Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded up 5.7% against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 22:00 PM Eastern on September 13th. Over the last week, Bitcoin Gold has traded 14.1% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be purchased for about $22.94 or 0.00037945 BTC on popular exchanges. Bitcoin Gold has a total market capitalization of $401.74 million and approximately $8.02 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- Zcash (ZEC) traded up 4.2% against the dollar and now trades at $30.55 or 0.00050544 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded up 2.4% against the dollar and now trades at $8.23 or 0.00013612 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded 2.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.26 or 0.00000429 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded down 1.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.17 or 0.00000288 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded up 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0476 or 0.00000079 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Coin Profile
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 message board for Bitcoin Gold is forum.bitcoingold.org. Bitcoin Gold’s official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here. Bitcoin Gold’s official website is bitcoingold.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.
Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold
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 Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Coinbase or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.
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