BITCOIN GOLD BLOG
All the news and updates here
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...
ElectrumG – an SPV wallet for Bitcoin Gold
We are releasing our Beta version of ElectrumG , our fork of the Electrum Bitcoin Wallet project for Bitcoin Gold. ElectrumG is a full-featured SPV wallet for Linux, Mac, and PC.
New Testnet v3 and Developer Resources
New Testnet v3 and Developer Resources. We’re constantly improving our infrastructure and environment so that development and progress is well-supported.
The BTGPay Program
BTGPay: programs connecting merchants, services, and integrators to build solutions – and then helping consumers find them!
The Bitcoin Gold Insight Explorer
Announcing our new, Blockchain Explorer at https://explorer.bitcoingold.org – more than “just another explorer,” this is a fully functional Bitcoin Gold Insight instance and web application service presenting the Insight UI and Insight API. It runs on a full Bitcoin Gold Bitcore Node and is hosted by the Bitcoin Gold Organization.
BitGo, Gold, and Bitcoin Gold
BitGo, a blockchain security company offering institutional services, has supported the use of BTG since 2017. Read a little about what they offer, and why it’s important that services like BitGo support Bitcoin Gold.
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:...
Bitcoin Gold is an Official Sponsor of the 2018 CaseIT Competition!
The Bitcoin Gold Organization is excited to support and participate in the 15th annual CaseIT competition… bringing crypto knowledge to young minds and traditional industry pros!
BTG is on Exodus
We’re happy to report that Bitcoin Gold is now on Exodus! Read more, inside.
Roadmap 2018
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...
ShapeShift Supports Bitcoin Gold
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...
Bitcoin Gold Wallet v0.15.0.2 Release
We’re happy to announce the release of the latest Bitcoin Gold Wallet!
Gitian build system, support for ARM servers, macOS, Raspberry-Pi, config file changes, UI improvements, build script & code cleanup, -bootstrap change…