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=XXXXXXXXXX $ ./gnc-fq-dump alphavantage BTCUSD=X Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: symbol: BTCUSD=X <=== required date: 11/09/2017 <=== recommended currency: USD <=== required last: 7407.4077 <=\ nav: <=== one of these price: <=/ timezone: <=== optional I work in USD so don't know if it an issue, if you use another currency, e.g. BTCGBP=X it still reports the currency as USD but does return the right exchange rate: $ ./gnc-fq-dump alphavantage BTCGBP=X Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: symbol: BTCGBP=X <=== required date: 11/09/2017 <=== recommended currency: USD <=== required last: 5639.0371 <=\ nav: <=== one of these price: <=/ timezone: <=== optional On 8 November 2017 at 11:14, Kurt Padilla <kurt.padi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > 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 will require manual entry. > > David > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 13:55, 陳 志昌<jctc...@outlook.com> wrote: 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: gnucash-user [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+jctchen= > > outlook....@gnucash.org] On Behalf Of 林威儒 > > Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 12:37 AM > > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > Subject: Can gnucash add Virtual currency? > > > > I need to use virtual currency in gnucash,like Bitcoin how can I add new > > currency? > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= > https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo% > 2Fgnucash-user&data=02%7C01%7Cjctchen%40outlook.com% > 7Cedc5323fb4494e1031e108d52684f73b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaa > aaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636457274877633125&sdata=7Xiz8sH%2FHtwn0xeMb% > 2BdSSu2bbsbHyqVtqeULk554blQ%3D&reserved=0 > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -- > > Sent from the Google Inbox Android app. GnuPG encryption available upon > request. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.