Questions tagged [exchanges]
Exchanges are sites which allow for the conversion of Bitcoins to various world currencies as well as alternate cryptocurrencies.
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How do I transfer altcoins from cryptsy to bittrex?
How do i transfer altcoins from cryptsy to bittrex?
Bittrex says this if i open generate the deposit address -
When depositing, please send your message unencrypted.
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Is there a liquidity aggregator service for bitcoins?
I would like to check quotes from multiple bitcoin exchanges in a single, aggregated place. Is there such a service or at least something in that direction out there? Or do I have to connect to each ...
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(Bither) how can i send my bitcoins?
i downloaded Bither as my virtual wallet and added bitcoins in a Hot Wallet Address. But when i try to send bitcoins, i can't.
i fill the address, the amount of bitcoins and i type my password but ...
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What drives the price of bitcoin, in other words, what makes it go up or down?
I am interested in knowing what kind of events and news have a direct impact on the bitcoin prices besides the raw supply and demand.
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How do on-line wallet or bitcoin exchanges usually secure their private keys?
I suppose they're kept encrypted as not to do so would be the equivalent as saving plaintext passwords. I heard most of them keep a percentage of the funds in cold storage, but then isn't it ...
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How can I send altocoins from a long wallet adress 24-30 characters to a short wallet address that most exchanges have? [closed]
HI I have a 24 to 20 character long adress made for dash coins and Iam noticing all of the exchanges and the newer wallets give me a shorter adress when I atempt to send from miner gate or from my ...
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Get blockchain info for exchange transaction
I'm sorry in advanced if this questions are dumb but here goes ...
Does all buy/sell bitcoin related transactions made in exchanges get logged in the blockchain? if so can they be found and/or ...
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How may I get paid with a free bitcoin website?
In what ways may I monetize a website which offers free and accurate real time Bitcoin exchange and BTC market meta data?
In this particular case the purpose and the business model the website was ...
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Do foreign bitcoin exchanges need to be liscensed in every US state?
I read something about this, but it seems pretty unenforceable. I understand US-exchanges need to be liscened as money transmitters in every state, but how can US states fine a foreign entity for ...
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How do I determine the value of new altcoins?
So, I'm curious about the value of altcoins.
Let's say I were to create an altcoin, and get some people to use it... how would I calculate the value of the coin? Is this determined by exchanges? Or ...
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Fees when using leverage
I have been wondering how trading fees are actually calculated e.g. Kraken takes 0,35% of every trade. Does this fee apply both when I buy bitcoins and later when I sell them?
Furthermore if I choose ...
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Is there a legal way and free way to open a Bitcoin exchange in the United States?
I've been doing some reading on the state of starting a Bitcoin exchange in the United States, and I have a couple of unanswered questions.
1) What are the legal fees and process for starting a ...
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are there other sites similiar to coinbase and circle.com
does anyone know of any other bitcoin wallet sites that offer the same instant usd to bitcoin exchange services, such as coinbase and circle.com? I must also be able to withdraw instantly to a linked ...
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Is there a service providing historical data for crypto exchanges?
I mean not just prices but candlestick and other data that usually is available on FX platforms?
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What regulations are in place for Bitcoin in California?
I'm looking for information on Bitcoin regulation for companies.
Since Bitcoin is commodity, if you are a company and selling bitcoins you need to have license.
What are the licenses and regulators ...
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Exchanges whose websites use EV SSL certs?
What are all the Bitcoin exchanges whose websites have an Extended Validation (EV) SSL cert?
EV certs appear green in Firefox. This is what Circle's looks like:
The only exchanges that have EV certs ...
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I am looking for a reliable and low cost way to make loan repayments from Asia to the US. Are there any banks in the US that will acept Bitcoins?
I'm looking for a reliable, low cost, transparent and efficient way to make monthly loan repayments from Asia to the US each month. Are there any banks in the US that will accept bitcoins?
So, I'm ...
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Is there a generally agreed on protocol for creating proof of solvency?
After the MtGox incident, a lot of Bitcoin exchanges started pursuing audits and creating a proof of solvency / liability to prove to their users they remain solvent. While proving that one owns the ...
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Would a service for automated repurchasing of Bitcoins encourage spending?
We launched Reload, an online service that binds your bitcoin wallet to your bitcoin exchange account (16 supported so far): whenever you spend bitcoins from your wallet, Reload will use your exchange ...
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Rounding in BTC exchanges
Does anyone know whether exchanges usually round values or truncate them instead?
Different exchanges support different resolutions for prices and amounts. For instance, BTC China supports 2 ...
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Why is the exchange rate of Bitcoins the same for everyone?
If I open Google and type 1 Bitcoin to Dollar I'm returned with a number (as of writing, "1 Bitcoin equals
246.09 US Dollar"). But where does this number come from?
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Buying bitcoins with chinese RMB
I know a Chinese citizens have a limit of 50 thousand dollars they can send abroad, yearly. I was wondering if it is possible to buy bitcoins in an exchange like btcchina and then sell them back in ...
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Unable to receive/preview funds due to un-synced wallet [duplicate]
I bought bitcoins and sent them to the wallet, however the wallet is not synchronized and as a result I cannot see my bitcoins.
Will I be able to see them as soon as the synchronization process ...
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How does Cryptsy's Trade Key system actually work
I am building an altcoin to altcoin trading site wherein any Member can trade any altcoin for any other altcoin ... (Top 60 or so Altcoins are supported).
I need to know how Cryptsy's Trade Key ...
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Are there any online services available to exchange prepaid cards into BTC?
I live in the USA.
I would like to use prepaid cards to buy some BTC (less than $100USD)
I've tried trucoin.com and the wait time is enormous, 4 days since sign up and still haven't received an invite....
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Bitcoin exchange platforms and foreign exchange regulations
I'm wondering how cryptocurrency exchange platform adapt to country regulations where foreign exchange is forbidden (especially where sending money outside is forbidden).
How they could buy Bitcoin ...
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Can I use Bitcoin so that my non-bitcoin friend finally receives CNY?
Can I send money to my friend's Chinese Bank account using Bitcoin? How easy and safe are the resources for a Chinese person to convert Bitcoin to cash?
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How to avoid price pumps & dumps when trading with bot?
Recently I recieved $500 USD in credits for trading with Coinsetter, a NYC based bitcoin exchange, so I decided to use them and coded a bitcoin trading bot for myself (never have done such thing ...
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How to get BTCChina full Orderbook (FIX or alt API)
I have worked through BTCChina's FIX APi (using their java example). Creating a subscription request message such as:
public static Message marketDataIncrementalRequest(String symbol) {
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Precisely what did Mt. Gox do wrong?
Everyone likes to trash Mt. Gox. There is a ton of hearsay out there. Can someone produce real evidence of their poor business practice? I was hoping to find their old website FAQ for example. ...
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What changed about coinbase.com to make it a "regulated exchange"?
It's all over the news that coinbase "will open the first regulated bitcoin exchange in the U.S.". But what exactly is the news here? Hasn't coinbase been serving customers from all across the U.S. ...
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Can an exchange work which does not have control of the private keys?
It seems like there is really no great way to exchange USD for BTC. Having to trust an exchange with your private keys is undesirable. I'm wondering if there is a way to utilize the convenience of ...
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How does ShapeShift operate on 0-1 confirmations
ShapeShift can exchange user's crypto currency almost instantly. They state that most transactions don't require any confirmations:
Small deposits are processed with zero confirmations. Larger ...
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BTCe setting price per BTC
Say I want to make a money exchange to sell a small amount of Bitcoin for USD (I've not done this before). I notice a few things that I am not sure I understand when I visited btc-e.com. There are two ...
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How to make bitcoins from other cryptocurrencies?
I want to know how can I convert other cryptocurrencies like BlackCoin or LiteCoin to Bitcoin. There are many cryptocurrencies out there and the main difference between most of them and Bitcoin is ...
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Question about BTC-E fee's
I'm looking into trading on btc-e but can't find too much info on the trading fees. All I see is a general 2%. Is there a fee for trading btc in or out? What else is there? What's the 2% calculated ...
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Which exchanges support U2F authentication? [closed]
I got myself a nice security key (Yubico Fido) today, which utilises the U2F protocol. But to my surprise not a single Bitcoin exchange seems to support this yet, only Google itself.
So which ...
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What programming language should be used to develop Bitcoin exchange software? Why?
I've only heard PHP is terrible (e.g. in the context of Mt. Gox) and a more efficient/more security-oriented language would be preferable for matching orders and account security. Which programming ...
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API feed for OHLC / VWAP data in (close to) real-time
I'm interested in the OHLC / VWAP data (both historical and recent) provided via API to be used by external charting application.
I don't want to use trades methods as whole process should be as ...
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Convert back from BTC into a local currency, efficiently
I receive rent income in the US. I'm using coinbase.com to convert from USD into BTC, with no problems.
I will be traveling outside the US, so I would like to convert back from BTC into a local ...
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Best way to mix bitcoins? mixer, coin join (shared send), dark wallet, stealth addresses?
When you want to anonymize a few hundred BTC, what would be the best (safest) way?
I can think of these alternatives:
Deposit to and withdraw from exchange (like Kraken, Bitstamp, etc)Pros: ...
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Arbitrage in Bitcoin exchanges [duplicate]
How efficient is the bitcoin market? I am confused after comparing buy prices in exchanges operating in different currencies.
For instance, I see that 1 BTC amounts to 347 USD at the moment at one ...
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Is there a chart of all combined orderbooks?
I would like to view a chart where all bid/asks are combined from the various exchanges, instead of keeping multiple tabs open for each exchange. Is there a website that allows this kind of meta-...
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Reliable method to convert national currency to bitcoin [duplicate]
I'm relatively new to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency so please excuse my newbie question.
I'm looking for a reliable method to convert national currency (i.e. "normal" money) into Bitcoin. A quick ...
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Automatic transfer of funds between exchanges
I need to circulate money between exchanges automatically. I want to transfer cryptocurrency (BTC, LTC) between exchanges. I find that these exchanges have API calls for withdrawal options: Cryptsy, ...
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Trading bitcoin with paypal?
Is it possible to trade bitcoin with paypal and stay anonymous?
How the big trading sites are trading bitcoins and recieve payments with paypal and keep the users anonymous (because there isn't an ...
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Library for trading on major exchanges
Is there a library which exposes order-book and trading functionality of major exchanges like BTC-e, Bitfinex, Cryptsy etc. ? I know these site have their own API but I wanted to re-use the code, if ...
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Is there any regulations on buying and selling Bitcoin on eBay?
I see a lot of people selling Bitcoin on eBay. Since the government began regulating exchanges, are there any rules you have to follow now to sell Bitcoins on a site like eBay? Additionally, are there ...
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How do cryptocurrency exchanges like Mintpal manage so many?
As there are 100s of crypto coins each with their own QT-client, how do exchanges manage the transactions? Do they use the core client of every altcoin in the servers or will they be programming code ...
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Where can one trade AuroraCoins for Bitcoin?
I have some AuroraCoins (AUR), minin' them on ghash.io.
I want to turn them into BTC and then use BTC (no USD!).
Some exchanging site?
Trust me, I've been Googling, Binging, DuckDuckGoing and others ...
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