Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 17:00 PM ET on April 11th. Bitcoin Gold has a total market capitalization of $276.55 million and $10.95 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. During the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded up 0% against the dollar. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be purchased for approximately $15.79 or 0.00052289 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here's how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
Get Bitcoin Gold alerts:- Zcash (ZEC) traded 2.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $39.83 or 0.00131914 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded 0.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $10.69 or 0.00035403 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded up 3.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001361 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded up 0.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.27 or 0.00000910 BTC.
- Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded 3.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.38 or 0.00001263 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded 12% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0576 or 0.00000191 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Coin Profile
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 Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is and the currency's Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin Gold's official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official message board for Bitcoin Gold is forum.bitcoingold.org. The official website for Bitcoin Gold is 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."
Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold
It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Gold should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Gemini, GDAX or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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