One of the main problems associated with the launch of Bitcoin Gold is the way this currency was created. It was not a live hard fork of Bitcoin, but more of a separate blockchain which airdropped coins to holders of Bitcoin. Moreover, there was also a major premine which is still in the hands of the developers. However, according to a recent blog post by the BTG devs, this is not your …
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The number of Bitcoin hard forks is quite astonishing, assuming one takes all the lesser-known coins into consideration. Bitcoin Cash is the only hard fork to stand on its own right now, though it remains to be seen if the same will apply to SegWit2x moving forward. Things are a lot less clear when it comes to Bitcoin Gold, as there is a lot of uncertainty as to when this fork takes …
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There have been several dozen premined cryptocurrencies throughout the past few years. Not all of these projects amounted to much, although some of them successfully gained some traction in one way or another. Below are six currencies with significant premines, although not all of them used this concept for nefarious purposes. 6. Gulden It has to be said, the Gulden project had a 10% premine reserved for development, marketing, and …
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