You use thus word "program" Most of us, I would guess, have set up gnucash "files" or "chart(s) of accounts" in a 1:1 relations between files and legal entities.
Ie for a person's various accounts that comprise his total activity and net worth as a person, one file. (for me I call that "dw.gnucash") And if I had a separate business, I'd have a separate file and separate chart of accounts (called, say "XYZ Restaurant.gnucash"). Then, each file (and I'd guess most people on this list only track one) would have many accounts. Some might have 2 top level asset accounts (a bank account and an investment account) and others could have dozens (houses, multiple bank and investment accounts, other property, etc.). And most of us track many expense accounts. Plus income and liability accounts depending on your situation. I have well over 100 accounts in my personal file. In your case, it sounds like you have at least 3 asset accounts. And then your decision will be is that all you are tracking (movement of funds between asset accounts and resizing of the asset accounts as crypto prices change)? Or are you tracking income, expenses and liabilities too? On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 12:05 PM promethean--- via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > -- > Secured with Tuta Mail: > https://tuta.com/free-email > > > Jan 13, 2025, 12:01 PM by gnucash-user@gnucash.org: > > > I have a very basic question. I am new to GnuCash since Quickbooks will > not run on Linux and I want to have my own ledger as opposed to a cloud > solution. > > I have three different banks that I have checking accounts with. One I > use just for personal/household use. > > The other two I have set up specifically to fund Crypto transactions. > > How do I need (and how do I go about) set up these accounts? Do I need > three different and separate GnuCash programs? Can I set up the three > accounts within one program? Is there an alternative solution? > > What is the best way to go? > > Thank you for sharing your time and information. > > > > -- > > Secured with Tuta Mail: > > https://tuta.com/free-email > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
