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Title: mtgox.com versus Bitstamp
Post by: Bart_Man on April 16, 2013, 09:34:27 PM
Hi everyone,

I live in Canada and whenever I refresh the Bitstamp website too often (even if I do it only every 5 seconds) it tells me the "website is currently unavailable". I think they shut out people who they figure put too much load on their server.

I was wondering if anyone uses mtgox.com for trading and if it's faster than Bitcoin, and what your experience has been with mtgox.com.

Thanks guys,
Bart_Man


Title: Re: mtgox.com versus Bitstamp
Post by: WikileaksDude on April 16, 2013, 09:54:05 PM
Hi everyone,

I live in Canada and whenever I refresh the Bitstamp website too often (even if I do it only every 5 seconds) it tells me the "website is currently unavailable". I think they shut out people who they figure put too much load on their server.

I was wondering if anyone uses mtgox.com for trading and if it's faster than Bitcoin, and what your experience has been with mtgox.com.

Thanks guys,
Bart_Man

bitstamp is being ddosed atm..



Title: Re: mtgox.com versus Bitstamp
Post by: bezzeb on April 16, 2013, 10:04:39 PM
Hi everyone,

I live in Canada and whenever I refresh the Bitstamp website too often (even if I do it only every 5 seconds) it tells me the "website is currently unavailable". I think they shut out people who they figure put too much load on their server.

I was wondering if anyone uses mtgox.com for trading and if it's faster than Bitcoin, and what your experience has been with mtgox.com.

Thanks guys,
Bart_Man

Mt.Gox has a more liquid market due to it's size so you can often get better prices than Bitstamp depending on luck.  I use Mt.Gox, Bitstamp and BTC-e and they all work though I must caution you - Mt.Gox has a massive backlog so expect delays on everything.  They are legitimate but it took the poor bastards about 2 weeks to establish my account, get it verified and then funded.  Then as the big fish in the pond, they are under constant DDoS attacks (even more so than Bitstamp i think) so don't be surprised if any BTC service is sometimes unreachable.  The exchanges are all waging wars against the bad guys pretty much 24/7 so be patient.


Title: Re: mtgox.com versus Bitstamp
Post by: Bart_Man on April 16, 2013, 10:08:03 PM
Thanks for the reply bezzeb!


Title: Re: mtgox.com versus Bitstamp
Post by: bitcoinscanada on April 17, 2013, 06:51:52 PM
In Canada you can also try Bitcoins Canada.ca (https://www.bitcoinscanada.ca)