Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 1.2% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 23:00 PM E.T. on April 14th. Over the last week, Bitcoin Gold has traded up 5% against the US dollar. One Bitcoin Gold coin can currently be bought for $16.38 or 0.00053888 BTC on popular exchanges. Bitcoin Gold has a market capitalization of $286.87 million and $5.16 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
Get Bitcoin Gold alerts:- Zcash (ZEC) traded down 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $41.83 or 0.00137615 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $11.12 or 0.00036590 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001346 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded 1.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.28 or 0.00000924 BTC.
- Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded down 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.47 or 0.00001536 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded down 6.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0520 or 0.00000171 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Profile
Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. It launched on October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold's total supply is 17,513,924 coins. The official website for Bitcoin Gold is bitcoingold.org. 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. Bitcoin Gold's official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here.
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 presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin Gold should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Coinbase, Changelly or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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