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In the beginning of 2014 I created a 3d web visualisation displaying all 0-conf transactions and new found blocks happening in the Bitcoin network in realtime:

Realtime Bitcoin Globe (https://blocks.wizb.it)

The project now has a steady stream of monthly visitors due to the attention it got. Here some examples of media that mention it:

• Google Chrome Experiments (https://www.chromeexperiments.com/globe)
• Coindesk (http://www.coindesk.com/9-useful-bitcoin-data-resources/)
• The Next Web (http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/02/04/virtual-globe-shows-almost-every-bitcoin-transaction-freshly-minted-block-real-time/)
• Localized blogs:Chinese (http://blog.objcc.com/realtime-bitcoin-globe/), Portugese (http://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/noticia/2014/02/mapa-virtual-mostra-total-de-transacoes-de-bitcoin-em-tempo-real-veja.html), Polish (http://pej.cz/Ta-mapa-pokazuje-wszystkie-transakcje-bitcoinowe-swiata-w-czasie-rzeczywistym-a8164)

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The project currently has at least 10k monthly visitors and I am thinking of monetizing it by putting a small text based ad on the bottom of the page (like so (https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/969743/11477893/5b803c3e-978a-11e5-9e37-67a2efc1ce1a.png)). This is the first time I am thinking about placing advertisements without using Google Adsense: I like to experiment with more quality advertisements.

I was thinking about setting up an admin page providing easy insights in visitor amounts for a party placing ads on the page. But I am open for other options as well.

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If anyone is interested in placing ads on the Globe, send me a private message here or email me at wizbit [at] mvr [dot] me (PGP (https://keybase.io/mikevanrossum/key.asc)). If anyone has questions or ideas let me know in this thread!

I like the visualisation, it's definitely grabs the attention and is very interesting.

Are you still developing the site ?

Do you have any reports of the traffic you receive ?

Thanks! I am currently getting around 10k visitors each month. More precise numbers will be shared with advertisers (most probably through an admin dashboard or monthly/weekly report. Whichever is preferred).

I am still updating the website (also working on other visualizations that will be hosted beside it as part of the wizb.it (https://wizb.it) platform), but I cannot promise big updates to this specific visualization at this moment.

I am still using Google Adsense but want to switch to higher quality and less invasive ads. Traffic has grown to roughly 100,000 pagehits a month (pic (https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/969743/15709165/8c4a0412-2803-11e6-9f13-d7d7a524a143.png)) (note that this number does not include people with adblockers, the integrated ads I am proposing will have more hits).

Good to see you are still working on this project! Still one of my favourite Bitcoin visualisation tools!!

Awesome to hear, thanks :)

Project really interesting.