> On Dec 5, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 16:09, Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> Is there not a case for adding cryptocurrency support? For anyone able to >>> build GnuCash from the source code, I would expect it to be a trivial >>> matter to add whatever currency they want, but I would have thought >>> there's >>> a good case for adding cryptosupport, in addition to fiat currencies. >> >> There is no ISO4217 entry for it. > > > The great thing about standards is that there’s a lot to choose from. 😂😢 > > It seems all cryptocurrency exchanges use data from CoinMarketCap, so I > would have thought that to be as authoritative a list > as any. > > https://coinmarketcap.com/all/views/all/ > > I'm in the UK, and have never dealt with anyone in El Salvador, but it > seems odd for an accounting package not to support a currency that's legal > tender in a certain country. > > I see that there are some minor currencies not listed in ISO 4217, but > around $39,000,000,000 of bitcoin have been traded over the last 24-hours. > It is hardly a minor currency. > > I guess this gives me an incentive to get GnuCash to compile on linux. Then > adding cryptocurrencies would (I assume) be fairly easy.
Sorry, Bitcoin is neither a major nor a minor currency. It's not a currency at all: It isn't backed by the full faith and credit of any government, including El Salvador's, nor is it used much for actual commerce, even in El Salvador. $39B *traded*, not $39B was used to pay for goods and services. That describes a speculation vehicle, not a currency. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
