Why not to set this up as a true currency in GNC, instead of Stock or Mutual Fund?
------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 12:42:21 +0000 From: Eric Coates <twistedw...@talktalk.net <mailto:twistedw...@talktalk.net> > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Bitcoin is legal currency in El Salvador - why not add BTC? Message-ID: <6bc32ed3-ac6b-5924-1990-f852c6829...@talktalk.net <mailto:6bc32ed3-ac6b-5924-1990-f852c6829...@talktalk.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hi To (slightly) misquote John Ralls "Bitcoin is neither a major nor a minor currency. It's not a currency at all:...[it is]? a speculation vehicle, not a currency." but as shares are also "speculation vehicles" a possibility arises. Starting from Dustin Henning's comment, some trivial experimentation shows that it is possible to set up a Bitcoin account in GnuCash by classifying it as a Stock (although Mutual Fund may be more appropriate as, I understand, fractional parts of Bitcoin are possible) and setting up Bitcoin as a security. And (somewhat to my surprise) it is possible to get on-line quotes by specifying the Symbol/abbreviation as BTC-GBP and using Yahoo as JSON as the source in the Single source drop-down. (BTC -USD is also available, others may be - I haven't checked). So (probably after some experimentation) Bitcoin can already be handled within GnuCash! "They knew not how well they built" Take care Eric _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.