Bitcoin Gold Market Cap Hits $38.45 Million (BTG)

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded up 289.8% against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 9:00 AM Eastern on April 14th. Bitcoin Gold has a total market cap of $38.45 million and $811.85 worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be bought for approximately $2.20 or 0.00002947 BTC on exchanges. During the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded up 197% against the U.S. dollar.

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

• Zcash (ZEC) traded 2.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $372.18 or 0.00499525 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded 0.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $5.88 or 0.00007896 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000267 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 34.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000262 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0034 or 0.00000005 BTC.

Bitcoin Gold 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. 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. Bitcoin Gold’s official website is btgofficial.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed 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. Telegram, Discord, Facebook, Youtube, Reddit, Medium”

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 acquire Bitcoin Gold should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Changelly, Gemini or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.

BTG/USD price chart by TradingView