I've setup digital currencies as regular commodities and haven't come
across any particular issues for my use.
Downloading exchange rates works, just set the Symbol to 'BTCUSD=X' and
source `alphavantage' (with APIKEY), e.g.:
$ export ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=XX
$ ./gnc-fq-dump alphavantage
Here's how someone did it:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29884.msg549693#msg549693
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017, 06:25 David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> Technically, adding bitcoin as a security isn't the same as adding it as a
> currency, which the OP requested.
>
Technically, adding bitcoin as a security isn't the same as adding it as a
currency, which the OP requested.
Gnucash bases its currencies list on the ISO standard, which does not include
bitcoin. That said, treating it like any other commodity should work, except
that the ongoing valuation
It can be added in Security Editor as a user-defined currency.
I know it's doable, but I never try this.
Thank you, jctchen
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