Bitcoin Gold Price Tops $3.26 (BTG)

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 0.2% higher against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on March 10th. Over the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded 11.2% lower against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin Gold coin can currently be bought for $3.26 or 0.00004083 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Bitcoin Gold has a total market cap of $57.17 million and $9.02 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day.

Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:

• Zcash (ZEC) traded 3.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $29.93 or 0.00037429 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded 13.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $8.59 or 0.00010741 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 1.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.14 or 0.00000170 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded down 7.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.16 or 0.00000194 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded down 4.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0687 or 0.00000086 BTC.

Bitcoin Gold Profile

Bitcoin Gold (CRYPTO:BTG) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold’s total supply is 17,513,924 coins. 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. Bitcoin Gold’s official website is btgofficial.org. Bitcoin Gold’s official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here.

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.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold

It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Gold should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. 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