coinreport

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crypto price tracker

SHOW HN2014

8points
7comments
#2,003of 2,272 in 2014
Top 89%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, simple design

    From 2 comments
    • My goto app on the iPhone is btcReport due to the clean interface, but I needed LTC as well so I built this. Interestingly I deployed it as a Django app on elasticbeanstalk and…
      jwmoz on HN
    • Heh this is what bitcoinaverage.com used to look like.
      glomph on HN

Objections

  • Unclear which exchanges or prices are shown

    From 1 comment
    • What does this show? Just prices from btc-e and bitstamp? The lowest available price across a selection of exchanges? The highest? This isn't very useful to me in it's current…
      c0w on HN
  • Lacks charts and trading tools

    From 1 comment
    • Haha yeah, people who care about prices probably have some trades in, so they probably want to know the ask/bid selection and watch out for 'walls'. They probably also want a…
      verroq on HN
  • Pair label is backwards (BTC/UTC instead of USD/BTC)

    From 2 comments
    • Looks nice! Shouldn't it say USD/BTC (USD per BTC) instead of BTC/UTC though?
      jonatanheyman on HN
    • When naming a price on a trading pair (BTCUSD), the convention is BTC/USD -> 1 BTC to X USD, where X is the price.
      verroq on HN

Requests

  • Show which exchanges prices come from

    From 1 comment
    • What does this show? Just prices from btc-e and bitstamp? The lowest available price across a selection of exchanges? The highest? This isn't very useful to me in it's current…
      c0w on HN
  • Add charts and technical analysis

    From 1 comment
    • Haha yeah, people who care about prices probably have some trades in, so they probably want to know the ask/bid selection and watch out for 'walls'. They probably also want a…
      verroq on HN

Questions

  • What does the price represent: lowest, highest, or which exchanges?

    From 1 comment
    • What does this show? Just prices from btc-e and bitstamp? The lowest available price across a selection of exchanges? The highest? This isn't very useful to me in it's current…
      c0w on HN

Alternatives named

  • btcReport (iPhone app)

    From 1 comment
    • My goto app on the iPhone is btcReport due to the clean interface, but I needed LTC as well so I built this. Interestingly I deployed it as a Django app on elasticbeanstalk and…
      jwmoz on HN
  • bitcoinwisdom.com and tradingview.com for charts

    From 1 comment
    • Haha yeah, people who care about prices probably have some trades in, so they probably want to know the ask/bid selection and watch out for 'walls'. They probably also want a…
      verroq on HN
  • preev.com

    From 1 comment
  • bitcoinaverage.com

    From 1 comment
    • Heh this is what bitcoinaverage.com used to look like.
      glomph on HN

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