Report Finds Over $3 Million of Altcoin Bitcoin Private Covertly Premined

[MOProgress]

During the import of Bitcoin (BTC) chain data, an additional 2.04 million units of altcoin Bitcoin Private (BTCP) have reportedly been secretly coined, crypto assets analytics website Coin Metrics reports Dec. 23.
The allegedly secretly coined cryptocurrency — a fork merging Bitcoin and ZClassic — is worth $3.672 million at press time.
The project’s white paper states that the initial coin supply is equivalent to the combined supply of Bitcoin and ZClassic coins, alongside a small quantity destined for the miner program, making the total supply equal to around 20.4 million BTCP.
However, according to the aforementioned report, over two million units have been covertly minted while importing Bitcoin data “and sent to the BTCP shielded pool, bringing the initial supply to 22.6 million.”
This alleged action, the researchers point out, contradicts “the white paper and all of the materials published by the team.” The report also states that a reported 300.000 “units of the covert premine were moved out of the shielded pool towards what appear to be exchanges.”
This alleged quantity of BTCP, given the limited uptake of the cryptocurrency by the recipients of the airdrop, meant those additional 300,000 units “represent close to 10% of the BTCP supply in circulation.”
Ultimately, Coin Metrics also points out that there are still “1.80M covertly minted units remaining in the shielded pool.” At press time, Bitcoin Private lost over 23 percent of its value on the day and is trading at around $1.84.


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