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Questions tagged [bitcoin-gold]

Questions about Bitcoin Gold are off topic. This tag should be used for questions regarding Bitcoin Gold. Bitcoin Gold is an altcoin which forked from Bitcoin in order to decentralize the network by not allowing ASICs, and plans to switch to change PoW when ASICs launch. Also the difficulty changes each block. Created by Jack Liao, CEO of LightningASIC.

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How to claim Bitcoin Cash & Bitcoin Gold from paper wallet

Before the first Bitcoin fork (August 1st) I put all my Bitcoin into a paper wallet. I kind of forgot about it. Now I think I can claim Bitcoin cash as well. Now there has been another fork resulting in Bitcoin gold. How to I take my Bitcoin from…
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Preparing for Bitcoin Gold

I have been holding a small amount of bitcoins on Coinbase and am deciding to move it to wallet. I wanted to be prepared for the Bitcoin Gold fork coming up in October and was curious about the best approach to go about this so I can eventually get…
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Forks to be aware of other than Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold?

I have now taken care of the Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold that I was given "for free" when the hard forks took place, and sent them to other wallets. Before getting rid of [*] my old Electrum wallet containing all the relevant keys and wallet…
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Is bitcoin-gold more ASIC-resistant than Litecoin?

Bitcoin Gold's main point for existence has claimed to be ASIC-resistant in order to have mining power more distributed. But wasn't this tried already with Litecoin via Scrypt mining algorithm? I've heard there are already Scrypt-capable ASICs, so…
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Claiming my BTG from my BTC private key

I have a BTC private key, how do I get my BTG? I have tried a few methods and tutorials but none seem to be working. And beside that, is there any working BTG explorer? All the ones I found seem to be buggy (including btgexp.com) and wont recognize…
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Claim Bitcoin Gold from my paper wallet

I have asked similar questions in the past, But I didn't get a clear answer yet. I have my bitcoins in a paper wallet, Everywhere I am reading that exchanges like yobit,hitbtc etc will support bitcoin gold if the bitcoins were in their wallet before…
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How does Bitcoin Gold implement replay protection?

The creators of Bitcoin Gold claim that they have implemented full replay protection. How does this replay protection work?
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BTC on Mycelium to Bitcoin Gold?

I have some BTC on my Mycelium (Android) wallet and I was wondering if it's possible to now access (hopefully) my Bitcoin Gold. It seems I can't get the normal private keys off of Mycelium, but I have my 12 word seed at hand. Are there any wallets…
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How to claim BTG from an Electrum wallet?

Claiming BTG after the Fork did not work I have tried : using Coinomi wallet,this way. I could not locate the address holding eligible for BTG value. All addresses i tried was contained no fund. In the history tab i could not spot the addresses…
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Risk to Bitcoin balance when making Bitcoin Gold transactions

If Bitcoin Gold fails to implement replay protection, will I risk losing my Bitcoin when I make a Bitcoin Gold transaction? Assuming replay protection is not implemented properly, how can I protect myself?
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Why would more confirmations help in a 51% attack scenario?

After the 51% attack on Bitcoin Gold. The developers of the cryptocurrency recommended the exchanges to increase the confirmations. I don't understand why increasing the confirmations would help if the attacker has control over the history of the…
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How to Obtain Bitcoin Gold Without Using Coinomi

I had some bitcoin on Electrum and some on Coinbase before the October fork. I assume I won't be able to claim Bitcoin gold for the amount that was on Coinbase. Since the fork, I've moved all my Bitcoin to a Ledger Nano S. When I try to use their…
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How can I sell my Bitcoin Gold? Do any exchanges support BTG deposits?

Given I have Bitcoin Gold in my own wallet, what practical ways are there to trade this, either to other crypto-currencies or to fiat? Is there a list of exchanges that support Bitcoin Gold deposits?
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What is the secure, self-hosted wallet to redeem BTG (Bitcoin Gold)?

Hacking and being hacked is not cool I'm looking for a decent solution to redeem BTG. Ideally self-hosted and open source. I have 12 words seed phrase, BIP39, deterministic derivation path, etc... Related: Claiming my BTG from my BTC private…
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Help with bitcoin gold explorer: using explorer after fork

I tried to view my free BTG using the bitcoin address, but it doesn't recognize the address. The explorer was at: btgexplorer.com. Yet, when I try the same thing at bitcoingold.org, there they have a utility titled "CHECK YOUR ADDRESS BALANCE…
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