Cryptomarketplot

Finance and crypto

crypto price data

SHOW HN2018

108points
82comments
#400of 2,155 in 2018
Top 19%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

6 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.

Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful free API with bid and ask data

    From 2 comments
    • Work in progress! The linked graph are in PDF, and should update every hour soon. The website is made to be fast to read, and give essential information. It should load very…
      cryptoplot on HN
    • Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
      buboard on HN
  • Clean, fast interface

    From 2 comments
    • Cool UI. How soon till you support all the coins that CoinMarketCap has?
      miguelmota on HN
    • Cool site! I am liking the non-linear x-axis on the slow zoom graphs. I had never seen those before. I just wonder why the resolution in the month and week part of the graphs is…
      jannes on HN

Objections

  • Covers only about 96 coins, fewer than CoinMarketCap

    From 2 comments
    • Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
      buboard on HN
    • Cool UI. How soon till you support all the coins that CoinMarketCap has?
      miguelmota on HN
  • Scientific notation makes prices hard to read

    From 2 comments
    • Why the scientific notation? ``` 3.436e3 $/BTC now ```
      anonfunction on HN
    • And between 0.00000123, 0.000123, 0.0000123 you are sure which one is which without effort? I can't
      cryptoplot on HN
  • Data averaging method is unclear and mean is a weak choice

    From 2 comments
    • >The numbers come from a large sample of exchanges Disclose the method and source "average price on last calendar" Average is a bad function to minimize error between expected…
      DINKDINK on HN
    • >we assume the Law of Large Number apply Null hypothesis mandates you make no such assumption. Even if you did, a gaussian distribution assumes variable independence which…
      DINKDINK on HN
  • Site lacks HTTPS by default

    From 2 comments
    • Cool site! but: Get an SSL certificate so you serve over https https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/ "But I don't need a SSL...." Here's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS…
      DINKDINK on HN
    • Why is it better to let people choose? That implies there is a downside to https:// or a reason some people prefer http:// -- can you elaborate? If you type just the domain name…
      gregmac on HN

Requests

  • Add more coins

    From 2 comments
    • Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
      buboard on HN
    • Cool UI. How soon till you support all the coins that CoinMarketCap has?
      miguelmota on HN
  • Historical API access

    From 2 comments
  • Percent change fields like the old CMC API

    From 1 comment
    • Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
      buboard on HN
  • Market cap data

    From 1 comment
    • Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
      buboard on HN

Questions

  • How is the data sourced and aggregated

    From 1 comment
    • >The numbers come from a large sample of exchanges Disclose the method and source "average price on last calendar" Average is a bad function to minimize error between expected…
      DINKDINK on HN
  • How long the site will stay online

    From 1 comment
    • Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
      buboard on HN

Alternatives named

  • CoinMarketCap

    From 2 comments
    • The real work is to spot the anomalies, so your averages don't deviate from real values and I think that's what makes Coinmarketcap reliable. If you say you made it for hobby,…
      h1d on HN
    • Percent change, you mean you want the equivalent from the original CMC JSON: ``` "percent_change_1h": "XXX", "percent_change_24h": "XX", "percent_change_7d": "XX", ``` We can add…
      cryptoplot on HN
  • CoinGecko

    From 1 comment
    • Cofounder at CoinGecko here, congrats on the launch! There are lots of interesting nuggets that you share on the FAQ page which some I do share similar thoughts on. PS: We also…
      tmlee on HN
  • CryptoCompare

    From 1 comment
    • You can also get all the data you want for free from: https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/documentation
      zerocool86 on HN
  • Blockmodo

    From 1 comment
    • This is really cool, great work! I am one of the developers of Blockmodo. It offer realtime data streamed directly from the exchanges via a WebSocket API. Alternatively, you can…
      electic on HN

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