Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded up 2.6% against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 16:00 PM Eastern on April 10th. In the last week, Bitcoin Gold has traded 6.1% higher against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin Gold has a market capitalization of $278.28 million and approximately $2.60 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin Gold coin can currently be purchased for $15.89 or 0.00054476 BTC on popular exchanges.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Zcash (ZEC) traded down 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $38.99 or 0.00133692 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded up 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $10.63 or 0.00036453 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded up 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.40 or 0.00001363 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded down 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.27 or 0.00000935 BTC.
• Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded 3.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.37 or 0.00001263 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 4.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0665 or 0.00000228 BTC.

Bitcoin Gold Profile

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold's total supply is 17,513,924 coins. The official website for Bitcoin Gold is bitcoingold.org. Bitcoin Gold's official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is and the currency's Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin Gold's official message board is forum.bitcoingold.org.

According to CryptoCompare, "BTG is a cryptocurrency with Bitcoin fundamentals, mined on common GPUs instead of specialty ASICs. This type of equipment tends to monopolize mining to a few big players, but GPU mining means anyone can mine again – restoring decentralization and independence. GPU mining rewards go to individuals worldwide, instead of mostly to ASIC warehouse owners, recreating network effects that Bitcoin used to have."

Bitcoin Gold Coin Trading

It is usually not possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Gold should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, Coinbase or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.

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