Didn't BTG mine a bunch of blocks before launching? Why do they conveniently leave that out of the website?
According to the post above, I see now that they mined 8,000 blocks.
"FAIR DISTRIBUTION"
Hard forking Bitcoins blockchain fairly and efficiently distributes a new digital asset immediately to people all over the world who have interest in cryptocoins.
Other methods, such as creating coins with a new genesis block, concentrate ownership within a small group.I guess mining 8,000 blocks for yourself is fair....