How To Update Your Wallet (BitGreen Wallet Update Guide) Learn how to update your BitGreen wallet. This is an easy process, and it should only take 10–15 minutes. First, check your wallet’s version by going to Tools->Information or by using the getinfo command in the debug console. You can find the most recent version on the Github Releases page. Step 1: Backup your Wallet If you haven’t already, make sure to back up your wallet! It’s always important to have several wallet backups before performing wallet maintenence. Go to ‘File’ Select ‘Backup Wallet…’ Save th ..read more

BitGreen VPS Setup & Masterndode Guide (How To Deploy A Masternode) BitGreen Masternode Configuration This guide is for the new BITG masternode configuration. You will need to complete the Chain Swap Process to restore your balances on the new BitGreen blockchain. Read the Chain Swap Guide: BitGreen Chain Swap Guide After you restore your balances, it’s time for this masternode configuration guide. Before diving in, you should have a basic understanding of how masternodes work. Read my article “How To Mine BitGreen”, where I discuss the basics of cryptocurrency mining with masternodes ..read more

We are excited to announce the initial launch of BITGEX.io! Users can now create accounts, share referral links, and suggest coins for the community listing vote. Please read our previous article here for an overview of this initial site launch! An Overview of BITGEX Three Problems with Proof-of-Stake: Most proof-of-stake coins are illiquid, meaning it is difficult to buy or sell them on an exchange without moving the price. A primary reason for this is that proof-of-stake investors do not want to miss out on their staking rewards while holding their coins on a traditional exchange ..read more

We’d like to share a sneak peak of BITGEX–a Bitcoin Green powered exchange that will allow users to stake their deposits while trading. What is BITGEX? BITGEX will be the first proof-of-stake focused cryptocurrency exchange allowing users to stake their deposits. This means you can trade, place orders, and store your coins on the exchange without having to miss out on your staking rewards. Setting up your own masternodes and staking is a technical, tedious, and error-prone process. On BITGEX, we automate the hard parts for you. The only decision the user makes is picking which c ..read more

How To Configure Bitcoin Green Wallet (Proof-Of-Stake Wallet Setup Guide, Wallet Safety Guide) Learn how to set up your Bitcoin Green proof-of-stake wallet. Includes: how to download wallet, how to encrypt wallet, how to back up wallet, how to create a wallet address. Based on Bitcoin Green, but works for most proof-of-stake/masternode wallets. By now, you’ve learned “How To Mine Bitcoin Green” and you are ready to set up your wallet and begin staking. This guide will work for your Bitcoin Green wallet, and most other proof-of-stake wallets are similar. Remember, it is extremely importan ..read more

Learn how to set up a Virtual Private Server (VPS) for running proof-of-stake wallets. Deploy a virtual server for cloud-based cryptocurrency mining. In “How To Mine BitGreen” you learned that Proof-Of-Stake mining requires your coin wallet to be open and connected to the internet at all times. This is inconvenient and difficult to achieve on a personal computer or laptop. However, there are affordable and secure options to host wallets virtually. Your wallets will run on a Virtual Private Server (VPS), which is a virtually accessible Windows machine that is hosted by a third-party company in ..read more

How To Mine BitGreen (Proof-Of-Stake Mining Guide, Masternode Mining Guide) So, you want to mine BitGreen, but don’t know where to begin? This post is for you. Proof Of Stake & Masternodes First of all, welcome to the exciting world of proof-of-stake and masternodes! Mining with proof of stake is easy, and you can do it from any computer — without special hardware. BitGreen has a downloadable software wallet which allows you to use your coins as collateral to generate mining rewards. You have two options: staking and masternodes. Staking is the best option unless you have the 2 ..read more

Introduction There are several possible reasons for a network split, which can cause some wallets to move off chain. If you want to know more about how the network basics work, read my previous article. We will only cover ways to ensure you are on the right chain here. GUI Wallet The GUI wallet is your graphical user interface. If you have a staking wallet and suddenly receive a tremendous amount of stakes you weren’t getting before, then this is your first indicator you are on a side-chain. Under the “tools” option you will find helpful options we will use now. The two marked option ..read more

Common misconceptions in the MN space Introduction Recently, I had a long discussion on why masternodes are useful to a cryptocurrency network. During my time spent in discord over the last few months, I’ve heard all kinds of legends about masternodes, and what they do, and why they are so useful. A lot of people think that masternodes are capable of a lot more than they actually are, and this comes mostly down to misused terminologies. So, we will first clear up some of those, and then dive into how a (simplified) cryptocurrency network works. A word beforehand: I’m not a blockchain ..read more

Our developers have been busy at work improving The Green Protocol and BITG Wallet. We are excited to announce our largest development update yet. We have added several new wallet features which will improve the stability, security and overall experience of the Bitcoin Green wallet. All wallets and masternodes will need to be updated to the new 1.3 wallet. You must update your wallets by November 18th! On this date, old wallets will become unable to send or stake new coins. Update your Desktop and Linux wallets to 1.3 now using this easy to follow guide: https://medium.com/bitcoin-g ..read more