Chandler Guo, an angel investor specializing in companies related to blockchain technology, announced that he was about to provoke his own hard fork of the blockchain Bitcoin. This one will be baptized Bitcoin God (GOD).
It is through a tweet published yesterday that Chandler Guo indicated that a fork will occur on December 25th, explaining that "it was like offering candy to all the holders of Bitcoin".
"The total supply of money will be set at 21 million corners. There will be no pre-mine,"he said.
It probably refers to Bitcoin Gold, whose teams had been criticized for having decided to "pre-mine" 100,000 BTG, or to Bitcoin Diamond, whose developers were also able to benefit from a "pre-mine", this time corresponding to 10% of the total money supply.
According to the developers, these "pre-mines" are intended to finance the development of their technology.
The month of December seems to have become a real "fork month" for the Bitcoin - although at least 3 of them are already planned. They will thus each take a "snapshot" of the network, which will then enable them to allocate forked currency to the holders of BTC.
The three forks planned are Super Bitcoin (block 498 888), Bitcoin Platinum (block 500 000) and Bitcoin Cash Plus (block 501 407).
Two other forks could occur, but an exact date has not yet been given: Bitcoin Uranium and Bitcoin Silver. But their respective BitcoinTalk pages appeared to be inactive at the time of writing.
The Bitcoin Diamond fork, which is currently in a pre-launch phase, could take effect this month. The futures contract (futures) on this currency was traded for approximately $45 (equivalent to BTC 0.0037), based on data provided by Coinmarketcap.
These forks are part of a new trend, which some have called "Initial Fork Offering". These lead to the emergence of new corners, whose real added value often remains to be demonstrated.
However, they will allow BTC holders to obtain crypto money for free. The calculation is done in a snapshot, giving them the possibility to be given forked money - usually 1 corner for each BTC they held at that time.
Don't hesitate to consult our article "The madness of the forks" to get more information on this subject, and how you can get these corners. Note, however, that caution is strongly advised: some users have recently been robbed of all their Bitcoins after using a malicious Bitcoin Gold portfolio.
References : CoinTelegraph, Coinmarketcap