Bitcoin Gold Achieves Market Cap of $396.34 Million (BTG)

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 5.1% lower against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 17:00 PM Eastern on October 1st. Bitcoin Gold has a total market cap of $396.34 million and approximately $6.28 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded down 4.2% against the dollar. One Bitcoin Gold coin can currently be bought for $22.63 or 0.00037090 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Zcash (ZEC) traded down 5.2% against the dollar and now trades at $26.63 or 0.00043650 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded down 8.4% against the dollar and now trades at $7.48 or 0.00012252 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded up 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.19 or 0.00000305 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded 6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.24 or 0.00000397 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded down 4.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0488 or 0.00000080 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. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq 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, “Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is a digital currency that aims to decentralize the process of Bitcoin mining by utilizing GPU hardware, making it more accessible to a wider range of users. BTG is based on the original Bitcoin blockchain but incorporates a different mining algorithm, Equihash, to promote decentralization and prevent the concentration of mining power. BTG was created in 2017 as a fork of Bitcoin, and it maintains similar features such as a limited supply cap of 21 million coins. BTG can be used for peer-to-peer transactions, as well as for mining on GPU hardware to earn rewards for securing the network. BTG aims to provide a more decentralized and democratic approach to mining, empowering individual miners and promoting wider participation in the mining process.”

Bitcoin Gold Coin Trading

It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Bitcoin Gold should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Coinbase or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.

BTG/USD price chart by TradingView