Bitcoin Private Trading 0.5% Higher Over Last Week (BTCP)

by · The Markets Daily

Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded flat against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 13:00 PM E.T. on October 16th. Bitcoin Private has a market capitalization of $910,556.88 and approximately $24.10 worth of Bitcoin Private was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. During the last seven days, Bitcoin Private has traded 0.5% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Bitcoin Private coin can currently be bought for about $0.19 or 0.00000700 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges.

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

  • Zcash (ZEC) traded 1.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $37.24 or 0.00055162 BTC.
  • Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded up 2.4% against the dollar and now trades at $23.62 or 0.00034990 BTC.
  • Horizen (ZEN) traded 1.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $8.16 or 0.00012091 BTC.
  • Komodo (KMD) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.26 or 0.00000380 BTC.
  • Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded up 2.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.17 or 0.00000253 BTC.
  • ZClassic (ZCL) traded up 3.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0537 or 0.00000080 BTC.

Bitcoin Private Coin Profile

Bitcoin Private (BTCP) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its launch date was March 3rd, 2018. Bitcoin Private’s total supply is 22,815,307 coins and its circulating supply is 4,785,761 coins. The official website for Bitcoin Private is btcprivate.org. Bitcoin Private’s official Twitter account is @bitcoinprivate and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Private is https://reddit.com/r/btc_private and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

According to CryptoCompare, “Bitcoin Private (BTCP) is a Bitcoin hard fork with the snapshot happening on February 28th, the fork will consist of a mix between BTC and ZCL.

BTCP will use ZClassic (zk-snarks). This means payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient and other transactional metadata remain unidentifiable.

***The official Bitcoin Private ticker is “BTCP” and trades under that name on all the exchanges where it has been listed. ***”

Bitcoin Private Coin Trading

It is usually not currently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Private directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Private should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Coinbase, Changelly or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Bitcoin Private using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

BTCP/USD price chart by TradingView