DigiByte (DGB) is an open source blockchain and asset creation platform. Development began in October 2013, and the original block of the DGB token was mined in January 2014 as a fork of Bitcoin $BTC.
DigiByte, a long-time public blockchain and cryptocurrency, uses five different algorithms to improve security and was originally aimed at improving the security, capacity and transaction speed of the Bitcoin blockchain. DigiByte consists of three layers: an āApp Storeā smart contract, a public ledger, and a core protocol where nodes communicate to relay transactions.