Bitcoin Private (BTCP) Reaches Market Cap of $910,556.88

Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded flat against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 8:00 AM E.T. on March 2nd. One Bitcoin Private coin can now be purchased for $0.19 or 0.00000700 BTC on exchanges. In the last seven days, Bitcoin Private has traded 0.5% higher against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin Private has a total market capitalization of $910,556.88 and $24.10 worth of Bitcoin Private was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

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

• Zcash (ZEC) traded up 8.5% against the dollar and now trades at $40.20 or 0.00046801 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded up 3.1% against the dollar and now trades at $13.25 or 0.00015425 BTC.
• Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $3.88 or 0.00004523 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.16 or 0.00000183 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded 4.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000222 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded up 1.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0739 or 0.00000086 BTC.

Bitcoin Private Coin Profile

Bitcoin Private (CRYPTO:BTCP) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its launch date was March 3rd, 2018. Bitcoin Private’s total supply is 22,815,307 coins and its circulating supply is 4,785,761 coins. Bitcoin Private’s official website is btcprivate.org. Bitcoin Private’s official Twitter account is @bitcoinprivate and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Private is https://reddit.com/r/btc_private and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

According to CryptoCompare, “Bitcoin Private (BTCP) is a Bitcoin hard fork with the snapshot happening on February 28th, the fork will consist of a mix between BTC and ZCL.

BTCP will use ZClassic (zk-snarks). This means payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient and other transactional metadata remain unidentifiable.

***The official Bitcoin Private ticker is “BTCP” and trades under that name on all the exchanges where it has been listed. ***”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin Private

It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Private directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Private should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Coinbase, Changelly or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Bitcoin Private using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

BTCP/USD price chart by TradingView