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;; non-standard/private - Not ISO4217, but we designate it as such so that Gnucash will treat it as such.

( "Bitcoin" "bitcoin" "satoshi" "ISO4217" "BTC" "nil" 100000000 100000000 "BTC" ) ;; Would have used XBC as the mnemonic to conform with ISO4217, but it appears to have been taken. 

( "Ithaca HOUR" "hour" "hour" "ISO4217" "IHR" "nil" 6 10 "" )

  {
    const char *fullname = "Bitcoin";
    gnc_commodity *c = gnc_commodity_new(book,
					 CUR_I18N(fullname),
                                         "ISO4217",
                                         "BTC",
                                         "nil",
                                         100000000);

    if(!c) {
      PWARN("failed to create commodity for currency %s", fullname);
    } else {
      if(!gnc_commodity_table_insert(table, c)) {
        PWARN("failed to insert %s into commodity table", fullname);
      }
    }
  }

  {
    const char *fullname = "Ithaca HOUR";
    gnc_commodity *c = gnc_commodity_new(book,
					 CUR_I18N(fullname),
                                         "ISO4217",
                                         "IHR",
                                         "nil",
                                         10);

    if(!c) {
      PWARN("failed to create commodity for currency %s", fullname);
    } else {
      if(!gnc_commodity_table_insert(table, c)) {
        PWARN("failed to insert %s into commodity table", fullname);
      }
    }

<iso_4217_entry letter_code="BTC" numeric_code="nil" currency_name="Bitcoin"/>
<iso_4217_entry letter_code="IHR" numeric_code="nil" currency_name="Ithaca HOUR"/>

sudo apt-get build-dep gnucash
sudo sh configure --prefix=/opt/gnucash
sudo make
sudo make install

insert into commodities
(guid, namespace, mnemonic, fullname, cusip, fraction, quote_flag, quote_source)
VALUES
('11f74daa3e324da18e8c1fb4871a0f70', 'CURRENCY', 'BTC', 'Bitcoin', '', 100000000, 1, 'currency')