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Now there is this new cryptocurrency everyone is talking about which is indeed rather curious.
I managed to get my hands on a few cryptobucks but apparently none of AceMoney´s supplied data sources appears to have quotes for it.
Is it possible to add one like Mt.Gox or similar?

Best regards,

Alvaro Antelo

PS: Congratullations for developing this little jewel called AceMoney, most of the time it´s a joy interacting with it, fast and straightforward.

AceMoney does not have a UI for adding custom currencies, however it is possible to do it manually.

In the folder where AceMoney is installed (typically "C:\Program Files\AceMoney" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\AceMoney"), there is a "Languages" subfolder. Inside that folder, there is a "currencies.dat" file. It is a simple text file that you can edit with any text editor, such as Notepad. Add an entry for "BTC" (the current unofficial symbol for Bitcoin) to that file, then save the file and restart AceMoney.

You can then go into AceMoney's "Tools > Exchange rates" dialog, click on the "Display all currencies" checkbox, and you should see Bitcoin on the list, and thus can type in an exchange rate for it manually (since Bitcoin is not an officially recognized currency, don't expect to be able to download exchange rates for it).

You should also be able to now assign Bitcoin as the AceMoney default currency, and as the currency for any Account.

Thank you Mr. RLebeau,

Your suggestion worked but editing directly currencies.dat have a side-effect that almost gave me a heart attack.

After AceMoney restart and soon after a new bitcoin account creation, all other accounts that I had changed their base currencies to "Botswana Pula". Probably AceMoney points to the configured currency using an index, in this case the line number of currencies.dat so adding lines to it shifts the base currencies of previously configured accounts.

Anyway it was easy to reconfigure my former accounts and I had no data loss, but here is an advice to anyone out there, make backups often and always before changing configuration.

Good to know, thanks.