Bitcoin Private Price Tops $0.19 (BTCP)

Bitcoin Private (BTCP) traded flat against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 12:00 PM Eastern on February 1st. Over the last week, Bitcoin Private has traded up 0.5% against the dollar. One Bitcoin Private coin can now be purchased for $0.19 or 0.00000700 BTC on exchanges. Bitcoin Private has a market cap of $910.56 thousand and $24.10 worth of Bitcoin Private was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

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

• Zcash (ZEC) traded 3.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $291.72 or 0.00376996 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded down 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $7.02 or 0.00009070 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded down 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.33 or 0.00000425 BTC.
• Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded 150.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.26 or 0.00001631 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded 8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0279 or 0.00000036 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 2.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.25 or 0.00000321 BTC.

About 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. Bitcoin Private’s official website is btcprivate.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Private is https://reddit.com/r/btc_private and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin Private’s official Twitter account is @bitcoinprivate and its Facebook page is accessible 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.”

Buying and Selling Bitcoin Private

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 Gemini, GDAX or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Bitcoin Private using one of the exchanges listed above.

BTCP/USD price chart by TradingView