A well-known hard fork of Bitcoin
Consensus heritage
Bitcoin Gold is a well-known hard fork of Bitcoin, launched after Bitcoin Cash (BCH). It inherits the Bitcoin UTXO set at fork time but pursues its own roadmap and mining strategy.
Bitcoin Gold
community website
Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a well known Bitcoin fork focused on GPU-friendly PoW mining and decentralization.
Important: This is an unofficial community website complementing the official Bitcoin Gold project. This page is a complementary community initiative and must not be used for financial or security-critical decisions. The site is maintained collaboratively by volunteers and does not represent official statements. Always verify information independently.
Key features of Bitcoin Gold
Protocol & vision
BTG is a mature network with an infrastructure stack that has been strengthened over time — for example rolling checkpoint finalization to reduce the likelihood of deep chain reorganizations — and a focus on fair mining. Here are some highlights at a glance.
Long history
Veteran network
BTG has been live for years and has gone through multiple upgrades. The network combines a long on-chain history with a roadmap maintained by the Bitcoin Gold project team.
GPU-mineable proof of work
Fair mining
BTG uses a GPU-friendly proof-of-work algorithm, enabling mining with GPUs — a deliberate move away from ASIC-dominated mining and toward a more accessible and decentralized distribution of hash power.
Rolling checkpoint finalization
Chain security
Since version v0.17.3, Bitcoin Gold supports rolling checkpoint finalization as a mechanism to reduce the likelihood of deep chain reversions.
Per-block difficulty adjustment
Difficulty model
BTG’s difficulty is adjusted on every block, which helps the network respond faster to hashrate spikes or drops and helps keep block intervals more stable over time.
Official BTG project with community support
Ecosystem & community
The official BTG project is complemented by a global community of node operators and users.
Community contributions for BTG
Get involved
This community initiative focuses on community-driven infrastructure and tools around Bitcoin Gold. It is meant to complement the officially managed project and help explore new ideas.
Skilled & experienced developers
Developers
If you are an experienced developer and want to help maintain and extend community tools such as explorers, dashboards and node tooling. This is a volunteer-based, unpaid role – ideal for people who want to support a fair-mining Bitcoin fork and gain experience in open-source infrastructure, alongside the official project.
- Experience with backend or full-stack development
- Familiarity with Bitcoin-like node software is a qualification
- Comfortable collaborating via GitHub and Discord
To get involved, join the Discord and introduce yourself in the development channels.
VPS providers for full nodes
Infrastructure partners
If you operate a VPS company and are willing to provide virtual servers for running BTG full nodes on a voluntary, non-commercial basis and without any financial compensation, your contribution can significantly strengthen the network and provide stable, high-availability endpoints for explorers and services.
- Stable VPS with sufficient disk & bandwidth
- Long-term availability preferred
Please join the Discord and publish your ideas in the #dev channel so the right people can respond.
Are you a CEX and want to list BTG?
For exchanges
Centralised exchanges interested in listing BTG are welcome to coordinate via the official Discord - establish contact with the official team members.
Coordination via official Discord
Centralised exchanges interested in listing BTG are welcome to coordinate via the official Discord.
- Connect with official BTG technical maintainers
- Get documentation for nodes, explorers and seed servers
- Coordinate deposits/withdrawals testing, monitoring and launch support
Please join the Discord and open a topic in the #dev area so the official team members can respond.
Explorer and Dashboard
Network tools
Use the Bitcoin Gold block explorer to inspect BTG blocks and transactions, and the BTG dashboard to view the latest block, current difficulty, estimated hashrate, connected peers and peer distribution.
Bitcoin Gold Community Explorer
Blockchain Explorer
Explore blocks, transactions and addresses via the explorer. It is an experimental service and must not be used for financial or security-critical decisions.
Community Dashboard
Node Information
The dashboard shows the latest block, current difficulty, estimated hashrate, connected peers and a peer distribution heatmap based on the full node’s currently connected peers. It is an experimental service and must not be used for financial or security-critical decisions.
Bitcoin Gold FAQ
Helpful answers
Quick answers for visitors looking for Bitcoin Gold information, block explorer access and dashboard details.
What is Bitcoin Gold?
Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a well known Bitcoin fork focused on GPU-friendly PoW mining and decentralization.
Where can I find a Bitcoin Gold block explorer?
You can use the community Bitcoin Gold block explorer linked on this page to inspect BTG blocks, transactions and addresses.
What does the BTG dashboard show?
The BTG dashboard shows the latest block, current difficulty, estimated hashrate, connected peers and a peer distribution heatmap based on the full node’s currently connected peers.
How can I join the Bitcoin Gold community?
The easiest way to join the Bitcoin Gold community is through the official Discord, where users, node operators, developers and exchange contacts can connect.
Stay in touch with the community
Contact
The best way to stay connected is through the Bitcoin Gold Discord. Whether you need support or simply want to participate in discussions, there is a place for you.
Become an active community member
Join the Discord server to take part in discussions, get support and coordinate contributions. There are channels for development, nodes & mining, CEX integrations and more.
The server is run by the official team. Please be respectful, follow the rules and never share sensitive personal information.
These are the official Bitcoin Gold links as published by btgofficial.org. Always double-check URLs and stay alert against phishing attempts.