{
  "url": "https://blockindex.ai/coin/dgb",
  "name": "DigiByte",
  "links": {
    "github": "https://github.com/DigiByte-Core/digibyte",
    "website": "https://www.digibyte.org/",
    "whitepaper": "https://www.digibyte.org/docs/infopaper.pdf"
  },
  "dScore": 96,
  "market": {
    "priceUsd": 0.002560324281533603,
    "marketCapUsd": 46956906.71643888,
    "volume24hUsd": 3006470.44951617,
    "priceChange7dPct": 4.54415123,
    "priceChange24hPct": -1.1425968
  },
  "source": "BlockIndex.AI",
  "supply": {
    "max": 21000000000,
    "circulating": 18340218485.25855,
    "circulatingPct": 87.33437373932642
  },
  "ticker": "DGB",
  "founder": "Jared Tate",
  "vcFunded": false,
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-19T06:00:38.520506+00:00",
  "fairLaunch": false,
  "launchYear": 2014,
  "description": "DigiByte (DGB) is a long-running, open-source, community-driven UTXO blockchain that launched with its genesis block on January 10, 2014. Originating from development begun in October 2013, DigiByte positioned itself as a Bitcoin-inspired but performance- and security-focused alternative. The project emphasizes decentralized volunteer development coordinated through GitHub, community teams and the DigiByte Foundation (a volunteer organization). Over more than a decade of continuous development the network has prioritized resilience against centralized mining and rapid confirmation times, delivering a public ledger intended for payments, identity and asset issuance without centralized corporate control or a traditional ICO funding model.\n\nTechnically, DigiByte is a proof-of-work Layer-1 blockchain that implements a suite of protocol-level improvements to address throughput, mining centralization and network resilience. Its approximate 15-second block time (“DigiSpeed”), early Segregated Witness (SegWit) adoption, DigiShield/MultiShield real-time difficulty adjustments and a multi-algorithm mining design (SHA-256, Scrypt, Skein, Qubit and Odocrypt) are core distinguishing features. Odocrypt adds an adaptive ASIC-resistance mechanism that changes periodically, and Dandelion++ was later introduced to improve transaction propagation privacy. DigiAssets and Digi-ID extend the platform beyond simple payments to tokenized assets and decentralized authentication, creating a three-layer conceptual model (asset/app layer, immutable ledger, core protocol and peer network).\n\nIn economic terms, DigiByte is a high-supply native coin with a hard cap of 21,000,000,000 DGB and circulating supply in the region of ~18.06B at the time of the provided data. The project had a small premine of 0.5% (105,000,000 DGB) at launch, half of which was reportedly reserved for development and the remainder distributed. The monetary policy is PoW issuance with a scheduled per-month reduction (documented as a 1% monthly reduction in block reward) and an expected full issuance schedule through 2035, after which miners will rely more heavily on fees. Market snapshots in the provided sources show a price around $0.005745, a market capitalization near $103.77M, modest 24h volumes and an all-time high near $0.1825 (2021-05-01).\n\nGovernance and operations are volunteer-driven rather than corporate. The project does not report a CEO or controlling company; governance occurs off-chain through GitHub, community proposals and DigiByte Improvement Proposals (DIPs). There is no formal on-chain DAO recorded in the supplied sources. Development continues through public repositories and periodic client releases (notably DigiByte Core v8.x series). The roadmap and future technical priorities emphasize maintaining decentralized PoW security (multi-algo support), improving real-world utility of DigiAssets and Digi-ID, and ongoing community-led maintenance and outreach. The network is noted for its long history of protocol upgrades and steady feature additions rather than venture-backed commercialization models.",
  "methodology": "https://blockindex.ai/dscore",
  "classification": {
    "layer": "Layer 1",
    "isToken": false,
    "consensus": "PoW",
    "parentChain": null
  },
  "dScoreComponents": {
    "autonomy": 5,
    "ageHistory": 15,
    "governance": 21,
    "nodeDistribution": 30,
    "initialDistribution": 25
  },
  "decentralizationVerdict": "Highly Decentralized"
}