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Bitcoin Gold features, mining, rate and prospects

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Bitcoin Gold is a cryptocurrency based on the original Bitcoin blockchain. As the name suggests, this is a fork of the very first digital coin. It is a soft fork – that is, to create and run the crypt, the open source Bitcoin code was copied with some changes.

The new cryptocurrency project was officially launched on October 25, 2017. On this day, the developers of Bitcoin Gold BTG copied the Bitcoin blockchain and subsequent blocks began to be generated in their own network. What is the meaning of this fork, and what are the prospects for gold Bitcoin in 2021?

Bitcoin Gold features

The emergence of Bitcoin Gold was preceded by another fork – Bitcoin Cash. Apparently, the cryptocurrency developers decided to play on a well-known name, because many cryptocurrencies that appeared long before the new Bitcoins are also forks of the original network, but at the same time have more unique names.

The person representing the Bitcoin Gold cryptocurrency development team is Jack Liao from China. Like many of his compatriots, he became famous more in the field of mining than in creating revolutionary crypto opportunities.

Perhaps that is why affordable mining has become the main feature of BTG. After all, it’s not a secret for anyone that the current Bitcoin mining is the lot of powerful industrial ASIC farms, while the usual video cards (GPUs) have become completely ineffective.

hus, the “noble” goal of Jack Liao and his team is a popular Bitcoin with decentralized mining, available for mining to an average cryptocurrency user. To implement this feature of confirmation of work, the Equihash hashing algorithm is used. It is optimized specifically for GPU mining and is not compatible with ASIC processors.

At the very beginning, the developers announced the launch date for the mining network – November 1, 2017. However, the system was not brought to mind, so the network worked for some time only in test mode. The long-awaited launch of BTG mining took place on the night of November 12-13, 2017.

Bitcoin Gold mining

The complexity of Bitcoin gold allows you to mine coins using Nvidia and AMD video cards, but it is preferable to do this using the first option. The following Nvidia video card models are optimal for BTG mining:

  • GTX 1060 (from $200);
  • GTX 1070 (from $400);
  • GTX 1080 (from $650).

Or more advanced video card models. It is highly desirable to have a powerful PC in terms of basic parameters and high-speed Internet. Before mining BTG, you also need to find a cold place to install the farm in order to reduce the thermal load on the video card cooled by the standard fans. After all, effective BTG mining requires almost uninterrupted operation of the farm.

To receive a reward, you need to create a Bitcoin Gold wallet – the corresponding address can be obtained on the bitcoin exchange Cryptex without verification or in a multicurrency wallet. The official website of Bitcoin Gold provides a list of pools for mining. There are two types of Bitcoin Gold pools:

  • with personal reward;
  • with shared reward.

A personal reward goes to the one whose farm was the first to solve the problem. The owner of this farm ultimately receives the mined coins from the current complexity in full. Such pools are worth choosing if the farm has high capacity to compete successfully. The more powerful the farm, the higher the chance that it will be the one who will solve the calculations.

The shared reward goes to all participants in the pool, in proportion to the capacity of their farms. This option is best suited for small budget home farms, since regardless of who from the pool solved the calculations, the reward will be shared among the participants.

After selecting the pool and downloading the software, copy the Bitcoin Gold wallet address to the appropriate section. The pools also have settings that allow you to set the minimum amount of reward accrued by the pool. When setting this parameter, you should consider the technical capabilities of your farm.

To start mining, you need to download a miner with Equihash technology support. The software is able to determine the parameters of the video card itself and set the appropriate settings for mining. In the created bat-file, write the server address, port, username, etc. Mining can be started and monitored in the miner’s software window.

Bitcoin Gold rate and prospects in 2021

BTG trading started in October 2017 on cryptocurrency exchanges at about $100 per coin. The maximum was achieved on November 11 of 2017, before the official launch of crypto mining. Then the cost of one coin reached 422 dollars.

With the increased flow of Bitcoin gold transactions in just a few days, the BTG rate dropped by more than 2 times, and at the beginning of 2018 it turned out to be in a range that is relevant to this day. In 2020, the cost of one BTG coin ranged from $5 to $15.

If you look at the Bitcoin Gold rate chart, you can trace the typical exchange dynamics of a cryptocurrency with volatility in the middle range. Nowadays, BTG is interesting for miners with video cards, who do not consider long positions in this cryptocurrency and in fact immediately sell the mined coins.

The other side of BTG is speculative market interest. In short-term transactions, Bitcoin Gold is actively used, and pumping and dumping schemes are quite clearly traced. There are no special prerequisites for a significant growth in this in 2021, as well as factors for its collapse, but the future growth may be followed by the original Bitcoin growth that we see in the past few weeks. The development team led by Jack Liao is actively supporting their project, but their reputation in the crypto world is not entirely perfect.

The daily volume of transactions with gold bitcoin exceeds $8.5 million. This is almost a 5.5 thousand times less than the original Bitcoin. Like the original Bitcoin, Bitcoin Gold has a limited supply of 21 million coins. Given the complexity of Bitcoin Gold mining, there are still several years before the last coin is mined, so interest from GPU miners in 2021 will not disappear, unless, of course, more profitable competitors in terms of mining on video cards appear.

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LedgerFi’s ($LFT) Token Pre-sale: More than 8% sold out in less than 30 min on XDC Sale

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LedgerFi, a leading decentralized web 3.0 secure communication platform built on the XDC Network, is excited to announce that their token sale will commence on March 14th, 2021 on XDC Sale. The token sale will offer investors the opportunity to purchase the native $LFT tokens of LedgerFi and join an innovative ecosystem of Decentralized Communication Service integrated with Decentralized Finance for enabling the seamless exchange of digital assets through a unified platform. 

LedgerFi has envisioned to become the world’s first Decentralized Digital Asset Exchange (DDAX) platform through which users can transfer all types of digital assets with a military grade security, cryptographic encryption, privacy and prevention from cyber attacks using the power of Blockchain technology.

LedgerFi is a one-stop-shop for DeFi users that provides access to various communication protocols and services in the industry such as Ledger Mail which is already live in the market and it has 750K users exchanging 2M+ emails,and upcoming products like

  • Ledger Chat: The Decentralized Instant Messaging Solution enabling users to instantly chat with peers without worrying about centralized governance. LedgerChat allows users to seamlessly communicate with each other without compromising their Digital Identity & Data Sovereignty. It’s in beta at the moment.
  • Ledger Live: The Decentralized Audio & Video Call Platform allows individuals & businesses to connect with each other in real-time. The centralized access point utilized in conventional VoIP solutions is eliminated with blockchain based communication technologies. Eliminating the hassle of handling centralized, cumbersome & hackable legacy platforms with the high-performing next-gen solution. Instead, a blockchain based communication system sends the signal from the calling party to a receiving number, which is then replaced by a dispersed network shared by all network users.
  • Ledger Pay: The Decentralized Cross-Border Remittance platform providing human-readable, interoperable & lightning-fast payment transfer capabilities for financial inclusion of the unbanked individuals.
  • Ledger Mint: Metaverse Interconnected NFT Transfer Hyper-personalized social connectivity for transferring, exchanging & showcasing NFTs and other digital assets through an interactive & interconnected platform.

Token Sale Details

  • Presale Address: 0x7db6AaF98bDFE47f197a3b1bbC3Cfe6CB0f302c4
  • Token Address: 0x65d358C56Ff2E64C007060D5D4dF308986734f5C
  • Total Supply: 400,000,000 LFT
  • Soft Cap: 7,500,000 XDC
  • Hard Cap:15,000,000.0 XDC
  • IDO Rate: 1.5 LFT per XDC
  • Listing Rate: 1.0 LFT per XDC
  • Liquidity %: 51
  • Min Contribution: 4,000 XDC
  • Max Contribution: 400,000 XDC
  • IDO Start Time: 14 Mar 2023, 19:30
  • IDO End Time: 05 Apr 2023
  • Liquidity Unlock Date: 05 May 2023

About LedgerFi

LedgerFi provides a web 3.0 communication service built on blockchain technology for secure communication through email, chat & payment applications. LedgerFi provides blockchain based Decentralised communication service & Decentralised Digital Assets Exchange for secure communication.

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Bank of America to Leverage Ripple ODL Services Once XRP Lawsuit Ends, Garlinghouse Affirms

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Ripple, the crypto solutions company which offers cross-border payment services is also known for its On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) merchandise. Whereas numerous fintechs have partnered with Ripple to use its ODL services, the ongoing XRP lawsuit has hindered more enterprises from joining forces with the San Francisco-based crypto firm. Among the financial companies halting their adoption […]

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