PSA: Critical Warning posted by BitcoinGold Team!

[HCP]

Sunday, November 26, 2017, 01:00, UTC
Please be aware that for approximately 36 hours, a link on our Download page and the file downloads on our Github release page have been serving a suspicious file of unknown origin.

Seems someone put a "suspicious" file on their download servers/github... Anyone who downloaded the BitcoinGold Windows client in the last 2 days should take immediate action as suggested by the devs... remove the file and treat your computer as possibly compromised.

Read the post full here: https://bitcoingold.org/critical-warning-nov-26/


EDIT: They've since expanded the warning period to 4.5 days... instead of the original 1.5 days!

NOTE: We have expanded the recall window for the Windows Wallet installer. Carefully note the expanded times/dates indicated below. The files currently available on Github through our web site are correct; always check the SHA-256 checksum against your downloaded files.
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Anyone who downloaded the Windows Wallet file between November 21, 2017, 09:39 UTC, and November 25, 2017, 22:30 UTC, should not use the file in any way.

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[BelieveInBitcoin]

Just when you thought the BTG team couldn't be more incompetent...

[talkbitcoin]

that is a dump excuse though!
it may be easy to hack their website and put some fake thing up there but it is impossible to hack github to place the fake thing there too. the only way they could have done it is either by having commit access already meaning the developer team of BTG or they lost their password which to be honest would be another excuse. a so called "developer" should know how not to lose his password! specially when we are talking about lots of money here!

[bitart]

You can use your Ledger Nano S to store your BTG so you don't need to use a windows client for that. Hardware wallets are specialized to store your coins safely, and the cost of the hardware wallet is relatively low compared to the risk you can prevent with it.
You can read about it here:
How to use Bitcoin Gold with Ledger  https://ledger.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005456969-How-to-use-Bitcoin-Gold-with-Ledger
Although they don't recommend to use the blockchain of BTG at the moment, so it's wise to store them for longer period or to dump it now on an exchange.

[HCP]

Just when you thought the BTG team couldn't be more incompetent...

Seems it just got worse too... they've expanded the "recall" window... it looks like the "suspicious" file was there for 4.5 days... instead of the 1.5 days they originally quoted