address 3
491414 -> Address 4
491415 -> Address 1…

… and so on for 3200 blocks. At 800 blocks per wallet, these wallets accumulated 800 * 12.5 = 10,000 BTG each. The wallet addresses are listed below, and are also visible when looking at those block numbers in any BTG blockchain explorer.

The next 4800 blocks (60,000 BTG)

The remaining blocks were divided into roughly 36 segments to unlock monthly over the course of three years. (Dividing 4800 into 36 would actually be 133.33 blocks per segment; instead, 36 segments of 133 blocks were created and a 37th segment with the remaining 12 blocks.)

Each segment was mined round-robin into four wallet addresses, much like the earlier blocks.

Example:

494607 -> Address 5
494608 -> Address 6
494609 -> Address 7
494610 -> Address 8
494611 -> Address 5
494612 -> Address 6
494613 -> Address 7
494614 -> Address 8
494615 -> Address 5…

During the first 132 blocks of the segment, each address received 33 block rewards of 12.5 BTG, so each received 412.5 BTG. Then, for the 133rd block, the first address received an additional 12.5, bringing the total to 425 BTG in the first wallet.

The total BTG for the segment is 425 + 412.5 + 412.5 + 412.5 = 1,662.5 BTG.

After these 133 blocks were done, mining advanced to the next segment, which did the same procedure into four new wallet addresses which were time-locked for an additional month.

Again, all the addresses in question are 4/6 multi-sig and require four signatures to withdraw funds, in addition to the time locks.

Complete List of Endowment Wallets

As of early August, 2018, about 20,000 BTG from the 100,000 BTG Endowment have been spent, and 80,000 BTG remain in the originally mined wallets. Nearly 60% of the current funds remain time-locked.

The complete list of Endowment mining blocks and their wallets follows below, broken into segments as described above. The first column shows the first block mined for each wallet; the second shows for how many months that wallet was locked.

Links go directly to the noted wallet address or block in the official BTG explorer, but these can be verified in any BTG block explorer or full node.

(Spent figures as of early August, 2018)

First Block Months Locked Blocks Mined Starting Balance (BTG) Spent (BTG) Wallet Address
491407 0 800 10,000 10,000 AQS1w7wyXQjPiE29LtA8ER8DbSQii4vSk7
491408 0 800 10,000 10,000 AeTXqQdHLJGug6PdaQFvQZvjPM9E8wDV8u
491409 0 800 10,000 0 AMZdDm8jyZRUTxWCjwZsKbBAtdnyzyTqtN
491410 0 800 10,000 0 AV1WBeDbz27UXRy9PRveHtbnT8u2cmy1Fs
494607 1 34 425 0 AbUDWqByF1zYK1EH9oYyqDiYqzwz4nyvUb
494608 1 33 412.5 0 AY5UJYbHpVqnzTSnVUmds96iEa184whwMy
494609 1 33 412.5 0 ANq7beYK3u4ZNSwLQ4jvaqfrJk5A2eNVjh
494610 1 33 412.5 0 AGHgQeewWPk9c3Du2nRF1p71NkGpnV2uSx
494740 2 34 425 0 ActxzuxFj1GwhEUDaKqHBrrXDpUB8uKCiA
494741 2 33 412.5 0 ALjMJWeDkZ7TkDZG4HwEGreLCZCDQ6eBax
494742 2 33 412.5 0 AekPK2yqYDUvM2KSRRxg7PF2WWYZNKtB4t
494743 2 33 412.5 0 AJoWHymWN9RoabfgWxP1idwXiGhr24KGe2
494873 3 34 425 0 AHGTzSDyvYc9facpDPFaMqB9wo2iH38Cv8
494874 3 33 412.5 0 AXgN6pqjgs8npUVXkhgpHmP66cQCyoJKAu
494875 3 33 412.5 0 AWTmcqDk2Zevu6xNAXqxfgZPpBdNMSZVct
494876 3 33 412.5 0 ARGAriqAfEvXETj7RFfpxDTqPjZKL786LJ
495006 4 34 425 0 AbU8U4VPc9r176VR8oQuhX1nzdRpTY5kWX
495007 4 33 412.5 0 AWFXYhfYzuECB8g6hS7tpiFmuK5ZNiD1cM
495008 4 33 412.5 0 AamYqNARNAW79d3ZUDKcADcmTfcdZpVGGA
495009 4 33 412.5 0 AS4Kniez3kxj75BwdxuZuXx8gu3L1amh7W
495139 5 34 425 0 AKgNEx94ksEqjfigiPEcvwxozZeVhUn1ii
495140 5 33 412.5 0 AVoB3cB76kxrTBu4hgBg9yCuYdwcuT2mKN
495141 5 33 412.5 0 AcaCbcttdQoVBdUxdzoVYsd6X2sSq5432q
495142 5 33 412.5 0 AQ3SSqcdUrvgSu3uYzKX5Rkzh3jj8orSjb
495272 6 34 425 0 AUxsecqWnrbRBi4b8SoW1DaU4Nb5KnwxpB
495273 6 33 412.5 0 AXWFsVTZNc2R1b3MtEoQPhYohmRkBLQqE3
495274 6 33 412.5 0 ANnRceRd7E9Lpi1DYXiiqejguj8xv8f8Do
495275 6 33 412.5 0 AJrorVhgKQd3bFXdD67YHAYBb5RKnL999C
495405 7 34 425 0 APAadERsu3MCEiQ5oXmGC9iQfA6zYUB99X
495406 7 33 412.5 0 AYTGiiVZ3QKbypQ7Xo79Ye5uoi4tDGAR4m
495407 7 33 412.5 0 AQqcZTbxQHuJfunnZSoCF3VyW8ifEQhhYs
495408 7 33 412.5 0 AJP778w9iJo34DQ1fi1HieCbmdY9cF1THf
495538 8 34 425 0 AKFygTFXiBUB9GPdKdn6onL6Rp9dDkVQLu
495539 8 33 412.5 0 AXS8ypZmxprjxogPsmPezG55vZVgurojJp
495540 8 33 412.5 0 AeAAWArhFwJ689DbpX36ZvbqhkwdXu3aNJ
495541 8 33 412.5 0 ALkvd3xjP5RjMmTCpwzgV3X5q5eNvyY4fc
495671 9 34 425 0 AZHBdUn6CzJeih9rjC8XzUaPc7BTc6UHFa
495672 9 33 412.5 0 AMeFSBPXzrvy4hw2M8seL9bQZewhM3K4Ns
495673 9 33 412.5 0 AL4quT2smecc37rBJJcRsXhcVJwF9qRwbt
495674 9 33 412.5 0 AP4u3Pp8GHiVzme77YGSL4RMNQRx56Cixg
495804 10 34 425 0 ALhZLy5QsEHC52WXiYJ9ZQa1R5LzxhSnWY
495805 10 33 412.5 0 AePv2ModpBZ2tpG7JRPMAqXWqJz1LcaiyJ
495806 10 33 412.5 0 AbugYUaJVCNBjfWRUCkmT6665FoRSP7uYB
495807 10 33 412.5 0 ANE4D4XhUdHUoYbroQsqxVMg77abSFjL2C
495937 11 34 425 0 AWf47JL81p9D27e9Lw2jPWx7b3aXFaoYvp
495938 11 33 412.5 0 AcHxtvBZLoED5DSHHtjrvpbuFHYYqjB9no
495939 11 33 412.5 0 ASR4kqwvwRWuAA89xfMEi1pRHw65wBtNMz
495940 11 33 412.5 0 AMunKdQ3636tAy9M7NK38TAsawaFd3STNn
496070 12 34 425 0 AZ2Uuc6aJsFAY5XqXuiw4AuTaXDiKdWhCo
496071 12 33 412.5 0 AZ7JrsewBSoRyxTfszU3LHiwni1k8rrZXE
496072 12 33 412.5 0 AGgrjx4QzAj5XZ6zdRhu5ePHeAaUymWBrb
496073 12 33 412.5 0 AHoQS2b3AWefbS4Do1y3UKfM74exHH7Z5j
496203 13 34 425 0 Ad6JefJ5cCqL1ut6YdWVXwNKcucn7rpBY6
496204 13 33 412.5 0 AWeS23zoK2mDkMn9StYEdhbsCRYuRmyQay
496205 13 33 412.5 0 AXV6XynkyEYqXSb3ZdpSSBpBU7zctCRyjo
496206 13 33 412.5 0 AR4HEijijQ9qoBGBMTXNsUsku7n2NsxcU7
496336 14 34 425 0 AUDa72eva3KUUHA4YH7fL7BQDptDdzNUBi
496337 14 33 412.5 0 AZwmvikneYRddRUx8DLaHwZSmM6F7Kvczs
496338 14 33 412.5 0 AaX4amY3iTteJza7Y4RYh6q8nPD7MusQkN
496339 14 33 412.5 0 AZ2JZ3KyogYqHAbcrWUgXwDnpK2RcYx9g6
496469 15 34 425 0 ASXPPv4gzpmrAML9LgwXf6QHbowEdvNJRw
496470 15 33 412.5 0 AcMAuXZj9FPsk4tXgUs8j14jH49Uyig6tj
496471 15 33 412.5 0 AZYmHHDxHQtBs5BMUGkLDubLm1m3E31Dpx
496472 15 33 412.5 0 AHXSaY1Pr5vAkkccFALCyGkDHAM2dEX2yt
496602 16 34 425 0 ANvRrt1mpycsY7swptKJpfwTbhYUoz4RMy
496603 16 33 412.5 0 ALSJ5wcNodyAm8CJYRA9CJs9XBvp3grWwY
496604 16 33 412.5 0 AH98tdS4CHxfzn63VEnXZtU9nbwWMS5jJM
496605 16 33 412.5 0 AHJqGZrHSquwa6PNxzjFBsAhnQQk1ZebDD
496735 17 34 425 0 AUST4mN8rToJDpk9RzX1x6PTCuRRPMsZgJ
496736 17 33 412.5 0 AQt7ry4oAoUMRkCR4BJAAhc1NHPZ7TuoMf
496737 17 33 412.5 0 AeS3MfE16tC4JTrenzMdRPvpdhLZWR3R5D
496738 17 33 412.5 0 ASofqECeLcX64tcEANhWTef6VmN2xju6ze
496868 18 34 425 0 AYhyhnCsiZjRwNJhzTqhWTCbdJomgtuzo5
496869 18 33 412.5 0 ASqF2namioeAwm7mhSpLCUGbj63Xt1hMw6
496870 18 33 412.5 0 AeNU7v9Qpzwm55ShfntzNXx76suBjSmMAG
496871 18 33 412.5 0 AGkHFt6zfnfWD8jD2s29H4z62JER3T2P3w
497001 19 34 425 0 APLrScxHJvz8T6BxaKXwmPDMAMRKMA2MHS
497002 19 33 412.5 0 AMRw2mdLFvR4GLTGD24y5Wmkz65hwNuYyE
497003 19 33 412.5 0 AUi37mZWDRcLNoCs9Tiztz7ZsGut91P1F4
497004 19 33 412.5 0 APcmYaj6QvmM8jXRbhGwgSmeG9K5d2TsWK
497134 20 34 425 0 AGDx6WsN8M1xfASR9ovJsqtV1WGguAgYKf
497135 20 33 412.5 0 AbLsUWsTssosXYQBLTWAduN2fwBEiuvQuq
497136 20 33 412.5 0 AQyU4uA6C8tETva8wE4yoeF9zkeSQRFYjp
497137 20 33 412.5 0 AJoKSRAPxizqQMAztHAeoCfVFLcZqr28FT
497267 21 34 425 0 APHa4jXXE14xC5VcfzHhXbQMvmg9rw8mQm
497268 21 33 412.5 0 AWT6YWoY4gEgUDwwksfMxCQgAM9QG3FCrY
497269 21 33 412.5 0 AWzhcVSJ5XNsvqAVKLw2Rtbh82F3Lsb3h1
497270 21 33 412.5 0 AMq5bXBMBQVqf7NeWSeUEsS85XBdYuqw7t
497400 22 34 425 0 AXQc16kEMpDUCA17KGo8RQkiKyNTguuWd2
497401 22 33 412.5 0 AcNxJFxdviCbooZSWUqcLgXevGsGUVkzGE
497402 22 33 412.5 0 ATRoe5HqvBa3inWn4ZRzwrxz5LJh3BxBkG
497403 22 33 412.5 0 AGjtMtpN9yLea7gs6hkB4xiqdtXrWgHsEH
497533 23 34 425 0 AV4wdL4tNmeMa2KUUukK8sgJHHVGLU4fi2
497534 23 33 412.5 0 AcYzo6DXj1DYKFW7hFsk4HaKHYSVEsnB7D
497535 23 33 412.5 0 AJb7zGfvJgFuxAGojrrVM7MB3c91z5qAdz
497536 23 33 412.5 0 Ad2faXezve3pc8CaLXh5JSDD2TcWtSCjGg
497666 24 34 425 0 AJ5iVkWpazC8trHiPyjf8odyEeetScsaUv
497667 24 33 412.5 0 AM4mz96xbVbGiFcFvnkPXR4vVGjmVSgmyc
497668 24 33 412.5 0 ATbY3oPUdAzjSL2GNDiZm2UQhK681XbMp6
497669 24 33 412.5 0 Adp6zrMoGAz3zLgRHJxKYJD8seaJvBbrnF
497799 25 34 425 0 ATiLZjw7NMn7tBcqjhXifBuiTu7v2qDuNC
497800 25 33 412.5 0 AWvgBe5hFRsi5PbjBXP2Zx2Yz83KAAeR8j
497801 25 33 412.5 0 AdQUGePtWeZBSFgnTJoFVrhcfnfjFyZmhH
497802 25 33 412.5 0 AcdEvBPKD6RTAShuP6KuaM81xuADdwLgVj
497932 26 34 425 0 AMxAwWLTP4MG8Q7QrU2uEZiB8woePnrzWj
497933 26 33 412.5 0 AbSEKVq69VSASgHubMk4ieRUu28AXkYeWU
497934 26 33 412.5 0 AYBiCTV83J9iP9c9pdxUPDe7G9uR7tjPbw
497935 26 33 412.5 0 AMoJW4WajYoHWSqJJy4xBnyxxsriYeGcQw
498065 27 34 425 0 AQEpErkwB54S1sGLqBNTRY2N8EdcEDtM5P
498066 27 33 412.5 0 AH7bk4NGXMAPACdHPytepH3p2vX2d5rdBS
498067 27 33 412.5 0 APEKTYSi73WyjbcXicuoWjTdK7D4RB4muM
498068 27 33 412.5 0 AZaVmMFeJbw49R1wGXUkPMqdooPY1VKb3H
498198 28 34 425 0 AakEANsdiY4jHgk4udAoRir3e13wc32mvo
498199 28 33 412.5 0 AcboEpFEALGk8JGRu2Uvjbqfbgg2TbLudx
498200 28 33 412.5 0 Af2WyCy2TCMtecDJ5g6EuYBSPFunqeXzSb
498201 28 33 412.5 0 Abqk5AeefbdkFfJzezRgPxsUxFkQQcgKAy
498331 29 34 425 0 Aeu61Tu3CGWXAoRfSsM6wa29sU76PeUDU8
498332 29 33 412.5 0 AXK2XgaPvNVgWNsjxwHHtdavHP3LR5sbXr
498333 29 33 412.5 0 AQTzJo1xhYsou7D7o5wXbZRWHCyTgXajef
498334 29 33 412.5 0 AQT7MbwKAfNAPvyCSAUL1wYjRbKXMkfsVQ
498464 30 34 425 0 ARuya3p2UU4nqNKJSAovuHGmmorqdLwqJ4
498465 30 33 412.5 0 ARgBNM9rd32AbYXySiZWXB4UgksjTqNhen
498466 30 33 412.5 0 AUZB3Bj36Wsc6N8GTGKZ9e1gj6SwLvnhJh
498467 30 33 412.5 0 AcWsLXgV3FRh7L8cRfHxtJy1JqZu1AWBMN
498597 31 34 425 0 Aa64Uc9tzBUcXhMfbkZM7VyGQY2LvGDhbq
498598 31 33 412.5 0 AGsUq1YxsvvH8GtQa9Jw9gPXxScNBZtwV4
498599 31 33 412.5 0 AWPsN3Ax5WGG5pLpM8mkXfH7GxTmuAaxef
498600 31 33 412.5 0 AebDSe77wVPWeJFkRoJBebQsH5MsEMWi4g
498730 32 34 425 0 AQnZAFq5dw3PH143NkDjWrEm5xXsdcGAA7
498731 32 33 412.5 0 AHcZ6neXkzrVHxGFaLdttckYbaLuvaWDAv
498732 32 33 412.5 0 AMyTBz5MAQ2g8r61rU69A9vPtfZCY8rtHW
498733 32 33 412.5 0 AWx2Ek3yNuKsRubfP4aVdBXstWpqr3vgwr
498863 33 34 425 0 AYasykrAhhDsbf1XZCjZkJwEhAVmie1rKy
498864 33 33 412.5 0 ASbL2uoJemZCduyJMmdnUCbY9QUBQnZif6
498865 33 33 412.5 0 ASSSDAdSn8NvaJdUuxQHSDT3LHnTKR5hjv
498866 33 33 412.5 0 AbYaUEFPjE8Z77KaL51B5KLyzQJyFm1qtc
498996 34 34 425 0 AR31Yxh7q9rhjodmcbRfFDtHP3eDwKPHzc
498997 34 33 412.5 0 ALANQadfeRVQPNVpgvAKZ5iTqQemsYh8qN
498998 34 33 412.5 0 AGgP515aGasrVvD4YZ2PJtmVeeN18pNZBw
498999 34 33 412.5 0 AGVXboJfCZKaZtBRrZzRHJvA1zGTVfBpDm
499129 35 34 425 0 APVCgFhksdFuUq1qvoDxhYjnnB5jZQNKUS
499130 35 33 412.5 0 AMXch6uyfKUAPpDEL4U6FM9bZ4K6kFUYPw
499131 35 33 412.5 0 Acj3g16FFzx6RCREu5USjxUDDdoAUovuzu
499132 35 33 412.5 0 AK9CH1HCzxtisdMzxsRhgen2bDhz9zetTX
499262 36 34 425 0 Ab2KHP6DdCZiVbixnaGCZxULR3HMyTBjLY
499263 36 33 412.5 0 Af1DsfPqKUfPygQ6WcJTdPvdjSmgFxPChr
499264 36 33 412.5 0 AcqM5XJA61P2NpzrWWjfDky6zz2pZvuz3x
499265 36 33 412.5 0 AVRfgsLaDaTGeV1AtczESj2tH7qz3hZF38
499395 37 3 37.5 0 AX3cgiZtM2qyb7Z27E4vRzEXqvKMaE6zFJ
499396 37 3 37.5 0 AaVTNXxLqAvyGJhN7MuaPNXvFSLaJJmVUy
499397 37 3 37.5 0 AcE7A1H8WgnYkbQJNEA32oVJvQoF6kb4er
499398 37 3 37.5 0 AYA9p64mwZs5HSP8W9fjcBP7hMm4p2bP8L

 


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