DigiByte cryptocurrency: DGB price prediction analysis | Bullbear Analytics

Currency name(s):  DigiByte (DGB)
Genesis Block:  January 2014
Total Supply:  maximum supply is limited to 21 billion DigiByte tokens; current total supply is ~12 billion, out of which all are in circulation
Algorithm: the network uses 5 different algorithms to perform various functions. They are: Qubit, Scrypt, Skein, Odocrypt, and sha256
Features: fast transactions, decentralized, scalable, secure
Website:  https://digibyte.io/

1. What is DigiByte?

   The DigiByte network was created with the goal of challenging traditional (yet still advanced) monopolized payment systems such as PayPal, Visa, or Western Union, by offering very fast transactions – 15 seconds are needed to complete a transaction on the DigiByte network, compared to a couple of days by using Western Union or PayPal. The idea behind the creation of DigiByte was to offer a faster, more secure and ultimately better alternative to the now most established cryptocurrency network, Bitcoin. This network is also much faster than Bitcoin’s as well – 15 seconds necessary for a transaction’s completion compared to at least 1 hour when using Bitcoin.

   Although it was first created in 2014, a very small part of the community knew about the network and the team behind it until 2017 when the whole crypto world experienced an increase in attention. Sometime before that period, Microsoft added DigiByte to Azure as well. Some say that its adoption was done in a truly decentralized manner, and the users increased steadily over the years. Our DigiByte network market analysis has shown that more than 100,000 nodes exist all over the world, thus keeping the network alive and healthy.

2. Technology

   The DigiByte network is seen by the community as a pioneer in the cryptography and blockchain niches as they have contributed a lot to the development of crypto and the underlying technology. Firstly, this is one of the rare networks that uses 5 different algorithms for allowing for blocks to be added onto the blockchain at a fast pace. It is estimated that a new block is produced in 15 seconds, but with such great speed comes the problem of scalability and efficiency. In order to tackle this problem most of the blockchains which rely on proof-of-work have as each node within the network must keep a copy of the whole blockchain history, the team behind the DigiByte network implemented segregated witness method – or SegWit – which separates transaction confirmation from transaction information and stores it separately onto the blockchain.

   Another innovation that the DigiByte network brought to the cryptocurrency community is the DigiShield. The DigiShield, now known as MultiShield, was a rebalancing technology used to adjust the mining difficulties of the algorithms used for mining DigiByte so that one algorithm doesn’t become more capable than others. DigiShield also prevents miners from inflating the token as well.

4. DigiByte Markets

   Our DigiByte market analysis has shown that the DigiByte token price is $0.008 and has remained in that range for a while now. However, the lowest price per token ever recorded was only $0.00002 toward the end of the year of its launch. Conversely, the highest price recorded for one token was $0.14 during the bubble in January 2018. Currently, the total market cap stands at almost $100 million. For the time being, Bittrex, Poloinex, and HitBTC offer DigiByte trade pairs, and investors can buy or sell them for other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Also, Coinfield and Bitfinex offer DigiByte trading for fiat currencies such as the British pound, Euro or the US dollar.

5. Although DigiByte belongs to the older cryptocurrency networks, it has remained relatively unknown despite the fact that it has contributed a lot to the crypto community and to the new technology of cryptography and blockchain. Its adoption has grown exponentially, but users themselves needed to see how it operates in order to start using it. With over 100 thousand active nodes across the globe, it is safe to say that this network is stable, but its potential still needs to be shown and accepted. Also, its goal is to tackle both Bitcoin and traditional digital payment methods, which is a huge task, so we yet have to see whether the DigiByte network will be successful in persuading people to use it as an alternative to both Bitcoin as well as others. If the DigiByte network and the team behind it are successful in their goal, the imminent mass adoption will definitely influence the price of the token, so a good holding position for this token is medium to medium-long.

6. DigiByte Charts & Technical Analysis

    DigiByte (DGB) - Buy order filled

     

   We have added to DGB position at 133sats having scaled into the position through the bear market. We have a good looking market structure bottom to work with and internal indicators are promising, momentum is positive and both OBV and Willy are making higher highs and higher lows, a good confirmation sign. Or risk on the total position is now around 2.5%. Cheers.

    

   DigiByte (DGB) - Sell order filled

     

   Second target hit for DGB as we book more profits through strength of the market having scaled in through weakness. We remain long this coin and we will be looking for pull backs to add to the trade.  Cheers.