Bitcoin Gold Reaches Market Capitalization of $15.39 Million (BTG)

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 1.6% lower against the US dollar during the 1 day period ending at 9:00 AM ET on March 29th. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be bought for approximately $0.88 or 0.00001319 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin Gold has a total market capitalization of $15.39 million and $1.20 thousand worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, Bitcoin Gold has traded 18.6% lower against the US dollar.

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

• Zcash (ZEC) traded 2.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $214.10 or 0.00321416 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded 1.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.12 or 0.00007684 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 2.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000293 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000301 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded down 4.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0027 or 0.00000004 BTC.

Bitcoin Gold Profile

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its launch date was 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. Bitcoin Gold’s official message board is forum.bitcoingold.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Bitcoin Gold is btgofficial.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. 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 Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.

BTG/USD price chart by TradingView