DigiByte Timeline
2009 - 2012: The initial design & development for an open source decentralized cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin is created by an anonymous programmer using the name Satoshi Nakamoto.
2012 2013: The founder of DigiByte, Jared Tate initially discovers Bitcoin and spends over 14 months analyzing, learning & experimenting with the Bitcoin network and source code.
November 2013: Jared decides to improve upon Bitcoins codebase with a brand new digital currency & payment network named DigiByte and begins development.
January 10th, 2014, 12 PM MST: DigiByte officially launches with much success and user participation from around the globe.
February 28th, 2014: DigiShield hardfork at block 67,200. DigiByte developers in response to multi-pool attacks test and develop an asymmetrical difficulty adjustment system named DigiShield. DigiShield is quickly adopted & implemented by many other digital currencies including Dogecoin. Many digital currencies still use & apply parts of DigiShield codebase.
April 8th, 2014: DigiByte attends, gives a professional presentation & has a booth at the first ever cryptocurrency convention in New York City.
Watch Video HereMay 1st, 2014: DigiByte mentioned on CNBC.com.
Read HereMay 9th, 2014: DigiByte mentioned live on CNBC for the first time.
Watch Video HereMay - August 2014: DigiByte team meets with several potential investors & strategic partners.
September 1st, 2014: MultiAlgo hardfork at block 145,000. DigiByte plans & successfully deploys its second hardfork to allow miners to mine on five independent mining algorithms & is the first digital currency to make such a move.
November 29th, 2014: DigiByte officially announces a $250,000 private investment to build services around the DigiByte network as well as a strategic collaboration with Tofugear Ltd of Hong Kong and a new office presence in Hong Kong.
Read Announcement HereDecember 10th, 2014: MultiShield hardfork at block 400,000. DigiByte deploys & executes its third hard fork to improve network performance alongside a reward reduction to extend DigiByte production to 21 years.
January 10th, 2015: DigiByte turns one year old.
January 16th, 2015: DigiByte releases DigiHash Easy Miner for beginners.
Read Release PostJanuary 21st, 2015: DigiByte releases 1st Web Based Multi-Signature Wallet.
Read Release PostJanuary 23rd, 2015: The first DigiByte wallet has been approved & listed on the Apple iTunes store.
Read Release PostJanuary 26th, 2015: DigiByte mentioned on CNBC.com!
Read ArticleFebruary 1st, 2015: The DigiByteTip is released to the public for beta testing. This allows users tip send & tip DigiBytes on Twitter, Twitch, Facebook and Reddit.
Read Release PostMarch 21st, 2015: DigiHash Easy Miner 2.0 released!
June, 9th 2015 : DigiByte has been added to the Coinomi Wallet!
June 12th, 2015: DigiByte Gaming Wallet released for Android and Chrome extension!
DigiByte Gaming Download the Digibyte gaming walletJune 14th, 2015: EPLDCC releases
DigiByte GroupJune 27th, 2015: DigiStats website goes live!
DigiStatsJuly 20th, 2015: DigiReport #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnK6ofo6RX8July 28th, 2015: DigiReport #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86CVAVr99-IAugust 3th, 2015: DigiReport #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRull_S1RW0August 10th, 2015: DigiReport #4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZeISgFZNXYAugust 17th, 2015: DigiReport #5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-haCDqhaTqcAugust 20th, 2015: Digiknow #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scr6BzFddsoAugust 25th, 2015: DigiReport #6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6SxmDmUvIkAugust 31th, 2015: DigiReport #7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI8d-zhpkUsSeptember 7th, 2015: DigiByte Gaming Chrome App Updated
Download HereSeptember 8th, 2015: DigiByteGaming.com released! Get paid DigiBytes by playing League of Legends!
September 17th, 2015: How To Sign Up For DigiByte Gaming & Install A Gaming Wallet October 15th, 2015: How To Sign Up for #DigiByteTip and tip on Twitch & Twitter October 20th, 2015: DigiReport #8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4JFALjythENovember 3rd, 2015: A Few Thoughts on DigiSpeed & Blockchain ScalabilityNovember 9th, 2015: DigiByteMarket.com Officially ReleasedNovember 23rd, 2015: DigiSpeed v4.0.0 Officially Released - Hard Fork Block @ 1,430,000
The DigiMan
Official DigiByte Mascot
Why use DigiByte?
- 1st coin to fork to multi-algorithm mining (Most fair distribution).
- With 5 unique algos & independent difficulties a 51% attack is significantly mitigated and becomes much harder to carry out.
- 1st coin to develop & implement DigiShield (asymmetrical difficulty adjustment).
- 30 second blocks are better for merchants transactions.
- Professional & dedicated development team since launch on Jan. 10th 2014.
- Strategic long term road-map & vision alongside pending global corporate partnerships.
- 1:1000 ratio with Bitcoin, better for micro transactions.
- No more premine as it was given away to users & charity and used for initial development as stated from the beginning until outside funding was received.
Why did DigiByte switch to Multi-Algo mining?
1) To update DigiShield and speed the blockchain back up to normal.
2) It is the most fair POW mining option out there (embraces ASICs & GPU miners alike on an even playing field).
3) More secure than a single POW mining scheme (much harder to 51% attack).
4) Speed block timing up to 30 seconds to facilitate faster merchant transactions (ties in with DigiPay LLC development).
5) Tap into used Bitcoin ASIC miners market. (Use those old ASICS to help secure the DGB blockchain)
If you can think of another reason multi-POW is better, let us know!
Coin Facts
21 Billion Total Coins | 30 Second Blocks (2.5 Min per Algo) | 8,000 DGB Reward, Reduces 0.5% Every 10,080 blocks |0.5 % Pre-Mine (0%) | MultiAlgo, POW | 2.5 Min Re-target (Each algo, averages previous 10 blocks) Note: We are now a 0% pre-mine as the entire pre-mine has been given away or used for development.
Core DigiByte Team
- BitcoinTate (LinkedIn) - Founder, Windows Wallet, Linux Wallet, DigiByte.co Website, Servers.
- xploited - Android wallet & source code, servers.
- Sifu - Project/training management & quality control.
- Giggler - Alt-coin expert, IT support.
- EDOG - Legal & editor.
- Finchster - Expert programmer consultant.
- bman3 - DigiMan redesign, professional voice-over, 3d promo graphics and promo video.
- Instacash - Mac OSX wallet.
- creativecuriosity - Public relations, quality control, idea generation.
- Ice_Blade - IRC support, DigiBot developer.
- WutriCoin - DigiByteTalk forum operator.
- Cryos75 - Reddit tip-bot developer.
Merchants Accepting DigiByte
Additional DigiByte Contributors
Chrisoldinho - Trading Thread & Spreadsheet | cryptic4000 - Marketing | andnexus - Marketing | hearnomore- Mining Pool Operator | shtefan - Mining Pool Operator | Bigal - Mining Pool Operator | jochem - Mining Pool Operator | saymissme- Mining Pool Operator | pickaxe.cc - Mining Pool Operator | thrassos - Mining Pool Operator | Pythonideus - Mining Pool Operator | Temple - Mining Pool Operator | pterion2910 - reddit | nicksly - French Translation | shtefan - Russian Translation | wenwen - Chinese Translation | vectisitch - German Translation | pmm123 - Spanish Translation | taxli - Korean Translation | martins - Portuguese Translation | robinvand - Dutch Translation | frscoin - Italian Translation | Thrassos - Greek Translation | Q_R_V - Polish Translation | grynca - Czech Translation | ficilan - Slovak Translation | suchnoob - Romanian | halinyo - Turkish | Rocou - Merchant | Bitcoins101 - Merchant | CryptoCrock - Merchant Alligator Meat | athaneum - Merchant | martins - Merchant Portuguese Hotel
DigiByte Language Threads
DigiByte Giveaways
DigiByte Reward Bounties
500,000 DGB to 1st 6 DigiByte Mining Pools (0/6 remaining) | 250,000 DGB Language Translations (0/18 remaining)
100,000 DGB to 1st 5 DigiByte Games/Faucets (0/5 remaining) | 200,000 DGB to first 15 merchants who accepting DigiByte (0/15 remaining)
DigiByte Press & News
DigiByte.conf
[/list]rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcuser=yourusername
rpcpassword=yourpassword
server=1
daemon=1
txindex=1
debug=1
algo=scrypt
rpcport=14022
port=12024
addnode=216.250.125.121
addnode=74.208.230.160
addnode=69.164.206.169
addnode=192.99.215.234
addnode=96.126.114.208
addnode=54.204.36.33
addnode=192.99.41.108
addnode=199.83.128.91
addnode=199.83.132.91
MultiAlgo Options
Once multi-algo mining kicks in you need one of these settings in your .conf to solo mine whichever algo you choose:
algo=scrypt
algo=sha256d
algo=groestl
algo=qubit
algo=skein
Pre-Mine Details:
- 52.5 million DGB for giveaways over first two months to encourage adoption of DGB.
- Giveaway address will be publicly posted on website with a public record of all transactions in the block chain.
- 52.5 million DGB for development expenses to further DigiByte and help it become a mainstream currency.
- Development account address will be publicly posted on website with a public record of all transactions in the block chain.
- Our goal is to be transparent and accountable with the 0.5% pre-mine to ensure a bright future for DigiByte.
Pre-Mine Accounts:
- Giveaway Account: DFsSa6kVoCyHK8ryZYDNX2fi5294kSuH2Q
- Initial Balance: 52,500,000.00 DGB
- Current Balance: 0 DGB
- Development Account: DQkqGjRqyfsmzFQ27tPK2PNJe7gPZUVm1U
- Initial Balance: 52,596,000.00 DGB
- Current Balance: 0 DGB
**Note: After the first 6 days of DigiByte's life over 44,105,165.259 million DigiBytes were dispersed from the giveaway account to merchants, developers, users and more in over 1500 Transactions to DigiByte Addresses!
Original Post in this space:
can you put a countdown timer link? much appreciated

There is one on the website, but will try and get one on here 
OLD OP - Archived October 2018