Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 2.1% against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 10:00 AM Eastern on April 17th. Bitcoin Gold has a total market cap of $282.06 million and $3.13 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be bought for approximately $16.11 or 0.00054684 BTC on major exchanges. Over the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded 3.8% higher against the U.S. dollar.
Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
Get Bitcoin Gold alerts:- Zcash (ZEC) traded 1.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $41.57 or 0.00141143 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $11.17 or 0.00037936 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 1.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.42 or 0.00001411 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded 1.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.28 or 0.00000956 BTC.
- Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded 23.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.35 or 0.00001200 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded 2.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0475 or 0.00000161 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Profile
Bitcoin Gold is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. It was first traded on October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold's total supply is 17,513,924 coins. 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 website is bitcoingold.org. The official message board for Bitcoin Gold 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 currently 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, GDAX or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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