Bitcoin Gold Price Hits $20.39 on Exchanges (BTG)

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 3.1% lower against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 20:00 PM Eastern on September 6th. Bitcoin Gold has a market capitalization of $357.12 million and approximately $1.79 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Bitcoin Gold coin can now be purchased for about $20.39 or 0.00037792 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last week, Bitcoin Gold has traded down 8.3% against the US dollar.

Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:

• Zcash (ZEC) traded 6.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $27.07 or 0.00050178 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded 9.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $7.90 or 0.00014646 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded 6.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.17 or 0.00000313 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded down 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.22 or 0.00000415 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 0.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0448 or 0.00000083 BTC.

About 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. The official message board for Bitcoin Gold is forum.bitcoingold.org. Bitcoin Gold’s official website is bitcoingold.org. 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.

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 possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Gold should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Coinbase, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Bitcoin Gold using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

BTG/USD price chart by TradingView